Dr. Salman Akhtar completed his medical and psychiatric education in India before moving to the USA in 1973, where he retrained in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Dr. Akhtar has authored or edited over 300 publications, including books on psychiatry and poetry. He is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Inter-Act Theatre Company in Philadelphia and received the Sigourney Award in 2012.