George Joseph Train

Background

Train, George Joseph was born on April 15, 1907 in New York City. Son of Barnet and Pauline (Cantor) Train.

Education

Bachelor of Science, College of City of New York, 1930; Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1934.

Career

Intern general medicine, King County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1934-1936; assistant psychiatrist, Brooklyn Child Guidance Clinic, 1935-1942; senior assistant physician, Brooklyn Eastern State Hospital, 1936-1942; psychiatrist, Children's Court, New York City, 1938-1942; assistant neuropsychiatrist, Brooklyn Hospital, 1940-1941; senior alienst, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1942, 45-46; visiting psychiatrist, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1950-1980; passed assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1942-1945; clinical neuropsychiatrist, Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, 1946-1949; examiner, New York City Board of Education, since 1962. Chief psychiatrist Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center, Brooklyn 1965-1980, consultant,1980-. Consultant Brooklyn Eastern State Hospital, N.I.M.H. Project, 1969-1973.

Associate psychiatrist Maimonedes Hospital, since 1975, attending psychiatrist Gracie Square Hospital, since 1978. Instructor Brooklyn Teachers Association, 1938-1940, University of State of New York Downstate Medical Center, 1950-1956. Associate professor Long Island College of Medicine, 1946-1950.

Assistant professor psychiatrist Downstate Medical Center, 1956-1979. Lecturer Association Treament of Offenders, 1952-1954. Psychiatric consultant New York City Selective Svc., 1942-1945.

Achievements

• George Joseph Train has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American Psychiatric Association, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Member American Medical Association, New York County Medical Society (district branch American Psychological Association since 1978), New York Psychiatric Society, American Association of Psychoanalytic Physicians (board directors 1961, secretary 1964-1965, treasurer 1965-1967, president-elect 1967-1968, president 1968-1969, editor of bulletin, 1968-1987, dean, since 1983), Pan American Medical Association (member psychiatric council 1984), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Vita Levin, June 17, 1937. Children: John S., Henry D.

Father:

Barnet Train

Mother:

Pauline (Cantor) Train

Spouse:

Vita Levin

child:

Henry D. Train

child:

John S. Train