Professor, physician, researcher, writer, film producer and director from Atlanta, GA. Director of the Emory Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit and Director of Mental Health Research at the Atlanta VAMC. Researcher in the field of PTSD, stress and health, with over 300 highly cited journal publications. Author of multiple non-fiction books published by Penguin and WW Norton. Co-founder of Laughing Cow Productions, award-winning screenwriter, director/writer/producer of "Inheritance, Italian Style" (2014) feature-length comedy represented by House of Film. Forthcoming book is from Shelfstealers Press "You Can't Just Snap Out Of It: The True Path to Recovery from Psychological Trauma" (2014).