Background
Schaffner, Bertram Henry was born on November 12, 1912 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton and Gerta (Herzog) Schaffner.
Schaffner, Bertram Henry was born on November 12, 1912 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton and Gerta (Herzog) Schaffner.
Student, Harvard University, 1933. AB, Swarthmore College, 1932. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1937.
Diploma, William Alanson White Institute, 1953.
Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1937-1938. Resident in neurology Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1938-1939. Resident in psychiatry Bellevue Hospital, 1939-1940, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, 1946-1947.
Private practice psychiatry and psychoanalysis, since 1947. Lecturer School Nursing Cornell University, New York City, 1950-1960. Member faculty, clinical supervisor in psychotherapy William Alanson White Institute Psychoanalysis, since 1960, medical director Human Immunodeficiency Virus service, clinical supervisor psychoanalysis, since 1993.
Consultant, editor conferences Josiah Macy Junior Foundation, 1949, 50, 51. Consultant United States Children's Bureau, 1946-1947, Bureau Mental Health, Virgin Islands, 1954-1960, World Federation Mental Health, 1958-1968, others. Member New York County district board Committee on Gay and Lesbian Issues.
Consultant World Health Organization, 1960-1967. Founder, executive director United States-Caribbean Aid to Mental Health, Inc., 1960-1968. Organizer Biennial Caribbean Conferences for Mental Health, 1959-1965.
Organizer, consultant Caribbean Federation for Mental Health, 1959-1965. Member research study Pre-Soviet Russian Family in the Research in Contemporary Cultures, Columbia University, 1949-1951.
Member editorial board Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, since 1987. Author: Father Land: A Study of Authoritarianism in the German Family, 1948. Contributor numerous articles to professional publications.
Member acquisitions committee The Brooklyn Museum of Art, since 1995. Trustee Brooklyn Museum of Art. Fellow American Medical Association (life), American Psychiatric Association (chairman 1983-1986, member committee on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome New York County district branch 1989-1999, life), American Academy Psychoanalysis (life), Caribbean Psychiatric Association.
Member Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (chair international relations committee 1960-1965, chair committee on human sexuality 1987-1998), International Academy Sex Research.
Collecting asian and indian art.