Jacob M. Appel, MD

Jacob M. Appel is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, where he is Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry.  He is also the author of four literary novels including Millard Salter's Last Day, ten short story collections, an essay collection, a cozy mystery, a thriller, a volume of poems and a compendium of medical dilemmas.  Prior to joining the faculty at Mount Sinai, Jacob taught most recently at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and at Yeshiva College, where he was the writer-in-residence.   He is co-chair of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry's Committee on Psychiatry & the Law and a judge for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.   More at www.jacobmappel.com