Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome on Behalf of Earle Mack School of Law
Professor Barry Furrow, Director, Health Law Concentration

Opening Remarks: Contrasting Ethical Values—Fidelity to Whom?
Introduction of Presenters
Professor Bersoff

The Politics of Guantanamo Bay: An Eyewitness Account
Professor Zillmer

Looking Back, Thinking Ahead: A Legal and Ethical Critique of Coercive Interrogations and Health Professionals’ Complicity
Professor Marks

Break

Practicing Psychology in the Global War on Terror: Professional Roles and Ethical Challenges
Dr. Gelles

Ethics of Psychiatric Participation in Interrogation of Detainees in the War on Terror
Dr. Sharfstein

Debate and Discussion Among Presenters and Audience

Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD, Director, Law & Psychology Program; Professor, Drexel Law and Department of Psychology and former General Counsel of the American Psychological Association

Professor Bersoff is a nationally renowned expert on legal and ethical issues in mental health, developmental disabilities, and education. Before coming to Drexel, Professor Bersoff directed the JD/PhD Program in Law and Psychology offered jointly by Villanova University Law School and the Department of Clinical & Health Psychology at MCP Hahnemann University. He has produced more than 100 books, articles, and papers on law, ethics, and social policy. He is the author of the landmark “Ethical Conflicts in Psychology,” published by the American Psychological Association, the 4th edition of which is being translated into Chinese. In 2007 he presented an invited paper at Oxford University on “The Use of Nongovernmental Organizations to Foster Unethical Government Conduct."

Michael G. Gelles, PsyD, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP and former Chief Forensic Psychologist, Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Dr. Gelles is senior manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP’s federal practice in Washington, DC, consulting in the areas of human capital management and systems and operations. He was the chief psychologist at NCIS for more than 16 years where he assisted NCIS and other law enforcement agencies with criminal counterintelligence, and counterterrorism investigations and operations. He was the lead psychologist for the behavioral consultation team for the Criminal Investigations Task Force. His concerns about coerced interrogations were featured in Jane Mayer’s best-selling “The Dark Side,” which chronicles efforts by the Bush administration to circumvent legal obstacles to torture.

Jonathan H. Marks, BA, BCL, MA, Associate Professor of Bioethics, Humanities & Law, Pennsylvania State University

Steven S. Sharfstein, MD, MPA, President and CEO, Sheppard Pratt Health System and former President, American Psychiatric Association

As President and CEO of Sheppard Pratt, Dr. Sharfstein oversees a private, nonprofit behavioral health organization that provides a full range of services in a variety of settings to meet the needs of children, adolescents, and adults. He is also Clinical Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland. A practicing clinician for more than 30 years, he is best known for his research and writing on the economics of practice and public mental health policy. He is the co-author of “Madness and Government: Who Care for the Mentally Ill.” He served as president of the American Psychiatric Association from 2005-2006 and was given its Human Rights Award in 2007.

Eric Zillmer, Ph.D., Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology and Athletic Director, Drexel University

Professor Zillmer is a licensed psychologist, Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and past president of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. He has written extensively in the area of the psychology of terrorists, clinical neuropsychology, and psychological assessment. His most contribution is as co-author of “Military Psychology” that examines the psychological contexts involved in the most recent military initiatives and geopolitical events. In 2006, he was invited by the Pentagon to serve as a distinguished visitor to examine detention facilities and interrogation procedures at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.