Dr. Kevin B. Nowrangi, MD
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Kevin Nowrangi, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist with sub-specialized training in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as forensic psychiatry. Dr. Nowrangi has many years of experience assessing and treating a range of psychiatric disorders in children, adolescents, and adults.
Dr. Nowrangi serves as an authorized panelist in Los Angeles County and Sonoma County Superior Courts to evaluate all issues arising in criminal cases. His role as a Screening Committee Member for the Dorothy Kirby Center—Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and Los Angeles County Probation Department—involves reviewing screenings for adjudicated youth to identify those with complex mental health needs requiring treatment prior to their release into the community. This critical function ensures that vulnerable youth receive the necessary support and interventions to facilitate their rehabilitation and successful reintegration into society. Dr. Nowrangi played a pivotal role in the implementation of Senate Bill 823 – DJJ Realignment at the Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment Facility as the Lead Consultant for the Los Angeles County Probation Department in 2023.
Dr. Nowrangi conducts evaluations for lawyers and courts in medical-legal and psychiatric cases and has served as an expert in both civil and criminal cases. As a child and adolescent forensic psychiatrist, he has expertise in additional areas of child development, trauma, behavioral disorders, custody, and more.
Dr. Nowrangi has been providing expert consulting, reports, and testimony on behalf of clients of Park Dietz & Associates since 2022.
- Child Abuse
- Child Psychiatry
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Competency
- Disability
- Emotional Trauma
- Fitness for Duty Evaluation
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychiatry
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A:
Medical Licensure:
• Medical Board of California
• Drug Enforcement Agency Registrant
• State of California Department of Justice, CURES
Board Certification:
• Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certified in Psychiatry
• Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certified in Forensic Psychiatry
Qualified Medical Evaluator
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A:
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• American Medical Association - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A:
Presentations:
• Malingering and PTSD. Presentation for UCLA psychiatry residents in their forensic series didactics (2/2022)
• The Clairvoyant Clinician: Predicting Poor Outcomes in Youth. Presentation for UC Davis Psychiatry Departmental Grand Rounds (11/2019)
• The Clairvoyant Clinician: Can We Really Predict Poor Outcomes in Youth? Presentation at: 2019 AACAP annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois (10/2019)
• Video Games and Mental Health. Presentation for Loma Linda University Psychiatry Departmental Grand Rounds (3/2019)
• Physician Burnout. Presentation for the Riverside Community Hospital System for the National Physician Suicide Awareness Day (9/2018)
Teaching:
• University of California, Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Topics: Forensic psychiatry (2021–2022)
• University of California, Davis Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Topics: Psychiatric management in the primary care setting; child & adolescent psychiatry (2019–2021)
• University of California Davis MIND Institute
Topics: ADHD psychopharmacology (2019–2020)
• Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility, Sacramento, California
Topics: Detection of mental illness among the juvenile justice system, indications for referral, and various interventions such as behavioral techniques in managing behavior of those with ADHD, childhood trauma, etc. (2019–2020)
• Loma Linda University Health Consortium
Topics: Clinical interview skills (2016–2019); fundamentals of §1799.111 and involuntary holds, lithium management and toxicity, ADHD assessment and management for the primary care provider, basics of child & adolescent psychiatry
• Loma Linda University Health Consortium
Topics: Anatomy, physiology, cell structure & function, physical diagnosis, and pathophysiology (2013–2016)
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A:
• 5 (PD&A)
• 63 (Sonoma Court)
• 129 (LA Superior Court)
• 110 (DWC/Worker’s compensation)
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Psychological damages, PTSD, competency to stand trial, mental health diversion, worker’s compensation claims
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 5 (PD&A)
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 6 (Worker’s compensation)
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 6/21/2024
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: All of the above
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 1
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 2 years
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consultation, Reports, Expert Testimony, Psychological Testing
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel expenses and other expenses specified in the engagement letter or contract.
Available Upon Request