Mohan Nair, MD

Expert Witness in Neuropsychiatry and TBI

Board Certified in Brain Injury Medicine (American Board of Medical Specialties/American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology), Dr. Nair brings his extensive training, clinical experience and formal board certifications to provide you an in-depth and nuanced medico-legal analysis of cases for both adults and children involving brain injury, frequently and tragically combined with chronic pain and severe psychological trauma (PTSD).

Trained at the University of California (Irvine) and Harvard, Dr. Nair is board certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in Brain Injury Medicine, Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. Additionally, he is board certified in Pain Medicine, Psychopharmacology and Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry.

Dr. Nair has provided expert witness services and litigation support (confidential consultations/preparing attorneys for cross examinations of opposing experts) in brain injury cases and has testified extensively

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

Clinical and Forensic Practice in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry/Brain Injury Medicine 

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Brain Injury Medicine 
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry  
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  
• American Board of Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine 
• American Board of Pain Medicine
• United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
• American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Certification
• Medical License in California
• Medical License in Hawaii

EDUCATION:

1. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery University of Bombay

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING:

1. Clinical Fellow in Child Psychiatry, Harvard University: McLean Hospital,Massachusetts General Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital
2.  University of California, Irvine: Residency in Psychiatry

MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
• American Academy of Neurology

EXPERIENCE SPECIFIC TO AUTISTIC/DEVEOPMENTALLY DISABLED SUBJECTS AND MED-LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

• Trained in the evaluation of Autistic Spectrum Disorders/neurodevelopmental disorders at what is now the Autism Spectrum Center at Boston Children’s Hospital: a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and leading autism research center in the United States. In 2022 Boston Children’s Hospital was named the number one pediatric hospital in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the ninth consecutive year.
• Extensive clinical and administrative experience in dealing with developmentally disabled and mental health patients with severe violence, sexual violence, and self-injurious behavior in inpatient, residential, forensic (juvenile detention, jail, prison and outpatient) settings. Provided oversight in the use of seclusion as well as physical and chemical restraints in juvenile and adult detention and psychiatric settings.
• Certified in Clinical Psychopharmacology with expertise in complications of psychiatric medication use in the Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
• Experienced in medical malpractice. Expert Reviewer for the California Medical Board including physician misconduct and standard of care issues.
• Extensive experience in testifying and explaining complex science and statistical data to juries and the court in a jargon-free manner.

EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO ADHD:

• Clinical supervision at Harbor UCLA Child Psychiatry Fellowship Program and the Harbor UCLA Learning Clinic 1998-2016. 
• Provided clinical supervision for child psychiatrists in training on the appropriate use of psychiatric medications.
• Provided clinical supervision for diagnosis and treatment for children and adolescents with ADHD and Learning Disorders.

EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO BRAIN INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS:

• Board Certified in Brain Injury Medicine and Behavioral Neurology. Experienced in the clinical and med-legal evaluation of traumatic brain injury, neurotoxic exposures, perinatal/birth asphyxia, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; late unfolding cognitive and behavioral disturbances; and cerebral palsy, developmental delay, intellectual disability.
• Los Angeles and Orange County Superior Court appointed expert for the psychiatric evaluation of minors and adults    

PUBLICATIONS:

• Late-onset Sex Offending and the Assessment of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bv FTD) Michael Macintyre, Mohan Nair, and Manish Fozdar, accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, March 2023.
• Psychopathy and Diminished Responsibility, International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders, by Connor Darby, Mohan Nair, and Robert Weinstock in Felthous & Sass (Eds), Wiley, John & Sons, 2020.
• Traditional Stalking, Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry by Kang Choi and Mohan Nair and editors Richard Rosner and Charles Scott, Third Edition, CRC Press, 2016.
• Cyberstalking and the Internet Age, Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry by Kang Choi and Mohan Nair and editors Richard Rosner and Charles Scott, Third Edition, CRC Press, 2016.
• Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault by Ashok Jain M.D., MPH, Mohan Nair, M.D., and Robert Friedman, J.D. Published in Sexual Offenders: Predisposing Antecedent, Assessment and Management by Amy Phenix, Ph.D. and Harry M. Hoberman, Ph.D., (Eds) Springer, 2016. 
• Book Review, “Psychological Evaluation for the Courts, Melton, Perrila, Poythress & Slobogin” published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child &Adolescent Psychiatry, February 2009.
• Psychopathy and Diminished Responsibility (with Robert Weinstock) published in International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders, Felthous Sass (Eds), Wiley, John & Sons, February 2008.
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescents published in Textbook of Adolescent Psychiatry, Arnold Press, 2003.
• Stalking published in Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, Editor R. Rosner, Second Edition, Arnold Press, London, 2003.
• Neuropsychiatric Vulnerabilities in Serious Juvenile Offenders published in The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology, Editor Neil Ribner, Jossey Bass / Wiley, 2002.
• The Use and Misuse of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosis in Juvenile Forensic Settings published in The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology, Editor Neil Ribner, Jossey Bass Wiley, 2002.
• Antisocial Personality Disorder: Diagnosis or Moral Judgment, by Robert Weinstock and Mohan Nair, published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 29, No. 2, April 1984.

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