Background
Prugh, Dane Gaskill was born on June 3, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Wallace Eby and Esther Ann (Gaskill) Prugh.
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The Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatrics
(Book by Prugh, Dane G.)
Book by Prugh, Dane G.
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Dane Gaskill Prugh
Edit Profilepediatrician child psychiatrist
Dane Gaskill Prugh, Doctor of Medicine, a well-respected child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, with training and in pediatrics, who pioneered in demonstrating the necessity for wider knowledge, understanding, and experience in persons who evaluate such programs.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1940; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1943.
Career
Intern, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1943;
resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital, 1944;
general practice medicine, Dayton, Ohio., 1946-1947;
Commonwealth Fund fellow in psychiatry, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1947-1948;
in pediatric psychiatry, New York Hospital, New York City, 1948-1949;
instructor, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1949-1951;
assistant professor pediatrics, psychiatry and public health, Harvard University Medical School, 1951-1955;
director psychiatric division medical service, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1949-1955;
associate professor psychiatry and pediatrics Rochester School Medicine and chief child psychiatry division, Strong Memorial Hospital, 1955-1963;
professor, chief child psychiatry, U. Colorado Medical Center, 1963-1970;
professor psychiatry and pediatrics, director training, child psychiatry and pediatric-psychiatric liaison, U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1970-1985;
professor emeritus, U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, from 1986;
clinical professor psychiatry and pediatrics, University of California, Irvine School Medicine, from 1988. Lecturer School Social Work, Denver U., 1964-1970. Field instructor School Profl.Psychology, Denver U., 1980-1985.
Consultant in field; various visiting professorships including visiting professor child health U. Otago School Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1969. Various memorial lectureships. Member Colorado Governor's Commision on Children, Denver, 1977-1980.
Member Task Panel on President's Commision on Mental Health, 1977-1978.
Achievements
Works
book
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The Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatrics
(Book by Prugh, Dane G.)
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The Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatrics
Membership
Member subcommittee Denver Mayor's Committee on Urban Renewal, 1967-1969. Chairman East Arapahoe Human Relations Council, Denver, 1968-1970. Served with Medical Corps, United States Army, 1944-1946.
Fellow American Orthopsychiat. Association (life; president 1968-1969), American Academy Pediatrics (life, chairman of the section child development 1967-1968), American Academy Child Psychiatry (life. Chairman of Commission on liaison, primary care 1978-1981), American Academy.Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (recipient Simon Wile award child psychiatry consultation, liaison, pediatrics 1988), American Psychiatric Association (life, Chairman of Commission on standards for children's facilities 1969-1972), American Psychosomatic Society (council 1954-1957).
Member Boston PsychoanalyticSoc., Western New York Psychoanalytic Society, Denver Psychoanalytic Society, Group Advancement of Psychiatry (Chairman of Commission child psychiatry 1962-1966), Society Pediatric Research, American Pediatric Society, New York Academy Sciences, Boylston Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Anne Davison, February 27, 1943 (deceased 1983). Children: Joan Elizabeth, Wallace Dane. Married Elizabeth Stiles, 1984 (deceased 1988).
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Nationality
American