Comprehensive Medicolegal & Clinical Services
Qualified Medical Examinations (QME)
Dr. Griffith approaches each Qualified Medical Evaluation as an opportunity to apply her extensive clinical experience with fairness, accuracy, and professionalism. Drawing on more than a decade of work across inpatient, crisis stabilization, community, and telepsychiatry settings, she delivers evaluations that are both thorough and defensible.
Her process integrates medical evidence, clinical expertise, and careful record review to ensure that every opinion meets the highest standard of objectivity and clarity. Attorneys, claims administrators, and injured workers trust her evaluations to provide insight, transparency, and confidence in complex cases.
Her QME practice is defined by:
Fair and objective medical-legal analysis
Independent, evidence-based psychiatric evaluations
Detailed causation and apportionment assessment
Clear evaluation of work capacity and functional limitations
Broad clinical expertise across inpatient, outpatient, and telepsychiatry systems
Medicolegal Consulting
Dr. Griffith brings extensive psychiatric and medical-legal expertise to a broad range of consulting services. Her background includes years of experience conducting clinical assessments, forensic reviews, and telepsychiatry consultations across California.
Her consulting work includes:
Performing Qualified Medical Evaluations (QME) and Independent Medical Evaluations (IME) for complex psychiatric cases
Conducting detailed causation, apportionment, and impairment analyses within the workers’ compensation system
Providing expert testimony and medical-legal reports grounded in evidence-based psychiatric principles
Reviewing medical necessity, disability, and utilization cases for accuracy, appropriateness, and standard of care compliance
Clinical Specialties & Approach
Dr. Griffith specializes in complex cases at the intersection of psychiatry and medical-legal evaluation. Her diverse clinical background spans inpatient psychiatry, crisis stabilization, outpatient telepsychiatry, and community-based care—allowing her to bring a comprehensive, evidence-based perspective to each evaluation.
Her areas of expertise include:
Work-related psychiatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and adjustment disorders
Bipolar, psychotic, and substance-related disorders in occupational or medical-legal contexts
Comprehensive causation and apportionment analysis for workers’ compensation cases
Fitness for duty and capacity assessments in safety-sensitive and professional settings
Dr. Griffith’s approach emphasizes objectivity, clarity, and clinical accuracy. Every report is grounded in established medical standards and designed to provide transparent, defensible conclusions for attorneys, claims administrators, and injured workers.
Ready to move your case forward?
Dr. Qyana Griffith, MD, QME provides independent, evidence-based psychiatric evaluations you can trust. Clear, thorough, and defensible opinions for complex cases across California.