Wrongful Or Involuntary Civil Commitment Expert Witnesses

Chicago, Illinois

Forensic Psychiatry - Fitness To Stand Trial, NGRI, Testamentary Capacity, Standard‑of‑care evaluations, Insanity, Professional Misconduct, Risk Assessment/Management, Wrongful or involuntary civil commitment, IME, Malpractice, Risk Management, Capacity, Mitigation, Fitness for duty, Miranda Rights, Disability, Guardianship/Conservatorship

Dr. Chandrika Shankar is a double board‑certified General and Forensic Psychiatrist with nearly two decades of experience in civil, criminal, and administrative forensic evaluation. She is the founder of CSMD Forensic & Clinical Associates, PLLC, where she provides comprehensive forensic psychiatric assessments for attorneys, courts, regulatory bodies, and institutions. Her work includes criminal evaluations: fitness to stand trial, insanity defenses, mitigation, and complex diagnostic clarification and civil assessments: impairment evaluations, professional functioning assessments, substance‑related concerns, capacity and competency determinations, fitness‑for‑duty evaluations, and medical malpractice review Dr. Shankar completed her forensic psychiatry fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine and her psychiatry residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Her early career included seven years as a consulting forensic psychiatrist for the Connecticut Depart...