David J. Kupfer

Background

Kupfer, David J. was born on February 14, 1941 in New York City. Son of Alex and Muriel (Greenfield) Kupferstein.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Yale University, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1965.

Career

Medical intern, Montefiore Hospital Center, New York City, 1965-1966; clinical fellow in psychiatry, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1966-1967; postdoctoral fellow, chief resident in psychiatry, Dana Psychiatric Clinic, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1969-1970; assistant professor, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1970-1973; associate professor psychiatry, U. Pittsburgh, 1973-1975; professor, U. Pittsburgh, since 1975; department chairman, U. Pittsburgh, since 1983; director research Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, since 1973; Thomas Detre professor, department chairman psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, since 1994.

Achievements

• David J. Kupfer has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Barbara Stern Burstin, June 1963 (divorced March 1975). Married Ellen Frank, June 1975. Children: Andrea, Jeffrey, Deborah, Nancy, Erica, Tonia.

Father:

Alex Kupferstein

Mother:

Muriel (Greenfield) Kupferstein

Spouse:

Ellen Frank

Spouse:

Barbara Stern Burstin

child:

Andrea Kupfer

child:

Erica Kupfer

child:

Jeffrey Kupfer

child:

Deborah Kupfer

child:

Tonia Kupfer

child:

Nancy Kupfer