Gary Peterson

Background

Peterson, Gary was born on April 22, 1945 in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry and Josephine Ruth Peterson.

Education

M Engineering, University Florida, 1968;

Doctor of Medicine, U. South Florida, 1974.

Career

Resident psychiatry, U. Oregon Health Science Center, Portland, 1975-1977;

child psychiatry fellow, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977-1979;

assistant clinical professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979-1980;

assistant professor, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1979-1980;

research fellow, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1984-1986;

research psychiatrist, Dorothea Dix Clinical Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1986-1988;

clinical associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1984. Consultant Willie M, Department Human Resources, Raleigh, 1988, Southeast Institute, Chapel Hill, since 1989, Structure House, Durham, North Carolina, since 1991.

Achievements

• Gary Peterson has been listed as a noteworthy Child psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Center, North Carolina, since 1991. Captain United States Air Force, 1967-1971. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Orthopsychiatry, International Society for Study of Dissociation (chair diagnostic taxonomy committee, Distinguished Achievement award 1992, president's award of distinction 1993).

Connections

Father:

Henry Peterson

Mother:

Josephine Ruth Peterson