We are honored to have Dr. Bandy X. Lee accept this position.

Dr. Bandy X. Lee stands at the pinnacle of modern psychiatry—not merely as a clinician, but as a visionary whose work has redefined the global understanding of mental health, violence prevention, and the intersection between psychiatry and public policy. Trained at Yale and Harvard, she has moved far beyond the traditional boundaries of the profession, becoming the world’s most prominent voice on the psychology of power, dangerous leadership, and the mental health of societies.

Her influence extends far beyond the clinic. Dr. Lee has briefed members of the U.S. Congress, advised governments and international organizations, and worked with the World Health Organization to develop global violence-prevention strategies. She has brought the insights of forensic psychiatry into family court and other judicial settings, challenging injustice, exposing pseudoscience, and confronting some of the most urgent threats to democracy and public safety.

Dr. Lee’s extraordinary impact comes from her rare combination of deep clinical expertise, rigorous scholarship, and uncompromising moral courage. She has transformed psychiatry into a proactive force for education, justice, public safety, and the defense of constitutional values. In her hands, psychiatry becomes a tool not only to heal individuals, but to diagnose and treat the illnesses of entire societies.

In an era where truth and accountability are under siege, Dr. Bandy X. Lee has emerged as psychiatry’s most influential and impactful leader—arguably the most prominent psychiatrist in the world—not because she sought power, but because she has consistently used her expertise to speak truth to it.