Adam J. Sagot, DO
@summitoakshospital.com
UHS/ Summit Oaks Hospital
Dr. Adam Sagot Received his medical degree from the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine where he stayed for his general residency training in psychiatry. Following residency he pursued a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Fellowship with Drexel University where he served as the chief fellow prior to Hahnemann’s closure at which point he completed the remainder of his child training with Thomas Jefferson University and A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital. During that time, dr. Sagot also completed the three year psychodynamic psychotherapy fellowship with the psychoanalytic center of Philadelphia. Finally, Dr. Sagot completed a forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sagot currently serves as a member of the President of the New Jersey Council of Child and adolescent psychiatry, a vice president of the Njpa, editorial board member for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CONNECT,
EDUCATION
Bachelors of arts in history from Pennsylvania State University, Doctor osteopathy from Rowan University school of osteopathic medicine
Executive MBA candidate quantic school of business class of 2026 spring
Psychodynamic psychotherapy certification from the psychoanalytic center of Philadelphia
General residency and psychiatry, Rowan university school of osteopathic medicine
Childhood adolescent psychiatry, Fellowship Drexel/Thomas Jefferson, University, Medical Center
Forensic psychiatry, Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
ABPN board certifications in general, child, adolescent, and forensic psychiatry
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Psychiatry and Mental health, Health Policy, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Adam J. Sagot and Nicholas A. Flugrad
Elsevier BV
A. Sagot and K. Weiss
All American jurisdictions have laws protecting children from abuse and neglect. Mandated reporters, including health professionals, whether their suspicions ultimately are substantiated or unfounded, are entitled to immunity when their reports are entered in good faith. When harm takes the form of medical child abuse (MCA, also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious disorder imposed on another), its origin is ambiguous, at least initially. Questions arise as to whether the caregiver intended to deceive medical professionals and if the condition improved when the child was separated from the caregiver. Clinicians may have an obligation to report MCA in difficult-to-diagnose cases or those where parents press for hospitalizations and procedures. Substantiated cases may lead to removal of children from homes and criminal prosecution of parents. This can result in backlash against the reporter by the parents, with claims of malpractice, official misconduct, intentional harm, fraud or conspiracy to commit fraud, defamation (libel or slander), or all of the above. This article examines case law regarding alleged departures from good-faith reporting of MCA and explores potential limitations to immunity provided to mandated reporters. The findings include no significant instances in which the immunity shield for good-faith reporting was pierced.
Douglas K. Novins, Joel Stoddard, Robert R. Althoff, Alice Charach, Samuele Cortese, Kathryn Regan Cullen, Jean A. Frazier, Stephen J. Glatt, Schuyler W. Henderson, Ryan J. Herringa,et al.
Elsevier BV