Biography

Edmond H. Pi, M.D. is a Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
at the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine. He is also 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 fields of clinical psychiatry and psychopharmacology, particularly ethnic and cross-cultural aspect, with an extensive list of publications including authorship in psychiatric textbooks. 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 (PRCP), Vice Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 2019 and 2020 Annual Meetings of American Psychiatric Association (APA). Professor Pi is a Distinguished Life Fellow of APA and an Honorary Fellow of World Psychiatric Association (WPA). He served as the Representative for Zone 2 – USA within the WPA Board (2014-2020), currently, he serves on the WPA Executive Board as the Secretary for Scientific Meetings (2020- ).