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Scientific Advisory Board

Abad, Antonio, M.D.
Chief of Forensic Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital Center
NYU School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
New York, New York

Belkin, S. Gary, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital Center
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Beer, Bernard, Ph.D.
Co-Chairman and Founder
DOV Pharmaceutical
Hackensack, NJ

Berger, Robert, M.D.
Director, Forensic Psychiatry Service
Bellevue Hospital Center
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Cancro, Robert, M.D., Med.D.Sc.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Carlsson, Arvid, M.D., Nobel Laureate
Department of Pharmacology
University of Göteborg
Goteborg, Sweden

Cho, Soo-Churl, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
Seoul National University, College of Medicine
Seoul, Korea

Chung, Henry, M.D.
Executive Director of the Student Health Center
New York University
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Coffey, Barbara, M.D.
Director
Institute for the Study of Tourette's and Movement Disorders
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Collins, Gary, M.D.
Director, Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program
Bellevue Hospital Center
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Costa e Silva, Jorge, M.D.
Director
International Center for Mental Health Policy and Research
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Crane, Daniel, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Crow, Timothy J., MB, Ph.D.
The Warneford Hospital
University Department of Psychiatry
Warneford Hospital
Oxford, United Kingdom

Davidson, Michael, MD
Department of Psychiatry
The Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel-Hashomer, Israel

Deakin, Bill, Professor, MB, Ph.D.
Neuroscience & Psychiatry Unit
The University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom

De Fina Philip, Ph.D.
President, American Board of School Neuropsychology
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

DeLisi, Lynn, M.D
Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Nathan S Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Eastman, Lyons Gwynne Nigel, M.D.
Forensic Psychiatry
St. George’s Hospital Medical Center
London, England

Ehrlich, Michelle, M.D.
Farber Institute for Neurosciences
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences
Philadelphia, PA

Farde, Lars, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Psychiatry Clinic, Karolinska Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden

Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang, MD
Head, Biological Psychiatry Research Unit
Department of Psychiatry
Innsbruck University Clinics
Innsbruck, Austria

Fishbain, A. David, M.D.
University of Miami
Comprehensive Pain & Rehab Center
Miami Beach, FL

Fishman, Scott, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, Ca

Foster, Jeffrey, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Friedman, Jeffrey, M.D.
Marilyn M. Simpson Professor
The Rockefeller University
New York, New York 10021

Galanter, Marc, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Gandy, Samuel, M.D., Ph.D.
Farber Institute for Neurosciences
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5587

Gigliotti, Analice de Paula, M.D.
Head of Chemical Dependence Unit
Santa Casa da Misericodia do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL

Goldstein, Susanna, M.D.
Head, Medical & Behavioral Health Research, PC
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Guillemin, Roger, M.D., Nobel Laureate
The Salk Institute
La Jolla, California 92037

Hayes, Christopher, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Long Island University
East Quogue, NY 11942

Henn, Fritz A., Ph.D., M.D.
Central Institute for Mental Health
University of Heidelberg
Mannheim, Germany

Hong, David Sungdo, M.D.
Professor & Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, Korea

Javitt, Daniel, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia
Nathan Kline Institute
Professor of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Jeanmonod, Daniel, M.D.
Laboratory for Functional Surgery
Neurosurgical Department
University Hospital Zürich
Zurich. Switzerland

Kane, John, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
The Zucker Hillside Hospital
Glen Oaks, New York 11004

Kleiman, Andrew, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Lerman, Louis, Ph.D.
Founder & Partner
Engram Associates/Pteranodon Ventures
Las Vegas, NV

Levounis, Petros, M.D.
Director
Addiction Institute of New York
New York, New York 10019

Levy, Robert, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Lippa, Arnold, M.D.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
DOV Pharmaceutical Inc.
Hackensack, NJ

Lowe, Sandlin, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Lusskin, Shari, M.D.
Director of Reproductive Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Magera, J. Michael, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital Center
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Maj, Mario, M.D., Ph.D.
President of the Italian Psychiatric Association
Professor and Chairman of the Institute of Psychiatry
University of Naples
Naples, Italy

Marcus, Norman, M.D.
Norman Marcus Pain Institute
New York, New York 10016

Mas, Francis, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

McEwen, Bruce, S., Ph.D.
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology
Rockefeller University
New York, New York

McGlashan, Thomas, M.D.
Professor and Director Yale Psychiatric Institute
Yale School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

McGorry, Patrick, MD, PhD
Director, ORYGEN Youth Health &Research Centre
Professor of Psychiatry
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia

Mendlewicz, Julien, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
Free University of Brussels
Erasme Hospital
Bruxelles, Belgium

Mezzich, Juan, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Director
Division of Psychiatric Epidemiology and
International Center for Mental Health
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Miller-Brotman, Laurie, Ph.D.
Director of the Institute for Prevention Science
NYU Child Study Center
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Misri, Shaila, M.D.
Director of Reproductive Psychiatry
St. Paul’s Hospital, Women’s Health Section
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC CANADA

Moussaoui, Driss, M.D.
Chairman
Ibn Tushd University Psychiatric Centre
Casablanca – Morocco

Ortiz, Carlos, M.D
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Okasha, Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D.
President of World Psychiatric Association
Professor of Psychiatry, Founder and Honorary Chairman- Institute of Psychiatry
Director of WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Mental Health
Faculty of Medicine – Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt

Perret, Laurent, M. D., Ph.D.
Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier
Courbevouie, France

Rapoport, Judith L., M.D.
Chief, Child Psychiatry Branch
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Seeman, Mary, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Siller, Keith, M.D.
Department of Neurology
NYU Medical Center
New York, New York 10016

Silva, Raul, M.D.
Deputy Director
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Stefanis, Costas N., MD., PhD.
The Minister
Hellenic Republic Ministry of Health & Welfare
Athens, Greece

Thibaut, Florence, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairperson
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen
Hopitaux de Rouen, Unite de Psychiatrie
Hopital Charles Nicolle
Rouen Cedex, France

Van Os, James, M.D.
Chairman and Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Volavka, Jan, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Clinical Research Division
Nathan S. Kline Institute
Professor of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Volkow, Nora D., M.D.
Director, NIH
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Bethesda, Maryland

Waddington, John, Ph.D., D.Sc
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Department of Clinical Pharmacology
Dublin, IRELAND

Weiser, Mark, M.D.
Director, Ambulatory Services
Psychiatry Department
Sheba Medical Center
ISRAEL

West, Eugene, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Yudofsky, Stuart, M.D.
D.C. & Irene Ellwood Professor and Chairman
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX