Mike McCally, MD.

Mike McCally is executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Dr. McCally is a public health physician and most recently was Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, where he was Co-Director of the Center for Children’s Health and the Environment. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from Princeton University, an M.D. from Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. in Physiology from Ohio State University. He has held positions in academic medicine and hospital administration as well as the foundation community. Dr. McCally is active in public health advocacy organizations and medical organizations concerned with militarism and nuclear war. He has served on the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) for many years and as its President in 2004. Dr. McCally was Treasurer of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War when it won the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. McCally’s most recent book is Life Support: The Environment and Human Health, published by MIT Press in 2002. Tel: 202.667.4260 / Email: mmcally@psr.org.

Physicians for Social Responsibility Security Program works for the prevention of nuclear war, against the development and use of nuclear weapons, and for a reduction in the role of armed force in US foreign and security policy. www.psr.org.