Jonathan Shay, Combat Trauma Expert

A wonderful profile that's still on the Web is the one profiling prolific combat trauma expert Jonathan Shay, M.D., in the New York Times from 2003.  Click here to find it on its website.  Shay is a towering figure in the field, having written several of the pre-eminent works (see sidebar), and the profile tells an interesting story of the turns Shay's own life took leading him to the study of combat trauma, and helping veterans survive the turmoil of their post-combat lives.  (Shays' books include "Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character," and "Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming."