Speakers: Jack El-Hai

Title: The Journey to Nuremberg and Hollywood of Douglas M. Kelley, M.D.

Introductions: 

Jack El-Hai is a journalist who writes nonfiction books, articles, and essays. He covers medicine, history, science, and crime. Among his published books are The New York Times-bestselling The Nazi and the Psychiatrist (recently adapted into the movie Nuremberg), The Lobotomist, The Lost Brothers, and Face in the Mirror. His new book The Case of the Autographed Corpse: A Medicine Man and a Mystery Writer in Pursuit of Justice will be published in October 2026. He has contributed essays and articles to Smithsonian, The Atlantic, GQ, Wired, Scientific American, and many other publications. He is a past president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and a two-time winner of both the June Roth Memorial Award for medical journalism and the Minnesota Book Award. 

Learning Objectives: 
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. Assess the role Douglas M. Kelly, MD, played as a consulting psychiatrist for the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946. 

2. Recognize the alterations that a factual medical narrative undergoes when it is adapted for use in a fictionalized popular movie.  

3. Describe the conflicts Kelley faced and created in his unique responsibilities as a psychiatrist studying the mental states of the twenty-two high-ranking German defendants on trial for war crimes. 

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