Background
Norstrand, Iris Fletcher was born on November 21, 1915 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Matthew Emerson and Violet Marie (Anderson) Fletcher.
educator neurologist psychiatrist
Norstrand, Iris Fletcher was born on November 21, 1915 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Matthew Emerson and Violet Marie (Anderson) Fletcher.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1937. Master of Arts in Biochemistry, Brooklyn College, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Brooklyn College, 1972.
Doctor of Medicine, Long Island College Medicine, 1941.
Medical intern, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York, l94l-42;
assistant resident in neurology, New York Neurological Institute-Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, l944-45;
private practice, Brooklyn, l947-52;
resident in psychiatry, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, l952-54;
resident in neurology, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, l954-55;
staff neurologist, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 1955-1981;
assistant chief neurological service, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 1981-1991;
staff psychiatrist, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 1991-1995. Neurological consultant Industrial Home for Blind, Brooklyn, 1948-1951. Clinical professor neurology State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, since 1981.
Attending neurologist Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, State University Hospital, Brooklyn. Consultant in psychiatryand neurology New York State Department Social Superior vena cava syndrome.
Member National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Senatorial Inner Circle. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Academy Neurology, International Society Neurochemistry, American Association University Professors Neurology, American Medical Electroencephalogram Society (president l987-88), National Association VA Physicians (president l989-91, James O'Connor award l987), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Severin Anton Norstrand, May 20, l94l. Children: Virginia Helene Norstrand Villano, Thomas Fletcher, Lucille Joyce.