Allen R. Dyer, MD, PhDProfessor of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesVice-chair for EducationThe George Washington University2120 L Street NW, Suite 600Washington, DC 20037 USABrandon Kohrt, MD, PhDCharles and Sonia Akman Professor of Global PsychiatryAssociate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Global HealthDirector, Division of Global Mental HealthThe George Washington University2120 L St NW, Suite 600Washington DC 20037Philip J. Candilis, MD, DFAPAProfessor of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of MedicineDirector of Medical AffairsCo-Director, Forensic Psychiatry FellowshipSaint Elizabeths HospitalDC Department of Behavioral Health1100 Alabama Avenue SEWashington DC 20032Dr. Dyer received MD and PhD degrees from Duke University, the PhD in ethics. He has served in a number of academic and administrative positions and in 2009 he moved to Washington, DC, to serve as Senior Health Advisor to the International Medical Corps, before joining the Global Mental Health program at the department of psychiatry at the George 500Washington University. He is the author of several books on professional ethics including Ethics and Psychiatry: Toward Professional Definition and (co-author with Laura Roberts) of A Concise Guide to Ethics in Mental Health Care as well as a cancer memoir, One More Mountain to Climb: What my Illness Taught me about Health. He has worked in disaster affected communities in China after the Great Sichuan Earthquake, Haiti, Japan after its Triple Disaster and particularly in Iraq to improve health infrastructure.
