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Sally Satel, MD

Sally Satel, MD, a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine, examines mental health policy as well as political trends in medicine. She has served on the advisory committee of the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and was a member of the Fowler Commission that investigated sexual misconduct at the U.S. Air Force Academy in summer 2003. Her books range from PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine (Basic Books, 2001) and One Nation under Therapy (St. Martin's Press, 2005), coauthored with Christina Hoff Sommers, to When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Organ Donors (AEI Press, 2009). Her interest in transplant policy stems from her experience as the recipient of a donated kidney in 2006.

Experience

• Staff Psychiatrist, Oasis Drug Treatment Clinic, Washington, D.C., 1997-present
• Lecturer, 1995-present; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, 1988-95; Resident in Psychiatry, 1985-88, Yale University School of Medicine
• Member, National Advisory Council for the Center for Mental Health Services, 2002-2005
• Member, Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy (Fowler Commission), 2003
• Professional Staff Member, Committee on Veteran's Affairs, U.S. Senate, 1996-97
• Consultant, Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate, 1995-96
• Staff Psychiatrist, District of Columbia Superior Court Pretrial Program, 1995-96
• Visiting Research Scientist, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1994-96
• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, Labor and Human Resources Committee, U.S. Senate, 1993-94
• Staff Psychiatrist, West Haven VA Medical Center, 1988-93

Education

MD Brown University
MS University of Chicago
BS Cornell University