Dr. Ivette Cardelli-Rosen, DNP, AFN-C, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC — a forensic psychiatric, medical, and healthcare systems consultant holding five advanced degrees and board certifications with 15 years of clinical experience, including 6 in corrections. She delivers specialized forensic psychiatric, medical, and healthcare consultation, forensic evaluation, and expert witness services — integrating behavioral health, psychotropic medication management, healthcare systems analysis, medical and psychiatric standard-of-care review, continuity-of-care assessment, and comprehensive medical record evaluation. Available for plaintiff and defense consultation nationwide.
A comprehensive range of forensic psychiatric, medical, and healthcare consultation services — from initial case review through expert witness testimony — available for plaintiff and defense engagements nationwide.
The full breadth of evaluation, review, and consultation services Dr. Cardelli-Rosen provides across forensic, clinical, and healthcare systems matters.
Rates vary depending on the services performed and the scope of the engagement. Dr. Cardelli-Rosen provides a clear written fee schedule and engagement letter at the outset of every matter, so attorneys and firms can budget with confidence.
A lifetime of training across psychiatry, advanced nursing practice, and forensic science — with direct patient care experience that keeps her opinions grounded in clinical reality.
Dr. Cardelli-Rosen takes a structured, thorough approach to every case — from initial consultation to final testimony.
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Dr. Cardelli-Rosen works primarily on criminal matters — including criminal defense, competency to stand trial evaluations, and sentencing mitigation — as well as civil matters involving psychiatric injury or capacity. Her corrections background makes her especially effective in cases involving incarcerated or formerly incarcerated defendants.
A board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with a doctoral degree and forensic training is fully qualified to render expert opinions on psychiatric diagnoses, medication effects, and behavioral causation. Dr. Cardelli-Rosen's DNP from Johns Hopkins, combined with her active prescribing practice and 15+ years of direct patient care, gives her clinical depth that is difficult to challenge on cross-examination.
Six years working inside correctional facilities gives Dr. Cardelli-Rosen direct clinical experience with the exact population involved in criminal proceedings. She understands how serious mental illness — bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders — presents under custodial conditions, including medication non-compliance, institutional stressors, and the impact of incarceration itself on mental state. This makes her testimony grounded in reality rather than textbook theory.
Yes. While she is based in South Florida and primarily serves Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, Dr. Cardelli-Rosen is available for engagements throughout Florida and nationally with advance notice. Video consultation and deposition are also available for remote matters.
Dr. Cardelli-Rosen has deep clinical expertise in bipolar disorder (types I and II), schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and other serious mental illnesses. As an active prescribing provider, she also has specialized knowledge of the psychopharmacological effects of psychiatric medications — including how Lithium, Clozapine, Risperidone, Valproate, and other drugs affect cognition, impulse control, judgment, and behavior.