John M. Kane, MD, is senior vice president for Behavioral Health Services of Northwell Health and chairman of psychiatry at The Zucker Hillside Hospital. He is chairman of psychiatry and professor of psychiatry and molecular medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Kane received his BA from Cornell University and his MD from the New York University School of Medicine.

Dr. Kane has been the principal investigator of ninteen NIH grants and contracts and authored more than 600 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has been a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for NIMH, and has chaired the NIMH Psychopathology and Psychobiology Review Committee as well as the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration. He has served as president of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, the Schizophrenia International Research Society and the Psychiatric Research Society.

Dr. Kane is a recipient of the Arthur P. Noyes Award in Schizophrenia, the NAPPH Presidential Award for Research, the American Psychiatric Association’s Gralnick Award, Foundations’ Fund Prize for Research, the Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry, the Lieber Prize for Outstanding Research in Schizophrenia, the Heinz E. Lehmann Research Award from New York State, and the Dean Award from the American College of Psychiatrists.