David Goodman, MD

David W. Goodman, MD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. and clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York, Norton College of Medicine. He is also the director of the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center of Maryland in Lutherville and the director of Suburban Psychiatric Associates, LLC. An internationally recognized expert, he has presented over 750 lectures to medical specialists, authored approximately 40 peer-reviewed scientific papers, conducted clinical research on several of the ADHD medications now on the market, serves as a consultant to the NFL and the World Anti-Doping Agency, is widely quoted in national media, teaches fourth-year psychiatric residents at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and State University of New York Upstate. Dr. Goodman served on the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) steering committee, which is developing for publication the first US guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults. To advance funding and collaborative support for adult ADHD research and education, he founded two nonprofit foundations (MyADHDFoundation.org and ADHDWorldFoundation.org).

Susan Young, PhD

Susan Young, DClinPsy, PhD, CSi, AFBPS, is an internationally recognized clinical and forensic psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist, specializing in neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan. She is director of Psychology Services Ltd (UK) and has held honorary and visiting professional appointments both in the UK and internationally. Dr. Young previously held senior academic positions at Imperial College London and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, as well as senior clinical posts at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the West London Mental Health NHS Trust, where she was director of forensic research and development. She is the author of several clinical tools that are used internationally, including the ADHD Child Evaluation (ACEv.2 and ACE+v.2), the Diagnostic Autism Spectrum Interview (DASI-2), and a range of treatment programs for ADHD in children, adolescents, and adults. Her assessment and intervention tools have been translated into over thirty languages and are widely implemented across clinical, educational, and forensic settings worldwide. Dr. Young has authored over three hundred academic and professional publications and is a regular contributor to government consultations, public policy development, and media commentary on ADHD and autism. 

Salif Mahamane, PhD

Salif Mahamane, PhD, is a cognitive scientist and environmental psychologist by training. He loves studying how people’s environments affect their thoughts, feelings, and actions and, in turn, how people affect their environment as well. He has most specifically studied how natural and built environments differ in their ability to restore cognitive resources for endogenous, or top-down, attention. Dr. Mahamane has ADHD and thinks of it as very much a feature of his nervous system, albeit with significant hardships. His message is that people with ADHD, and anyone who cares about them, should unlearn what they’ve been told about what productivity and validation must look like, and give themselves credit for all the ways they naturally excel in spite of neurotypical norms. He draws on both cognitive neuroscience and personal experience in his own ongoing struggle to relearn this new outlook on ADHD life and hopes to help others do the same. Most importantly, he loves fly fishing, hunting, river tripping, and spending invaluable time with his family, including his son with ADHD.