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Sanjay Adhia, MD, Psychiatry, Sugar Land, TX, TIRR Memorial Hermann

SanjayAdhiaMDMRO

Psychiatry Sugar Land, TX

Addiction, Forensic Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry

Expert Witness, Independent Medical Examiner, Medico-Legal Consultant, Forensic Psychiatry and Brain Injury Medicine. Clinical practice and Academic Faculty as a Psychiatrist treating those with brain injuries (stroke) and diseases (Dementia, Alzheimer's) spinal cord injuries, and paraplegia, as a Psychiatrist and Brain Injury Medicine physician.

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Summary

  • Dr. Adhia is triple-Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine, and Psychiatry. He assesses emotional distress and mental health injuries as well as brain injury concerns. Triggers considered are personal injury, undue influence, changed competency, medical malpractice, physical and emotional abuse, violence, and criminal behavior.

    Dr. Adhia is a Psychiatrist and Faculty at TIRR Memorial Hermann treating the neuropsychiatric complications of brain injury and disease, stroke, and spinal cord injuries.

    He also treats those with psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders/addictions, at Avenue 360, a Federally Qualified Health Center.

    Dr. Adhia is skilled in evaluating PTSD, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders, risk of suicide, and malingering. He is experienced in the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on decision-making. In psychiatric hospitals, Dr. Adhia has treated psychosis: Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders (hallucinations, delusions.)

    Dr. Adhia is a certified Medical Review Officer. This represents expertise in the toxicology and pharmacology of drug testing.

    Previously he served as the Medical Director of PACE Mental Health where he treated those with psychiatric disorders, Opioid Dependence, and other addictions.

    Dr. Adhia has clinical experience in high-risk and security-sensitive settings, maximum-security prisons and correctional psychiatric hospitals, inmates on Death Row and segregated in Isolation. Dr. Adhia also volunteers with Physicians for Human Rights - Asylum Network and Daya Houston, conducting forensic assessments of victims of kidnapping and false imprisonment, human trafficking, undue influence, physical and sexual abuse, and rape.
  • Dr. Sanjay Adhia | Forensic Psychiatrist | Expert Witness | Texas

    Expert Witness Medico-Legal Consultant Triple Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Brain Injury Medicine.

Clinical Expertise

  • Concussion, Dementia, Traumatic brain injury, Anoxic brain injury, Post-concussive syndrome, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Cocaine use disorder, Hallucinogen-related disorders, Schizophrenia, Sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic disorders, Stimulant-related disorders, Tobacco-related disorders, Intellectual disability, Addiction psychiatry, Substance-related and addictive disorders, Forensic psychiatry, Community psychiatry, Malpractice law, Traumatic brain injury-related psychosis, Mood disorders, Bipolar disorders , Depressive disorders, Anxiety disorders, Posttraumatic stress disorder , Disability evaluation, Medicolegal expertise, Worker's compensation injuries, Expert testimony, Veteran care, Psychiatry, Alcoholism, Opiate dependence, Neuropsychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Medical review officer, Independent medical evaluation, Brain injury rehabilitation, Correctional psychiatry

Education & Training

  • Oregon Health & Science University
    Oregon Health & Science UniversityFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2013 - 2014
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Psychiatry, 2009 - 2012
  • M.S. Ramaiah Medical College
    M.S. Ramaiah Medical CollegeClass of 2004
  • University of Kansas School of Medicine
    University of Kansas School of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry

Certifications & Licensure

  • OR State Medical License
    OR State Medical License 2013 - Present
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2014 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Brain Injury Medicine
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry
  • Medical Review Officers Certification CouncilMedical Review Officer

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Appointment to Governor’s Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments. Appointed and confirmed by the Texas State Senate (2019, 2020 Governor’s Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments

Publications & Presentations

Abstracts/Posters

  • When to use non-emergency compelled medications in the correctional setting
    Sara Wood and Sanjay Adhia, Conference on Forensic Research & Technology, Houston, TX, 9/2017

Other

Authored Content

  • Understanding Dementia and Medical-Legal ImplicationsSeptember 2021
  • fMRI in the Courtroom: A (Very Brief) OverviewApril 2021
  • Date Rape Drugs: Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Law Weaponized Chemistry: a Medicine Cabinet of AssaultMay 2018

Press Mentions

  • The Psychology and Law of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
    The Psychology and Law of Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderFebruary 18th, 2020
  • Coerced Suicide: Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness Details Murder by Proxy
    Coerced Suicide: Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness Details Murder by ProxyNovember 5th, 2019
  • Governor Abbott Appoints Seven to Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments
    Governor Abbott Appoints Seven to Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental ImpairmentsApril 11th, 2019
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Committees

  • Member, Fort Bend County District Attorney Community Engagement Working Group 2020 - Present
  • Advisor, Governor's Advisory Committee To The Texas Board Of Criminal Justice On Offenders With Medical Or Mental Impairments 2019 - Present

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations