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Dear Buncombe Bar Members,
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We are offering a free CLE giving .5 in ethics credits next Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 12:30. Topics will include:
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Selection and Qualification of Expert Witnesses
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Approaches employed by Psychiatric Expert Witnesses
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Approaches employed by Technical Expert Witnesses
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Dr. Vaughn McCall presently is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at Medical College of Georgia (MCG). Dr. McCall served as the Case Distinguished University Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at MCG at Augusta University from 2012-2024. He also served as Executive Vice Dean of MCG. He previously was the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine from 2001-2012. He completed his medical degree and post-graduate psychiatric training at Duke University, and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from Wake Forest University. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and sleep medicine. He received 22 years of research support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) through 2024, and is now site principal investigator for a new 5-year NIMH award on the topic of insomnia and suicide. He has more than 500 published items, including 270 peer-reviewed journal articles.
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Dr. James McCall is an Engineer and research scientist with over ten years of experience with medical device research, design, regulatory approval/clinical testing, and manufacturing. He has experience with medical device development at every stage. He has experience with medical devices in a wide variety of therapeutic areas (neurostimulation, EEG recording, robotic exoskeletons for neurorehabilitation, surgical robotics, etc.). He completed his PhD in Biomedical engineering at NC State University in 2021, and his dissertation focused on medical robotics and neurorehabilitation strategies. He has been published eight times, and is the principal investigator of a Phase II SBIR NIMH award for development of novel brain stimulation technology.
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Registration: This CLE is free for Buncombe County Bar members. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ON ZOOM. If outside Buncombe County, the cost is $35 and please email admin@buncomebar.com to register and get a link to pay your fees.
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