Background
Kirby, George Hughes was born on February 9, 1875 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of George L. and Mary C. (Green) Kirby.
Kirby, George Hughes was born on February 9, 1875 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of George L. and Mary C. (Green) Kirby.
Bachelor of Science, University of North Carolina, 1896. Doctor of Laws, from same university, 1929. Doctor of Medicine Long Island College Hospital Medical School, 1899.
Vincenta, Specialist in mental and nervous diseases. Assistant physical, Worcester (Massachusetts) Eastern State Hospital, 1899-1902. Associate in clinical psychiatry, Psychiatric Institute, New York, 1902-1908.
Director clinical psychiatry, Manhattan Eastern State Hospital, 1908-1917.
Medical inspector New York Eastern State Hospital Commission, June-October 1917. Professor psychiatry, University and Bellevue Medical College, 1914-1917.
Director New York Psychiatric Institute, 1917-1931. Professor, psychiatry, Cornell Univercity Medical College, 1917-1927, College Phys and Surgical (Columbia), 1927-1932.
Attending physician New York Hospital.
Chief consulting psychiatrist, New York City Department of Correction. Member medical advisory committee New York Eastern State Hospital Development Commission Editor American Journal of Psychiatry. Commissioned major, Medical Corps, United States of America, July 26, 1918.
Attached to staff of surgeon of Portuguese of Embarkation, New New York
Later appointed chief of neuro-psychiatric service, United States of America Hospital 1. Assisted in organization of special unit for care of returning soldiers suffering from mental or nervous disorders.
Honorary discharged, March 28, 1919. Consultant in neuropsychiatry United States Public Health Service, with rank of senior surgical, since 1919.
Appointed by secretary of treasury, member Board of Consultants to Develop Hospital Facilities Throughout the Country for Ex-soldiers, 1921.
Member medical council, United States Veterans’ Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia Home: New York, New New York
Member Board of Consultants to Develop Hospital Facilities Throughout the Country for Ex-soldiers, 1921. Member medical council, United States Veterans’ Bureau.
Married Jeanette Kruszewska, April.