Dr. Lev Basin is a board-certified psychiatrist with over two decades of clinical experience in adult and geriatric psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and the treatment of major depressive and neurocognitive disorders. He currently serves as an attending psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, where he provides comprehensive outpatient psychiatric care. He also works as a psychiatric reviewer with MLS Group of Companies and MDSI Physician Services, evaluating mental health cases with a focus on evidence-based standards of care. Dr. Basin...

Dr. Lisa Morgan is an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology–certified psychiatrist and U.S. Navy physician with extensive experience providing evidence-based psychiatric care in outpatient, inpatient, and operational military settings. Her clinical practice emphasizes accurate diagnosis, medication management, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration to support patient safety, readiness, and long-term mental health outcomes. Since July 2022, Dr. Morgan has served as an Outpatient Psychiatrist at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. In this role, she provides comprehensive psychiatric care utilizing psychopharmacology and...

Dr. Lymaries Velez is a board-certified psychiatrist based in Los Angeles, California. She is currently a Staff Psychiatrist at Patton State Hospital in Patton, California (July 2024–present), providing inpatient services to the acute 1370 incompetent-to-stand-trial patient population. In this role, she focuses on optimizing medication regimens for symptom control while also working toward the lowest effective doses and minimizing side-effect burden. Her clinical approach incorporates psychodynamic psychopharmacology and motivational interviewing to support collaborative decision-making with patients. Dr. Velez also educates...

Dr. Maricela Tonie Beltran is a board-certified psychiatrist and Qualified Medical Evaluator providingcomprehensive psychiatric medicolegal evaluations throughout California. She evaluates workers’ compensation claims involving psychiatric injury, industrial causation, apportionment, permanent and stationary status, impairment, treatment recommendations, temporary disability, and work restrictions. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Dr. Beltran conducts evaluations directly in either language, allowing foraccurate psychiatric assessment without the need for an interpreter in many cases. She is committed toresponsive scheduling, professional communication, and timely report completion. Dr....

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...

Dr. Matthew Long is a board-certified psychiatrist with experience providing comprehensive mental health care to active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. He has worked across military, academic, and community psychiatry settings and is recognized for clinical reliability and for teaching and mentoring medical students and junior residents. Dr. Long is dedicated to advancing mental health resilience and evidence-based psychiatric care in operational and clinical environments. Since July 2024, Dr. Long has served as a Psychiatrist with the U.S. Navy...

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...

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...

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...

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...