Ezra Griffith Author & Editor

Dr. Ezra Griffith, MD is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and African-American Studies at Yale University. In 2001, the Morehouse School of Medicine conferred on him its Doctor of Science degree, Honoris Causa. Dr. Griffith has published widely, with over 140 publications of academic articles, commentaries, and books. He has also carried out significant scholarship over the years in medical anthropology. In 2010, the American Psychiatric Association presented him its Isaac Ray Award for his distinguished achievements in forensic psychiatry. He delivered the Isaac Ray Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. In March 2012, he was a visiting professor at the University of Florida, College of Medicine; and in September 2012, he was the Steinberg Visiting Professor of Psychiatry and the Law at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He has been recently lecturing on medical ethics and on the organizational problems of diversity and inclusion.