Speakers and Participants

Early Psychological Intervention Following Mass Trauma:
The Present and Future Directions

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
8:30 am - 5:30 pm

Distinguished Conference Participants

Robert W. Amler, M.D.
Dean and Professor of Public Health,
School of Public Health
New York Medical College


Carl Bell, M.D.
President/C.E.O. Community Mental Health Council
Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago


Michael Blumenfield, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine & Surgery
Sidney E. Frank Professor of Psychiatry
New York Medical College


Richard A. Bryant, Ph.D.
Scientia Professor
School of Psychology
University of New South Wales


Charles C Engel, M.D., M.P.H.
Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army
Director, Department of Defense Deployment Health Clinical Center
Associate Professor & Assistant Chair (Research) Department of Psychiatry
F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University


Joseph T. English, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
New York Medical College


Matthew J. Friedman, M.D.
Executive Director
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder


Seth Hassett, M.S.W.
Chief, Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA


Ralph A. O’Connell, M.D.
Provost and Dean, School of Medicine
New York Medical College


Beverley Raphael, M.D.
Professor of Population Mental Health and Disasters
University of Western Sydney
Professor of Psychological Medicine
Australian National University
Australia


Dori B. Reissman, M.D., M.P.H.
CDR, U.S. Public Health Service
Senior Medical Advisor for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Mental Health
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


Farris Tuma, Sc.D., M.H.S.
Chief, Traumatic Stress Disorders Research Program
National Institute of Mental Health


Arieh Y. Shalev, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Head, Department of Psychiatry
Hadassah University Hospital
Jerusalem, Israel


Robert J. Ursano, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry Director
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences


Patricia Watson, Ph.D.
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder