Arthur Rifkin

Background

Rifkin, Arthur was born on April 7, 1937 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Beatrice Rifkin.

Education

Bachelor, Columbia College, 1957; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1961.

Career

Staff psychiatrist, Hillside Hospital, Queens, New York, 1967-1970; director aftercare clinic, Hillside Hospital, Queens, New York, 1970-1976; research psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, 1976-1979; director clinical psychopharm research division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1979-1984; associate director, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, New York, 1984-1988; assistant director academic affairs department psychiatry, Queens Hospital Center affiliate of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens, New York, 1988-1993; director MRIDD Svc., Hillside Hospital/Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, New York, since 1993. Professor psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Ad hoc reviewer National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland., since 1987.

Consultant Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, 1975.

Achievements

• Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology.

Membership

Captain United States Air Force, 1965-1967. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American College Neuropsychopharmacology. Mem.Collegium International Neuropsychopharmacologilum, American Psychopathological Association.

Interests

• Avocations: music, violin.

Connections

Married Eva Renate Buschke, October 3, 1936. Children: William David, Deborah Anne.

Father:

Jacob Rifkin

Mother:

Beatrice Rifkin

Spouse:

Eva Renate Buschke

child:

Deborah Anne Rifkin

child:

William David Rifkin