Background
Koplewicz, Harold Samuel was born on January 12, 1953 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph and Romana Koplewicz.
Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Koplewicz, Harold Samuel was born on January 12, 1953 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph and Romana Koplewicz.
Bachelor of Science, U. Maryland., 1973; Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1978.
Medical director preschool hyperactivity program, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, 1982-1985; medical director children's anxiety clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, 1983-1986; director general residency training child psychiatry, Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1985-1986; chief division child and adolescent psychiatry, Schneider Children's Hospital and Hillside Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York City, 1986-1996; editor, Youth Mental Health Update, 1989-1996; associate professor psychiatry, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1991-1996; professor clinical psychiatry and pediatrics, vice chairman psychiatry, New York University School Medicine, since 1996; director child and adolescent division, New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York City, since 1996; director New York University Child Study Center, New York University School Medicine, New York City, since 1997. Consultant Riverdale Cmty. Center, 1981-1986, The Dalton School, 1991-1996, The New York Infirmary, 1991, The Family Academy, 1991-1996, Jewish Child Care Association, 1992-1996, Health Education Task Force, Roslyn School District, 1993-1996.
Board of directors Raoul Wallenberg New Leadership Society, 1983-1987, Cmty. Mainstreaming Associations, 1990. Chairman Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1984-1986.
Commissioner New York State Common for Study of Youth Crime and Violence and Reform of the Juvenile Justice Sys., 1993-1996. Principal investigator Developing Innovative Mental Health Care Delivery for Adolescents, Hewlett-WoodmereSch. District, 1992; advisory board Our Children's Foundation, 1996-1997.
Fellow American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Reiger award 1997), American Psychiatric Association. Member Society professors Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board Psychiatry and Neurology (examiner since 1988), National Board Medical Examiners (member psychiatry committee 1993-1996), National Foundation Depressive Illness (national board directors since 1992), Mental Health Association of New York (professional advisory board).
Married Linda Jane Sirow, June 22, 1980. Children: Joshua, Adam, Sam.