Edmond H. Pi, M.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC) and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Pi is former Medical Director of the Department of Mental Health (DMH), State of California, USA. The DMH had oversight of $2 billion public mental health annual budget. He was the Department’s highest-level psychiatrist and was responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of statewide mental health treatment services. Professor Pi is an accomplished researcher in the field of cross-cultural psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and movement disorders. Dr. Pi is listed among the Best Doctors in America and America’s Top Doctors. Professor Pi has been very active on the international scenes in organized psychiatry in the past 30 years, including Vice President and Treasurer of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, Board of Directors of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation. Professor Pi is an Honorary Fellow of World Psychiatric Association (WPA). He served as the Representative for Zone 2 – USA within the WPA Board (2014-2020), currently, serves on the WPA Executive Board as the Secretary for Scientific Meetings (2020- ).