Professor Brendan T Monteiro MBBS LRCP MRCS FRCPsych CertMR
Honorary Professor of Health and Society, University of Salford
Consultant Psychiatrist
Professor Brendan Monteiro is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Elysium Healthcare, providing mental health and forensic rehabilitation services for deaf people.
Professor Monteiro has over 35 years experience as an expert witness, including the preparation of psychiatric reports and giving evidence in court, in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury cases, including the psychological effects of stress at work.
He undertakes industrial injury cases where clients have been psychologically affected by deafness and tinnitus.
Patients can be assessed in their homes, hospitals, special hospitals, secure units, prisons - as well as remotely. He assesses patients in any part of England.
Professor Monteiro has provided psychiatric reports on a variety of cases including:
- Personal Injury
- Stress at Work
- Clinical Negligence
- Psychological Effects of Acquired Deafness (including Tinnitus)
- Forensic Psychiatry Reports - Deaf and Hearing people referred by Courts/Solicitors/Prisons
- Assessments in Prisons, Special Hospitals, Secure Units, Hospitals and Domiciliary visits
- Fitness to Practice to GMC/NMC
- Mental Health of Deaf Adults involved in Child Protection and Family Proceedings
- Residential Institutions Redress Board (Ireland) psychological injuries following physical and sexual abuse experienced by Deaf people, in schools (Ryan Report)
- Independent Reports to Mental Health Tribunals
- Reports to HSE (Health Service Executive) and Irish Courts, on request.
- Assessments using Zoom Video Technology (April 2020–date)
He has appeared before Mental Health Review Tribunals and in Courts to give oral evidence.
His relevant external training and conference attendance includes:
- Chaired and participated in various conferences on Mental Health and Deafness/ABI/ASD worldwide
- Keynote Speaker at International Conferences in Europe, Japan, US, South Africa/Australia/NZ
- Keynote Speaker, Criminal Justice Management Conference (October 2010)
- Medico-Legal Refresher Course – Leeds (November 2012)
- Certificate in Medico-Legal Reporting (Relevant Modules) – Bond Solon (February 2013)
- Premex Annual Medico-Legal Conference, Birmingham (November 2013)
- Bond Solon Annual Expert Witness Conference, London (November 2015)
- Advanced Expert Witness Course, London (February 2016)
- Military Psychiatry: Wing Commander Walter Busuttil, Leeds, (January 2017)
- Premex Annual Medico-Legal Conference, London (November 2017)
- Bond Solon, Civil Law & Procedure Conference, Manchester (February 2019)
- Bond Solon, Discussions Between Experts, Manchester (June 2019)
- Bond Solon, Criminal Experts Law & Procedure Course, London (Dec 2019)
- Bond Solon, Clinical Negligence (Sept 2020)
- Psychological Aspects of Pain, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors (Sept 2020)
- Pain and Medico-Legal Course, Expert Witness Institute (EWI) (Oct 2020)
- Bond Solon, Annual Expert Witness Conference (Nov 2020)
- Bond Solon, The Law & The Expert’s Role from Instruction to Settlement (Nov 2020)
- Introduction to ICD-11 Webinar (May 2021)
- ETN Grange Annual Medico-Legal Conference (Sept 2021)
- Bond Solon Annual Expert Witness Conference, London (November 2021)
- Historical, Scientific and Clinical Perspectives on Complex PTSD and other ICD-11 Trauma Related Disorders (Jan 2022)
- Personal Injury Update (June 2022)
- Expert in Report Writing, Bond Solon (July 2022)
- ETN Grange Annual Medico-Legal Conference (Sept 2022)
- Bond Solon Annual Conference (Nov 2022)
Professor Monteiro is a member of the Expert Witness Institute, British Medical Association and Manchester Medical Society.
Click here to view Professor Monteiro's medico-legal CV.
