Shafi Lodhi, MD
Founder and Medical Director
Dr. Lodhi is one of the few physicians in the United States with dual fellowship training in both neuropsychiatry and forensic psychiatry, both completed at Stanford University School of Medicine.
He is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and in the subspecialty of Forensic Psychiatry. His clinical work focuses on functional neurological disorder, traumatic brain injury, complex adult ADHD, deprescribing, physician mental health, and diagnostic second opinions. His forensic training supplies the discipline that defines the practice: rigorous, evidence-based diagnostic formulation in which medical mimics are systematically ruled out rather than assumed away.
Dr. Lodhi previously served as clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School and as a staff psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital. He currently serves as a neuropsychiatry consultant to Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley and is a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Mental Health Registry. He is fluent in Urdu.
Training and certification
| Forensic Psychiatry FellowshipStanford University School of Medicine, 2022–2023 |
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| Neuropsychiatry FellowshipStanford University School of Medicine, 2021–2022 |
| Psychiatry ResidencyUniversity of Cincinnati; Chief Resident, Psychiatric Emergency Services |
| Doctor of MedicineUniversity of Missouri School of Medicine |
| Board certificationsAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry |
| NPI 1922539337California license A170954 |
Appointments and service
| Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyNeuropsychiatry Consultant, 2025–present |
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| Harvard Medical SchoolPart-Time Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, 2024–2025 |
| Massachusetts General HospitalStaff Psychiatrist, 2024–2025 |
| US Olympic & Paralympic CommitteeMental Health Registry, 2021–present |
| American Neuropsychiatric AssociationForensic Neuropsychiatry Committee |
| American Academy of Psychiatry and the LawForensic Psychiatric SIG |
Selected publications and scholarship
- Lodhi S. “Documentation of High-Risk Discharges.” In Thrasher T (Ed.), Primer on Emergency Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Cheney G, Lodhi S, Brooks N. “Involuntary Medication Despite Power of Attorney Treatment Refusal.” Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2023.
- Lodhi S, Eby V, Nasrallah H. “A Stroke of Bad Luck: Immediate Hypersexuality, Manic Behavior, and Delusional Jealousy Following a Stroke.” Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2022.
- Lodhi S. “A Dynamic Model for the Clinical Diagnosis of Adult ADHD.” Psychiatric Times.
Dr. Lodhi is the creator of the LODHI-A, a structured diagnostic interview for adult ADHD used by clinicians, and lectures internationally on functional neurological disorder and adult ADHD, including at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the European Congress of Psychiatry, and the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.
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