Carl Eisdorfer

Background

Eisdorfer, Carl was born on June 20, 1930 in Bronx, New York, United States.

Education

Bachelor, New York University, 1951. Master of Arts, New York University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1959.

Doctor of Medicine, Duke University, 1964. Postgraduate in health systems management, Harvard University, 1981.

Career

Lecturer in psychology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1959-1972; intern in medicine, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1964-1965; psychiatric trainee, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1964-1967; director training, research coordinator Center for Study Aging and Human Development, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1965-1970; professor psychiatry and medical psychology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1968-1972; director medical studies behavioral science program, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1970-1972; head division medical psychology department psychiatry, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1970-1972; director Center for Study Aging and Human Development,, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1970-1972; founding director Institute on Aging,, U. Washington, Seattle, 1977-1979; professor, department chairman psychiatry and behavioral science School of Medicine, Adjunct Professor psychology, U. Washington, Seattle, 1972-1981; senior scholar in residence, Institute Medicine, National Academy Sciences, Washington, 1979-1980; professor psychiatry and neuroscience, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1981-1985; chief Executive officer, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, 1981-1985; professor, department chairman psychiatry, U. Miami, Florida, since 1986; also director Center on Adult Development and Aging, U. Miami chief division mental health, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, since 1986. Coordinator Community Mental Health Services, Halifax County North Carolina, 1969-1970. Visiting professor University of California, 1969-1970, University of California-Berkeley, 1969-1970.

H.T. Dozer visiting professor geriatrics and psychiatry Ben Gurion U., Negev, Israel, 1980. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, numerous others.

Achievements

• Carl Eisdorfer has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, health care executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Society Behavioral Medicine, New York Academy Medicine, American Psychological Association (chairman division adult development and aging 1970-1971, task force on aging 1971-1973, award for distinguished contributions 1981, award for contributions on aging research 1985), Gerontological Society of America (president 1971-1972, Robert W. Kleemeier award 1969, Donald P. Kent award, 2002, Joseph Freeman award division clinical medicine 1979), American Geriatrics Society (Edward B. Allen award 1974, Edward Henderson Memorial award 1988), American Psychiatric Association (Jack Weinberg Memorial award 1984), American College Psychiatrists, American College Physicians (Menninger award 1990), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Aging (president 1980-1982), American Federal Aging Reserve (president 1986-1988), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.