Professional profile
Dr. Steven F. Galarza is an experienced psychiatrist and Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) with extensive expertise in clinical, leadership, forensic psychiatry, and academic medicine. His background includes service as Medical Director at Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center and as an Attending Psychiatrist at Patton State Hospital. He currently practices with California Correctional Health Care Services and holds academic appointments at Loma Linda University and Western University of Health Sciences.
Dr. Galarza provides independent psychiatric evaluations, QME and AME evaluations, forensic consultation, and expert witness services for attorneys in civil, personal injury, and California workers’ compensation matters. His expertise includes complex psychiatric diagnosis, causation, disability, and medico-legal analysis. He translates complex psychiatric findings into clear, objective, evidence-based opinions designed to address the medical and legal questions at issue, with experience in comprehensive forensic reports, depositions, and expert testimony.