Assad Meymandi

Dr. Assad Meymandi is a psychiatrist in private practice in Raleigh and the former chief of staff and board member of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. He has long been active in the American Group Psychotherapy Association, the Southern Medical Association, and the North Carolina Medical Society, for which he served as chairman of the psychiatry and neurology section. He has been a radio commentator on health issues, a founder and associate editor of North Carolina Journal of Mental Health, a newspaper columnist, and a board member of several local arts organizations. Meymandi is a native of Kerman, Iran and a graduate of Arizona State University and the George Washington University School of Medicine