Background
Jacobs, Gretchen Huntley was born on July 20, 1941 in New York City. Daughter of Louis Gordon and Gertrude Mary (Eberz) La Pointe.
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Gretchen Huntley Jacobs
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Bachelor of Science, Fordham University, New York City, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1968.
Career
Pediatric intern, St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1968-1969; psychiatry resident, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, 1969-1971; child psychiatry resident, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1972-1973; child psychiatry resident, McLean Hospital Children's Center, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1973-1974; coordinator health and human development, Martha's Vinyard School Sys., 1974-1980; private practice adult and adolescent/child psychiatry, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, since 1974; assistant clinical professor child psychiatry, Tufts U. Medical School, Boston, since 1974; staff psychiatrist, Martha's Vineyard Hospital, since 1974.
Achievements
Membership
Cons. Massachusetts Department Public Health Superior vena cava syndrome to Multi-Handicapped Children, 1974-1975. Board directors Massachusetts Department Social Superior vena cava syndrome, 1979-1983. Founding member, clinical director Vineyard Child Assault Prevention Project, 1986, Committee on Rural Child Psychiatry, 1988-1992.
Active Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Council for Young Children. Member American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, New England Council Child and AdolescentPsychiatry, American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts Medical Society, Rotary International (secretary Martha's Vineyard chapter).
Connections
Married Michael Edward Jacobs, December 26, 1965 (divorced). Children: Dylan Huntley, Danielle La Pointe.
