Robert Waldman

Robert Waldman was a witness in the trial of Conrad Murray for the defense. Dr. Waldman was called as an expert witness on Michael Jackson's drug dependency, and testified that he believed Michael Jackson had developed an addiction to a powerful pain medication months before his death. He heads the detox program at the ultra-exclusive Cliffside Malibu treatment center in Los Angeles.Dr. Waldman is an expert in medically safe detox techniques and has been licensed by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency for the use of Subutex and Suboxone.

Education
Waldman attended Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, achieving cum laude distinction upon graduation. He attended medical school at Hahnemann University in Philadephia where he also served his internship and residency in Internal Medicine.

Experience
Attracted to the challenges and science of nephrology (kidneys), he served a fellowship under Dr. Robert Narins at Temple University, also in Philadelphia. In 1983, he relocated to Los Angeles where he developed a very successful private practice in nephrology and internal medicine, eventually serving as the Medical Director of FMC Inglewood, a local dialysis facility. His expertise in renal medicine, or the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, would proof useful in his treatment of patients with severe substance abuse. (Renal failure is increasingly a symptom of acute drug and alcohol dependency with the advent of ever-more dangerous illicit drugs and the abuse of powerful legal painkillers).