Background
Lerer, Bernard was born on August 5, 1948 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Leib and Thelma (Pearlman) Lerer.
educator psychiatrist researcher
Lerer, Bernard was born on August 5, 1948 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Leib and Thelma (Pearlman) Lerer.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University Capetown, South Africa, 1971. Diploma in Psychotherapy, Israel Institute Psychoanalysis, 1978.
Intern, Tel Hashomer (Sheba) Hospital, Israel, 1972;
resident internal medicine, Hebrew-University Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, 1973-1974;
resident in psychiatry, Hebrew-University Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, 1974-1978;
research fellow, Ezrath Nashim (Herzog) Hospital, Jerusalem, 1979-1980;
director department psychiatry A, Ezrath Nashim (Herzog) Hospital, Jerusalem, 1980-1982, 84-90;
director Yaacov Herzog Center for Brain and Psychiatry Research, Ezrath Nashim (Herzog) Hospital, Jerusalem, 1984-1990;
senior research fellow/research unit chief, Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, 1982-1984;
head inpatient service/director biological psychiatry laboratory/professor, Hadassah-Hebrew U. Medical Center, Jerusalem, since 1990;
director, National Institute for Psychobiology, Israel, since 1994. Examiner Israel Medical Association, Science Council, Specialty Board Examinations in Psychiatry, since 1985. Medical Research Council visiting scientist department psychiatry U. Cape Town, 1982.
Visiting professor Rigshospitalet department psychiatry U. Copenhagen, 1987. Visiting professor department psychiatry U. Hiroshima, 1995. Assistant professor Wayne State University, Detroit, 1982-1984, associate professor, 1984.
Instructor department psychiatry Hebrew U./Hadassah Medical School, 1976-1979, lecturer, 1979-1984, senior lecturer, 1984-1986, associate professor, 1986-1991, professor, since 1991. Chairman Israel Ministry Health Committee for Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies.
Major Israel Defense Force active research, since 1977. Member Israel Medical Association, Israel Psychiatric Association, Israel Society Biological Psychiatry (founding member, chairman since 1992), Israel Society Neurosci., International College Neuropsychopharmacology (council since 1994), International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, Association for Convulsive Therapy, United States Society Biological Psychiatry, International Society for Psychiatric Genetics (charter), European College Neuropsychopharmacology.
Married Ziona Rachel Liebgott, July 5, 1970. Children: Sariel, Elad, Shira.