Emery Sylvester Hetrick

Background

Hetrick, Emery Sylvester was born on September 27, 1930 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Emery S. and Laura Alice (Fields) Hetrick.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1953. Doctor of Medicine Cornell Univercity, 1957.

Career

Intern, University Hospital, Columbus, 1957-1958. Resident Cincinnati General Hospital, 1958-1961. Fellow division social and community psychiatry department psychiatryAlbert Einstein College Medicine, 1963-1966, instructor, 1963-1968.

Member staffAckerman Family Institute, New York City, 1965-1968.

Head psychiatrist mobile crisis unit department psychiatry Gouverneur Hospital, New York City, 1968-1974, acting chief department psychiatry, 1974-1976, coordinator acute psychiatric services,1976. Assistant chairman Lower Eastside Mental Health Consortium, New York City, 1974-1976.

Chief psychiatric emergency and crisis treatment service HarlemHosp. Center, New York City, 1976-1979.

Associate medical director Roerig division Pfizer, Incorporated., 1979-1984, senior associate medical director for clinical and science affairs, from 1984.

Assistant professor clinical psychiatry Columbia University, 1976-1982. Clinical assistant professor psychiatry New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, from 1982. Founding member, board of directors Senior Action in a Gay Environment, Incorporated., 1977-1981, Chairman of the Board, 1979-1980.

Board directors New York Political Action Council, 1980-1984.

Founder, president Institute Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth, Incorporated. Member of New York State Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Issues, from 1983.

Achievements

• Emery Sylvester Hetrick has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1961-1963. Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology. Fellow American Psychiatric Association.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science, New York County Medical Society, Gay Psychiatrists New York (founder).

Developed community-based outreach crisis intervention team

Connections

Father:

Emery South. Hetrick

Mother:

Laura Alice (Fields) Hetrick