Psychiatry

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Dr. Hisla Bates, MD, is a Harvard and Yale trained Pediatric and Adult psychiatrist. After completing an internship in primary care internal medicine at Yale, her general psychiatry training was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She continued on to her Child and Adolescent psychiatry Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s, Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean’s program. She went on to complete a 12 month Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry in 2020. She uses Mindfulness, Positive Psychology/Psychiatry,...
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Dr. Jeffrey Scott Forrest is a board-certified psychiatrist and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association with extensive experience in community mental health. He earned his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and completed his residency in psychiatry at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Forrest is also a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Forrest’s career is marked by his dedication to serving patients with severe and persistent mental illness, particularly within the...
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Dr. Langenhan is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist with several years’ experience in managing patient care in various settings—inpatient units, a psychiatric ER, community clinics, and private practice—providing medication management and therapy, including cognitive-behavioral therapy. She is an educator in subject areas that include cognitive therapy, exposure and response-prevention therapy, and the treatment of OCD and ADHD. She has served in medical directorship positions with a focus on administrative protocols and program development. She has almost a decade of experience in managed...
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Dr. Junao (Jimmy) Wang is a board-certified psychiatrist with extensive experience in outpatient care and medicolegal evaluations. He provides clear, comprehensive, and objective assessments across a wide range of psychiatric conditions, drawing on a strong foundation in both clinical psychiatry and analytic reasoning.  He currently serves as a Medical Expert for the Social Security Administration (SSA), where he conducts detailed record reviews and provides written interrogatories for administrative law judges. He also maintains an active clinical practice as a contract...
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Dr. Kokil Malik Chopra is a board-certified psychiatrist with specialization in Consultation- Liaison Psychiatry, emphasizing the interplay between mental health and physical well-being. She has over 17 years of clinical experience, including a decade in county health systems and community psychiatry, where she has honed a compassionate and culturally sensitive approach to patient care​. Dr. Chopra earned her medical degree from MGM Medical College in India, where she was awarded honors in medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at Eastern...
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MaryEllen Eller, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is also certified as a master psychopharmacologist by the Neuroscience Education Institute.  Dr. Eller completed her undergraduate studies at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, where she received a Bachelor of Science in biology. She earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at the Loma Linda University Department of Psychiatry, where she focused on general...
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Matthew Steiner, M.D., Q.M.E., is the founder and director of Expedient Medicolegal Services. Dr. Steiner has a broad forensic background serving as both an expert witness and a treating psychiatrist in a wide range of medicolegal cases in Orange, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo counties. Dr. Steiner has worked statewide giving testimony in Writ, Riese, and conservatorship hearings in addition to testifying in 1370, 2962, 2972 and SVP cases in San Luis Obispo County. Dr. Steiner also brings his...
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Dr. Jain’s interest in psychiatry began as an undergraduate at USC where she majored in Neuroscience and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She then went onto Medical School at SUNY Downstate followed by a psychiatry residency at UCLA San Fernando Valley. She then went on to become Chief Resident while completing her fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA. She is currently double board certified in Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  She has further gone on to become a...
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Dr. Michael E. Lara is a board-certified psychiatrist with over 15 years of experience in diverse clinical settings, including inpatient and outpatient care. He specializes in comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, cross-cultural psychiatry, and adult mood disorders. Renowned for his expertise in medical documentation, case management, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Dr. Lara is also proficient in telepsychiatry platforms. Licensed to practice in California, he combines precision, professionalism, and a patient-centered approach to deliver high-quality care. Dr. Lara completed his residency in psychiatry at...
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Mihir Upadhyaya, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in child, adolescent, adult,and emergency psychiatry. He earned his medical degree from the Autonomous University ofGuadalajara Faculty of Medicine and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Icahn Schoolof Medicine at Mount Sinai, BronxCare Health System. Dr. Upadhyaya further honed hisexpertise with a fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente, FontanaMedical Center. An accomplished researcher and educator, he has authored and co-authorednumerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been a...