Surendra Chaganti, M.D., J.D. is a board‑certified psychiatrist with more than 25 years of experience across clinical psychiatry, healthcare leadership, and medical‑legal analysis. His background spans administrative oversight, program development, dual‑diagnosis systems, skilled nursing facility psychiatry, and multidisciplinary team leadership. With combined training in medicine and law, he brings a uniquely integrated perspective to psychiatric evaluation, regulatory compliance, and expert consultation.

Dr. Chaganti completed his general psychiatry residency at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, followed by a Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law. His career includes long‑standing service as Director of Clinical Services for Mental Health Specialists, Medical Director roles across hospital‑based psychiatric programs, and principal investigator experience in Phase III and IV clinical research. His expertise includes psychopharmacology, neuromodulation (TMS and ECT), substance use treatment, dual‑diagnosis care, consultation‑liaison psychiatry, and administrative leadership across inpatient, outpatient, and long‑term care settings.

He has extensive experience providing testimony, completing guardianship and involuntary commitment evaluations, supervising trainees, and delivering psychiatric services across skilled nursing facilities, residential care facilities, intensive outpatient programs, and telepsychiatry platforms. His skill set includes psychotherapy modalities, emergency psychiatry, and comprehensive diagnostic assessment across adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.

Dr. Chaganti is licensed to practice medicine in California, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, with active DEA registrations in each state and more than five years of telepsychiatry experience.