Background
Parsons, Bruce was born on January 16, 1954 in New York City. Son of Don Robert and Lenora Parsons.
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Bruce Parsons
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Bruce Parsons, American Psychiatry educator. Achievements include demonstration that patients with severe borderline personality disorder do not respond to tricyclic antidepressants, that the neurotoxin which mimics Parkinson's disease binds to monoamine oxidase in brain, that induction of brain progestin receptors is necessary for feminine reproductive behavior.
Education
Bachelor, Reed College, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Rockefeller U., 1981; Doctor of Medicine, U. Miami, 1986.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1981-1982; Lieberman research fellow, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1983-1984; intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida, 1986-1987; resident, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, 1987-1990; assistant professor clinical psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City, since 1990. Member medical staff committee New York State Psychiatric Institute, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer teacher Harlem Alternative School, 1976-1977. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Lourdes Neugart, November 4, 1988.
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American