Dr. Henry Lee is a Chinese American and joined the University of New Haven's Forensic Science program about 40 years ago and turned it into one of the top programs in the country. The building he still works in at 85 years old bears his name.

Dr Lee, the founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, has assisted in over 7,000 major case investigations, has served as a forensics expert for 50 states and 30 countries and as a consultant for 600 law enforcement agencies, and has testified over 1,000 times in both criminal and civil courts in the United States and abroad. Some of the high-profile cases Dr Lee had provided investigative assistance for include the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the death of Chandra Levy, the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, and the reinvestigation of the Kennedy assassination.

Dr. Alberto R Ferreres, MD, PhD, JD, MPH, FACS (Hon.) received his medical degree “suma cum laude” from the University of Buenos Aires in 1979 and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the same institution in 1987.

He trained in general surgery and surgical oncology at the University of Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1987. He completed a Master of Public Health from Salvador University, Buenos Aires, in 1995, a Masters in Health Administration in 1996, from Austral University, Buenos Aires as well as a Fellowship in Patient Safety and Medical Error (Virginia Commonwealth University, 1997) and a Fellowship in Clinical Ethics at the University of Chicago McLean Center for Medical Ethics in 2010. Professor Ferreres was an International Guest Scholar of the ACS in 1991.

He is presently Full Professor of Surgery at the University of Buenos Aires and Chair Department of General Surgery at the Dr. Carlos A Bocalandro Hospital. He has a focus in Surgical Ethics, sitting at the ACS Committee on Ethics and served as Editor in Chief for the College’s Textbook “Issues in Surgical Ethics”. He also holds an appointment as Professor of Surgery and Ethics at the University of Washington Department of Surgery (Seattle, WA) where he runs the Surgical Ethics Program.