David Medoff, Ph.D.

David Medoff, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice specializing in forensic psychological assessment. He is a former Co-Director of the Children and the Law Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and holds dual academic appointments as a Tenured Associate Professor at Suffolk University and as an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Medoff is the Director of the Mental Health Counseling Program at Suffolk University and is a Designated Forensic Psychologist. He is also a Certified Juvenile Court Clinician Mentor I and II and worked for several years at the Boston Juvenile Court Clinic. He performs a wide variety of forensic evaluations with specialization in forensic psychological testing, psychodiagnostic evaluations and the assessment of sexual offenders. He has extensive experience in both pediatric and adult forensic evaluations including:

• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Sexual Abuse
• Delinquency
• Custody
• Visitation
• Competency to Stand Trial
• Criminal Responsibility
• Aid In Sentencing
• Fitness for Duty
• Developmental / Attachment Evaluations

Dr. Medoff has published numerous articles on a wide variety of clinical and forensic topics including the major psychoses, forensic psychological testing and juvenile sexual offenders. He has presented at numerous professional workshops and seminars on a variety of subject matters including the scientific basis of psychological testing, sexual offender risk assessment, child abuse and neglect, adolescent psychopathology and expert testimony.

Dr. Medoff obtained his Bachelor’s degree in General-Theoretical Psychology from Boston University in 1986 and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1995. He completed his Pre-Doctoral Internship at The Children’s Hospital – Boston, Harvard Medical School and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Children and the Law Program, Harvard Medical School.