Dr Ravi Mehrotra

 Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, The Cardinal Clinic, Windsor (present)
• Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, The Clinic, Twickenham (present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Mood disorders 
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• ADHD
• Anxiety conditions 
• Autism in adults 
• Psychotic illness 
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Stress
• OCD
• Alcohol or drug addiction
• Asperger’s condition
• Psychosexual disorders

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine/Imperial College, London (present)
• Tutor, Royal College of Psychiatrists, West Middlesex University Hospital (present)

 Education

• Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (National Institute of Health Research)
• Bond Solon Civil Procedure Rules for Expert Witnesses Certificate
• Membership Expert Witness Institute (MEWI)
• Approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act by the Department of Health
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych)
• General Medical Council – Full Registration
• MBBS Medical degree, Guy’s, Kings and St Thomas’s Medical School, University of London

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 Publications and conferences

• Synaptic terminal density early in the course of schizophrenia: an in vivo UCB-J positron emission tomographic imaging study of synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A). (2023 in preparation)
• R Mehrotra and A Mukherjee (2013) The characteristics of law breaking behaviour in First Episode Psychosis Poster and Abstract at the European Congress of Psychiatry 2013
• S Otero and Ravi Mehrotra (2009) Structural neuroimaging in first-episode psychosis, Technology Appraisal 136: Use of neuroimaging in early intervention service patients in Hounslow Abstract submission at European Congress of Psychiatry 2011
• Anantha P. P. Anilkumar, Veena Kumari, Ravi Mehrotra, et al (2008) An fMRI study of face encoding and recognition in first-episode schizophrenia Acta Neuropsychiatrica June 2008 - Vol. 20 Issue 3, pages 129–138
• Veena Kumari, Anantha PP Anilkumar, Dominic H ffytche, Ravi Mehrotra et al (2008) Neural Effects of Ziprasidone Monotherapy in First-Episode Schizophrenia: A Longitudinal Study using fMRI and a Procedural Learning Paradigm Journal Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses. Volume 1, Number 4 / 317-327
• Postma P,Gray JA,Sharma T,Geyer M,Mehrotra R et al (2006). A behavioural and functional neuroimaging investigation into the effects of nicotine on sensorimotor gating in healthy subjects and persons with schizophrenia Psychopharmacology (Berl). Feb;184(3-4):589-599
• Young AM, Kumari V, Mehrotra R et al (2005). Disruption of learned irrelevance in acute schizophrenia in a novel continuous within-subject paradigm suitable for fMRI Behav Brain Res. Jan 30;156(2):277-88. • Halari R, Wheeler M, Mehrotra R et al (2004). The relationship of sex hormones and cortisol with cognitive functioning in schizophrenia. J Psychopharmacol. Sep;18(3):366-74.
• Das M, Kumari V, Soni W, Ettinger U, Binneman B, Hughes C, Mehrotra R et al(2004). Neurological soft signs and their relationship to cognitive and clinical efficacy of atypical antipsychotics in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2004; 30(2): 241-53.
• Kumari V, Zachariah E, Galea A, Jones HC, Das M, Mehrotra R et al (2003). Effects of acute procyclidine administration on prepulse inhibition of the startle response in schizophrenia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Psychopharmacol. Mar;17(1):89-95.
• Zachariah E, Kumari V, Galea A, Das M, Mehrotra R, et al.(2002). Effects of oral procyclidine administration on cognitive functions in healthy subjects: implications for schizophrenia J Clin Psychopharmacol. Apr;22(2):224-6. • Kumari V, Zachariah E, Mehrotra R et al (2001). Effects of procyclidine on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in healthy human volunteers. Psychopharmacology Mar; 154 (3): 221-9.
• Mehrotra R et al (2000). Neurological soft signs in schizophrenia: cognitive, clinical and structural correlates. Schizophrenia Research, 41 (1), 262 (abstract).
• Soni W, Mehrotra R et al (2000). Change in negative symptoms with risperidone predicts improved quality of life in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 41 (1), 66 (abstract).

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 Prizes and awards

• Finalist for the BMJ award, ICE Project,‘Transforming patient care through Technology’ category (2013)
• Runner-up for the Trust Quality Award Excellence through Learning, ICE Project (2010)
• Winner of the Trust Quality Award Innovation (2008)
• Runner-up of the Trust Quality Award Valuing Difference in Recovery (2008)
• Nomination for national award for Innovation, Health Service Journal (2007)
• Nomination for national award for Innovation, Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) (2007)

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 Professional membership

• Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych)
• Member of the Expert Witness Institute
• Member of the Early Intervention in Mental Health International Network (IEPA)
• Member of the World Federation of ADHD
• Dr Mehrotra is by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) applications for competitive athletes in regard to ADHD. He can therefore support applications to international sports governing bodies.

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