Gary Belkin, MD, PhD, MPH Executive Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Gary Belkin is the executive deputy commissioner of mental hygiene in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Division of Mental Hygiene has driven the framework and implementation of a city-wide approach to innovate mental health services called ThriveNYC, which is reframing mental health as a public health priority. Belkin manages policy, planning, services development, and implementation for prevention, promotion and treatment efforts across NYC. Before his current role, he was the medical director for behavioral health in the Health and Hospitals Corporation of the City of New York, which operates eleven public hospitals in New York City. He has also served as chief of psychiatry (interim) at Bellevue Hospital and has led policy development in urban health settings, with an interest in advancing innovative approaches to public mental health. As an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine, he was the founding director of the NYU Program in Global Mental Health.
James L. Bernat, MD Professor of Neurology and Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth James L. Bernat is a neurologist at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Formerly the Louis and Ruth Frank Professor of Neuroscience, currently he is professor of neurology and medicine (active emeritus). Following graduation from Cornell University Medical College, he trained in internal medicine and neurology at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Bernat has been a Dartmouth faculty member for forty-two years. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the Hastings Center, and is a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. His scholarly interests are in ethical and philosophical issues in neurology, particularly brain death and disorders of consciousness. Bernat has authored over 250 articles and chapters on topics in neurology and bioethics. He is the author of Ethical Issues in Neurology, 3rd ed. and co-editor of Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology, and Palliative Care in Neurology.
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