Alen J. Salerian

Overview
Alen J. Salerian, M.D., is a psychiatrist who lives and works in the Washington D.C. area. He is the medical director of the Washington Center for Psychiatry, the founder and President of the Sevag-Saleri Museum, the founder of the International Center for Evidence Based Teaching , and the former head of the FBI's Mobile Psychiatric Emergency response team. He received his medical degree from Istanbul University. 

Salerian has written for prominent academic journals and newspapers such as the Washington Post and the L.A. Times on several topics, including the mental health of U.S. presidents, Mike Tyson's psychosocial ordeals, and the rise of oxycodone abuse. He was the first psychiatrist to interview FBI Agent Robert Hanssen after Hanssen was arrested for espionage in 2001.Salerian was fined and suspended by Maryland medical authorities for improper disclosures in the Hanssen case. Underlying these media appearances has been a plea for more routine psychological care for both federal officials with high-pressure jobs and any person who shows signs of mental distress.