Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness Sanjay Adhia

Sanjay Adhia, MD, MRO, is triple-Board-Certified in Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine, and Forensic Psychiatry. In addition to forensic/expert witness practice, Dr. Adhia treats patients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and recovery from stroke at renowned TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital. 

His forensic practice focuses on the psychiatric factors and damages in cases of personal injury, medical malpractice, toxic exposure, testamentary capacity, undue influence and Dementia, TBI Brain injuries, competency, mental illness and complicating medical conditions.

Dr. Adhia treats and opines about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in litigation as it can result in psychiatric or neurocognitive impairments. 

In all populations, he assesses PTSD, Anxiety, Depressive Disorders, risk of suicide, and malingering. 

Dr. Adhia is Associate Program Director for the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern School of Medicine where he is also an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry mentor to residents.

Dr. Adhia volunteers with Physicians for Human Rights to assess victims of kidnapping and false imprisonment, human trafficking, undue influence, physical and sexual abuse, rape, and fear of imminent death. 

He conducts Independent Medical Examinations, review of records, and reports findings to courts and attorneys. He is available to testify in civil, criminal, probate, Federal, Immigration, military, and administrative jurisdictions.

Adhia & Associates also includes Kerry Mendes, MD—a Texas-based psychiatrist triple Board-Certified in General, Child & Adolescent, and Forensic Psychiatry—and Pia Quimson-Guevarra, DO, double Board-Certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry and licensed in Oregon and Washington. 

Drs. Mendes and Quimson-Guevarra also maintain active clinical practices alongside their forensic work: Dr. Mendes treats patients in Houston at Avenue360, and Dr. Quimson-Guevarra as director of Quimson Behavioral Health in Portland.