John Sadler, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Endowed Title Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Professorship in Medical Ethics; Distinguished Teaching Professor School Medical School Department Psychiatry You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography John Z. Sadler, M.D., Director of the Program in Ethics in Science & Medicine and Chief of the Division of Ethics in the Department of Psychiatry is internationally acclaimed for his work in the fields of Philosophy and Ethics of Psychiatry. He is co-founder and treasurer of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry, an organization dedicated to exploring conceptual issues at the interface of psychiatry and philosophy, and is one of three Executive Secretaries of the International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry. For 30 years, until 2024, Dr. Sadler edited the international journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, along with its founding editor, K. W. M. Fulford. Dr. Sadler continues to co-edit the Oxford University Press book series International Perspectives on Philosophy and Psychiatry, which has published over 50 monographs, and Oxford Handbooks reference texts. Dr. Sadler’s work prompted the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians to award their Psychiatric Excellence Award to him in 2001. Dr. Sadler’s ongoing work in the education of medical students, residents, and practitioners has earned him several teaching awards, including the Nancy C.A. Roeske Certificate of Excellence in Medical Education from the American Psychiatric Association, appointment as a UT System and UT Southwestern Distinguished Teaching Professor, election to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society anno domini, and an inaugural recipient of the UT Health Science System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012. In 2014 he was awarded the Distinguished Clinical Science Educator Award from the UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers, and in 2014 he was designated a Distinguished Life Fellow from the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Sadler has edited or co-edited several books and several special issues of professional journals, and he authored Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis (Oxford University Press, 2005) and Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis (Oxford University Press, 2024). In collaboration with philosopher Jennifer Radden, he co-authored The Virtuous Psychiatrist: Character Ethics in Clinical Practice. In 2013 Dr. Sadler was a co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry, and in 2015 he was the lead editor of the 2-volume, 1700-page Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics and, in 2021, a co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics, all definitive reference works in their fields. Dr. Sadler has published dozens of articles and chapters in the area of clinical psychiatry, psychiatric education, bioethics, and the philosophy of psychiatry. Since 1985, he has served on the Parkland Hospital & Health System Institutional Ethics Committee and, from 1989-2019, served as its co-chair and the clinical ethics consultant to the hospital. Dr. Sadler received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and trained in psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center before joining the faculty in 1984. Education Medical School Indiana University School of Medicine (1980) Internship UT Southwestern Medical Center (1981), Psychiatry Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (1984), Psychiatry Research Interest Clinical Research Ethics Medical Ethics Philosophy and Ethics of Psychiatry Psychiatric Education Publications Featured Publications Professional Identity Formation: Creating a Longitudinal Framework Through TIME (Transformation in Medical Education). Holden MD, Buck E, Luk J, Ambriz F, Boisaubin EV, Clark MA, Mihalic AP, Sadler JZ, Sapire KJ, Spike JP, Vince A, Dalrymple JL Acad Med 2015 Apr What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-V Stein DJ, Phillips KA, Bolton D, Fulford KW, Sadler JZ, Kendler KS Psychological Medicine 2010 11 40 1759-1765 Points to consider: The research ethics consultation service and the IRB. Beskow LM, Grady C, Iltis AS, Sadler JZ, Wilfond BS IRB 2009 Nov-Dec 31 6 1-9 Can medicalization be good? Situating medicalization within bioethics Sadler JZ, Jotterand F, Lee SC, Inrig S Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2009 6 30 411-425 Validity and utility of bipolar spectrum models. Phelps J, Angst J, Katzow J, Sadler J, Bipolar Disord 2008 Feb 10 1 Pt 2 179-93 Vice and the diagnostic classification of mental disorders: A philosophical case conference Sadler JZ Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 2008 1 15 1-17 The psychiatric significance of the personal self. Sadler JZ Psychiatry 2007 70 2 113-29 Should patients and their families contribute to the DSM-V process? Sadler JZ, Fulford B Psychiatr Serv 2004 Feb 55 2 133-8 Recognizing values: a descriptive-causal method for medical/scientific discourses. Sadler JZ J Med Philos 1997 Dec 22 6 541-65 Clinical problem solving and the biopsychosocial model. Sadler JZ, Hulgus YF Am J Psychiatry 1992 Oct 149 10 1315-23 Results 1-10 of 67 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Philosophical Perspectives on Psychiatric Diagnostic Classification Sadler JZ, Wiggins OP, Schwartz MA (Ed.) (1994). Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press Descriptions and Prescriptions: Values, Mental Disorders, and the DSMs Sadler JZ (Ed.) (2002). Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis Sadler, J.Z. (2005). Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press The Virtuous Psychiatrist: Character Ethics in Psychiatric Practice Radden, J.H., and Sadler, J.Z. (2010). New York, NY/Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry Fulford, KWM, Davies, M, Gipps, RGT, Graham, G, Sadler, JZ, Stanghellini, G, Thornton, T (Ed.) (2013). Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics Sadler, J.Z., Van Staden C.W., Fulford, K.W.M. (Ed.) (2015). Oxford/New York, Oxford University Press Virtues in the practice of psychiatric diagnosis. In Psychiatric Ethics, Fifth Edition Laney M, Sadler JZ (2021). Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press Why ethics matter in psychotherapy. In The Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics Trachsel M, Gaab J, Tekin S, Biller-Andorno N, Sadler JZ (2021). Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis Sadler JZ (Ed.) (2024). Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics Trachsel M, Gaab J, Tekin S, Biller-Andorno N, Sadler JZ. (Ed.) (2021). Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press Nature and Narrative: An Introduction to the New Philosophy of Psychiatry Fulford, K.W.M., Morris, K., Sadler, J.Z., and Stanghellini, G. (Ed.) (2003). Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press Conceptual models of normative content in mental disorders. In Thomas Szasz: An appraisal of his legacy Sadler JZ (2019). Oxford, Oxford University Press Legitimate and illegitimate imposition of therapists? values on patients. In The Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics Lampley S, Sadler JZ (2020). Oxford, Oxford University Press Evidence, science, and ethics in talk-based healing practices. In The Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics Phillips J, Sadler JZ (2019). Oxford, Oxford University Press Psychiatric Ethics. In Landmark Papers in Psychiatry Zettl R, Sadler JZ (2020). New York, NY USA, Oxford University Press Embedded ethics in medical education. In Ethics at the Heart of Higher Education Camp M.E., Cole A.G., Sadler J.Z (2020). Eugene, Oregon, USA, Pickwick Publications Philosophical Aesthetics in Psychiatric Practice and Education. In The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health and Contemporary Western Aesthetics Laney M, Sadler JZ (2023). Oxford Academic Values Literacy and Citizenship. In Philosophy and Human Flourishing Sadler JZ (2022). New York, Oxford Academic Psychiatric diagnosis. In Psychiatric Ethics (5th Edition) Laney M, Sadler JZ (2021). Oxford University Press Honors & Awards Gold Humanism Honor SocietyElected by UT Southwestern Medical Students (2023) Outstanding ReviewerMilbank Quarterly Journal (2021) Texas Monthly Super Doctors Hall of Fame (2021) Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2015) Distinguished Clinical Science Educator Award, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2013-2014) UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching AwardRecipient (2012) Alpha Omega AlphaMedical honorary fraternity (2008) Charter MemberThe UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) (2006) MemberThe University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education (2006) Psychiatric Excellence AwardTexas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (2001) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Psychiatric Association American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
