Irving Lee Gislason

Background

Gislason, Irving Lee was born on July 21, 1943 in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada. Son of Sverrir and Helga Johina Gislason. came to the United States, 1977.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. B.C., Vancouver, 1969.

Career

Rotating intern, Memorial Hospital Long Beach, California, 1969-1970; resident in psychiatry department psychiatry and human behavior, University of California-Irvine, Orange, 1972-1974; fellow in child psychiatry department psychiatry & human behavior, University of California-Irvine, Orange, 1974-1976; chief resident department psychiatry, U. B.C., 1976; staff psychiatrist, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, since 1977; director Child Study Center, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, 1977-1989; acting chief division child and adolescent psychiatry, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, 1980-1981; associate director Child Inpatient Unit, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, 1984; acting chief Adolescent Inpatient Unit, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, 1987; director Child Psychiatric and Inpatient Unit, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, 1989-1992; director adult psychiatric inpatient unit, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, since 1992; medical student educational coordinator, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, since 1993; director medical student education (psychiatry), University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange, since 1993. Examiner American Board Psychiatry and Neurology. Clinical instructor psychiatry U.B.C., 1977, University of California-Irvine, 1975.

Chief child psychiatry consultation liaison program University of California-Irvine Medical Center, 1977-1989. Consultant Greater Vancouver Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, 1977. Staff psychiatrist U. B.C. Science Center Hospital, 1977.

Clinical professor psychiatry University of California-Irvine, since 1987, consultant staff department medicine psychiatric section Children's Hospital of Orange County, since 1981. Presenter and lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Irving Lee Gislason has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory board Committee on Children's television, NBC Studios, 1977-1981. Licentiate Medical Council Canada. Fellow Royal College Physicians Canada (diplomate fellowship examination in medicine 1976, specialist certified 1976), American Academy Child Psychiatry.

Member Canada Medical Association.

Connections

Married Leslie Laura Hope. Children: Sarah Jonina, Catherine Adair.

Father:

Sverrir Gislason

Mother:

Helga Johina Gislason

Spouse:

Leslie Laura Hope

child:

Catherine Adair Gislason

child:

Sarah Jonina Gislason