Background
Wolpert, Edward Alan was born on April 22, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Sol and Dorothy (Greenwald) Wolpert.
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Edward Alan Wolpert
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1959; Doctor of Medicine University of Chicago, 1960.
Career
Intern medicine, University of Illinois Research Hospital, 1960-1961; resident psychiatry, Michael Reese Hospital, 1961-1964; director clinical services, Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute, 1966-1979; director of hospital, Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute, 1979-1993; clinical associate professor psychiatry, University of Chicago School Medicine, 1972-1976; clinical professor psychiatry, University of Chicago School Medicine, 1976-1990; clinical professor psychiatry, University of Illinois School Medicine, 1990-1993; professor psychiatry, Rush Medical College, since 1993; senior research scholar, Rush Institute Mental Well-Being, since 1993. Consultant Senila Shandman Orthogenic School, 1973-1996. Chairman Illinois Department Mental Health and Development Disabilities Review Board.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Psychiatric Association. Member American Medical Association, Illinois, Chicago medical societies, Illinois Psychiatric Society (president 1982-1983), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychoanalytic Association (certified in psychoanalysis), Association for Psychophysiol. Study of Sleep, American Psychological assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, George S. Klein Memorial PsychoanalyticResearch Forum, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, Institute Medicine Chicago, Wisconsin Academy Arts, Letters and Sciences.
Connections
Married Gloria Adele Yanoff, March 23, 1958. Children: Seth Isaac, Andrew Oxman, Edward Greenwald.
