Background
Werner, Gerhard was born on September 28, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1965. Son of Rudolf and Elizabeth (Lukas) Werner.
educator Pharmacologist Psychoanalyst
Werner, Gerhard was born on September 28, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1965. Son of Rudolf and Elizabeth (Lukas) Werner.
Doctor of Medicine, University Vienna, 1945.
With department pharmacology, U. Vienna, 1945-1950;
professor pharmacology, head Department, University Calcutta (India) School Tropical Medicine, 1952-1954;
professor pharmacology, head Department, University Sao Paulo (Brazil) Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, 1955-1957;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1957-1961;
associate professor pharmacology and physiology, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 1963-1965;
vice president professor affairs, University Health Center, Pittsburgh, 1975-1978;
professor pharmacology, head Department, University Pittsburgh Medical School, 1965-1975;
dean, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1975-1978;
professor psychiatry, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1978-1989;
F.S. Cheever Distinguished professor, U. Pittsburgh Medical School
emeritus professor, U. Pittsburgh Medical School, 1990;
president, Medical Comp, Inc., since 1990;
associate, chief of staff Department Veterans Affairs, Medical Center Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, 1991;
consultant, Center for Emergent Technology, Motorola, Inc., since 1995. Consultant psychobiology program National Science Foundation, 1970-1975, member of advisory panel regulatory biology division biology and medical science, 1969-1970, member primate center review committee, 1973-1979. Member chemical biological information panel National Institutes of Health, 1967-1970, member study section pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1964-1968.
Member study section Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute, 1973-1979. External examiner for Doctor of Philosophy (medical science) U. Calcutta, since 1953. Member of advisory board Indian Council Medical Research, 1952-1954.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Member Society Neuroscis., American Association for the Advancement of Science, Harvey Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Physiological Society, Society General Systems Research, International Union for Psychobiology, Society for Artificial Intelligence, Association for Computing Machinery, International Brain Research Organization, American Psychoanalytic Association, Indian Society Biochemistry and Physiology, German Pharmacol. Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Marion E. Hollander, July 25, 1958. Children— Philip Ralph, Karen Nicole.