About Dr Karande

A rehab and pain physician who treats the whole person, not just the diagnosis and thinks analytically.

Physician, rehabilitation, and pain specialist, a systems thinker, intersecting clinical depth with rigorous record analysis applying both to every case for attorneys, individuals, and organizations alike.

The BrIEF Version

Dr. Meghana Karande is a board-certified physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) with a fellowship Pain Medicine with more than two decades of experience as a physician advisor. She has been retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel on complex legal medical matters and is the founder of Karande Circle.

Her perspective is shaped by a clinical practice focused on neurologic, spine, brain, musculoskeletal injuries, and pain, the conditions most often at the center of complex cases. She assesses the impact of an injury on a patient’s physical function, including the ability to perform work-related tasks. Whether it is a work related or a personal injury, the focus is on the root cause, to address pain holistically, and aim to optimize function rather than simply treat symptoms.

Her medical expertise is essential in helping the legal system understand how injuries impact day-to-day function, recovery prospects, and future care needs. These insights are critical in ensuring fair compensation and just outcomes.

Beyond patient care, Dr. Karande’s years of meticulous medical record review, precise guideline interpretation, and defensible determination writing have strengthened the precision she brings to every file. This disciplined analysis is evident in the clarity, accuracy, and credibility of her reports.

Meghana Karande, MD

Credentials

Qualifications

  • INITIAL BOARD CERTIFICATION/DIPLOMATE — ABPMR 2007/NBPAS Current

  • DIPLOMATE — American Board of Holistic and Integrative Medicine (ABHIM)

  • FELLOWSHIP — Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

  • RESIDENCY — Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Mount Sinai

  • INTERNSHIP — Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Medical Center

  • MEDICAL DEGREE — Doctor of Medicine (MD), St George’s University

  • UNDERGRADUATE — Psychology (AB), Cornell University

  • Licensed in 3 states including IMLC state

  • 20+ years in clinical care

  • American Board of Disability Analysts

Experience

Where the expertise comes from.

Two distinct bodies of work, clinical, and legal medical expertise, that together make the review meticulously thorough.

Clinical Foundation

Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

Training Yale + Mount Sinai. Clinical practice affiliation Yale & Harvard School of Medicine. Diagnosis, treatment, and management of neurological, spine, and musculoskeletal injuries, chronic pain, and related disability with a focus on root cause and restoring function.

Medical-Legal

Legal Medical Consulting since 2004

Two decades serving government programs, attorneys, insurers, and healthcare organizations — translating complex clinical records into detailed analysis counsel can rely on.

Physician advisor

Disability and Utilization Reviews

Detailed analysis of complex medical records, guideline interpretation, and detailed written determinations, is the discipline that now underpins meticulous record review.

Founder

Humanity Uncoded

A functional wellness framework developed to help individuals and organizations move beyond survival codes, reconnect with wholeness, and build success that is sustainable and aligned.

Approach

“I am about the 3 C’s Credible Consistent Cohesive”

Dr Meghana Karande

Work With Dr Karande

Considering a PMR expert?

Get in touch. Send a brief summary of the matter and jurisdiction. You’ll receive a candid, confidential assessment of the merits, usually within one business day.