Dr Nitin Dharwadkar

Psychiatrist and Principal & Founder of MedLegalMD
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Provider Number: 0618544B

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About

Dr Nitin Dharwadkar is the Principal and Founder of MedLegalMD, proudly working collaboratively with all referring parties to perform independent medical examinations with expertise across a broad spectrum of Psychiatric disorders.

Dr Dharwadkar is a Foundation Member of the Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry, an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University and is currently a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Melbourne Clinic.

For the past 25 years, Dr Dharwadkar has worked extensively with insurance companies, private legal practitioners, Legal Aid, Self-Insurers, Local Government Councils and both NSW and VIC Workers’ compensation schemes, to provide comprehensive and well-balanced independent opinions.

Accreditations and Schemes:

  • American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th Ed
  • American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Ed
  • American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th Ed
  • ACT Workers’ Compensation
  • Capacity Assessments
    • Accommodation and Lifestyle
    • Driving
  • Comcare Guide to the Assessment of Degree of Permanent Impairment
  • Criminal Law
    • Institutional Sexual Abuse
    • Institutional Non-Sexual Abuse
    • Sexual Abuse
  • Department of Veterans’ Affairs
  • Fitness for Duty
  • Life Insurance – TPD and Income Protection
  • Medical Negligence
  • SIRA NSW Workers’ Compensation Permanent Impairment Assessor
  • Worksafe Tasmania Permanent Impairment Assessor
  • WorkSafe Victoria Independent Impairment Assessor (IIA)
  • WorkSafe Victoria Independent Medical Examiner (IME)

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