Expert Witness in Neuropsychiatry and Traumatic Brain Injury

Ashok Jain, MD MPH

  • Medical Toxicology/Industrial Medicine/Emergency Medicine
  • Associate Professor USC
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine & Occupational Medicine. Expertise in medical toxicology/neurotoxicology/emergency medicine.

Education:

Graduate (Medical) School:

  • University of Bombay, Bombay, India.
  • Doctor of Medicine, (M.B.B.S.), 1970-1975

Post Graduate Studies:

  • University of Illinois School of Public Health. Chicago, Illinois, M.P.H., 1979-1980.
  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Pathology, 1977-1978.
  • Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine 1978-1982.
  • Fellowship Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Clinical Toxicology, 1985-1988

Honors and Awards:

  • Teacher of the Year, Department of Emergency Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, 1996-97
  • Licensure: California, 1983 (Certificate, A-40499)

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Medical Toxicology, 1992
  • American Board of Preventive (Occupational) Medicine, 1989
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1988 Recertification, 1998
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, 1983

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, 1997-present
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, 1990-1997
  • Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 1989-1990
  • Clinical Instructor in Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1984-1988

Employment

– Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, 1990-present

– Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, USC University Hospital, 1992-present

– Attending Physician (part-time), Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1988-1990

– Attending Physician (part-time), Medical Division Employee Health, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, 1984-1990

– Attending Physician, Department of Occupational Medicine, Cook County Hospital, 1982-1990

– Attending Physician, Section of Clinical Toxicology, Cook County Hospital, 1982-1990

– Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1982-1990

– Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Cook County Hospital, 1982-1990

Publications:

Peer Review

  • 1. Kyriacou, D.N., Newton, E.J., and Jain, A. Imported cholera in a 31 year old Peruvian female. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 11:717-72, Nov. 1993
  • 2. Jain, A. and Lin, S. Digoxin, Hyperkalemia and Kidney Failure. Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 29:694-7, May 1997
  • 3. Jain AL, Swadron SP Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, gamma-butyrolactone, and 1,4-butanediol. Pediatr. Emerg. Care. 2001 Aug; 17(4): 314-6
  • 4. Jain AL, Robertson GJ, Rudis MI Surgical issues in the poisoned patient. Emerg. Med Clin North Am. 2003 Nov; 21(4): 1117-44

Non-peer Review

  • 1. Jain, A and Newton E. Withdrawal Syndromes eMedicine

 

 

Civil Litigation

In civil court, psychiatrists are often brought in to access factors related to certain types of injury or injustice. Dr. Nair provides professional consultation and assessment in many matters of civil litigation involving Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Nair specializes in multiple board certified disciplines and covers various aspects of civil litigation and expert witness testimony. Operating with a highly skilled team of administrative professionals and over thirty years of experience he is a reliable source for impartial evaluation and reporting.

Dr. Nair is conversant with and current in all med legal issues and the dispute resolution process having served as an expert witness both at trial and arbitration, and having participated in depositions. His services include providing consultation, forensic analysis, case evaluation, and expert testimony in a broad range of disciplines.

Employment Litigation

In employment litigation, Neuro-psychiatrists are often brought in to access factors related to certain types of injury in a work environment. Dr. Nair provides professional consultation and neuro-psychiatric assessment in many matters of employment litigation.

Dr. Nair specializes in multiple board certified disciplines and covers various aspects of civil litigation and expert witness testimony. Operating with a highly skilled team of administrative professionals and over thirty years of experience he is a reliable source for impartial evaluation and reporting.

Dr. Nair is conversant with and current in all med legal issues and the dispute resolution process having served as an expert witness both at trial and arbitration, and having participated in depositions. His services include providing consultation, forensic analysis, case evaluation, and expert testimony in a broad range of disciplines.

Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Talks

EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS
CALIFORNIA MCLE TALKS
Dr. Nair is a State Bar of California MCLE Provider. (No. 12796)

As a working professional I want to be able to provide firms with the best possible tools in order for attorneys’ and staff alike to better understand Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Should you contact our office and express interest we can schedule appointments at your convenience. Once the seminar is put on calendar my staff will provide you with a course syllabus.

Please be mindful that this is a service to educate all those who seek to expand their knowledge on the topic. Our office has a 48 hour cancellation policy as a courtesy to all those involved in the preparation.

For those firms that are not local to Long Beach, CA, we will make travel arrangements to visit your firm.

COURSE:
DSM V AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY & PSYCHIATRIC AFFECTS OF TBI
1 MCLE Credit Hour Pending Approval

Subject Matter:

-TBI and mTBI
-US Troops Deployed
-Why Aspects of TBI are Overlooked
-Most devastating aspects of TBI
-Use and misuse of testing in TBI
-PTSD complicating TBI and Chronic Pain

We can provide free MCLE seminars for your law firm by a California Bar Approved Provider. We provide MCLE seminars free of charge for your firm. The seminars will be scheduled at your convenience and your location. Topics will be customized by our experts to meet your needs.

Topics of recent seminars include :

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Adults and Children
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Adults and Children
  • Adverse Effects of Psychiatric Medications
  • Pain Disorders
  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Chronic Pain
  • Malingering
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS)
  • Toxic Torts
  • Medical Board Investigations (Mental &Professional Competency)
  • Psychiatric Malpractice
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Addiction & Substance Abuse
  • Mental Health/Substance Abuse for Attorneys

If you have any questions, comments or concerns that our kind staff may be able to help you with that is not listed on the website feel free to contact us. Thank you in advance!

Among the most disabling of medical conditions, affecting about 1.5 million individuals every year.

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Brain Injury

A psychiatric disorder that develops in a significant minority of subjects exposed to serious and life threatening events.

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PTSD

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