Contributors

Shelley Cross, MD, is Associate Professor Emerita at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. A graduate of Wellesley College (Philosophy) and graduate student at the University of Minnesota (Philosophy), she graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Residencies in Internal Medicine (Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University) and Neurology (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University), and a fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute) followed. She joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology, where she concentrated on patient care and teaching. She has authored more than 30 papers and book chapters on neurological topics. An academic graduate of the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Institute, she is interested in applying analytic concepts in medical encounters. Her paper, “Wilfred Bion's Concept of the ‘Selected Fact’ and its Usefulness in a Neurological Practice” won the Dieperink Prize of the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians (Canada), the American Academy of Neurology, and the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society, and a member of the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and the American Psychoanalytic Association. She plays the cello.

Karim G. Dajani, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice with a specialization in treating bi-cultural individuals. He is on the faculty at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. His research and writing include publications on psychological resilience and culture. More specifically, recent publications examine the role cultural systems play in structuring individuals and organizing collectives, as well as the experience of cultural dislocation and its impact on the mind.