Background
Schwartz, James Harris was born on April 20, 1932 in New York City. Son of Milton An. and Marjorie A. (Bloom) Schwartz.
( A Doody's Core Title for 2011! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! ...)
A Doody's Core Title for 2011! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This is a simply wonderful book that makes accessible in one place all the details of how the neuron and brain work. The writing is clear. The drawings are elegant and educational. The book is a feast for both the eye and mind. The richness, the beauty, and the complexity of neuroscience is all captured in this superb book."--Doody's Review Service Now in resplendent color, the new edition continues to define the latest in the scientific understanding of the brain, the nervous system, and human behavior. Each chapter is thoroughly revised and includes the impact of molecular biology in the mechanisms underlying developmental processes and in the pathogenesis of disease. Important features to this edition include a new chapter - Genes and Behavior; a complete updating of development of the nervous system; the genetic basis of neurological and psychiatric disease; cognitive neuroscience of perception, planning, action, motivation and memory; ion channel mechanisms; and much more.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0838577016/?tag=2022091-20
Schwartz, James Harris was born on April 20, 1932 in New York City. Son of Milton An. and Marjorie A. (Bloom) Schwartz.
AB, Columbia University, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Rockefeller U., 1964.
Assistant professor microbiology, New York University School Medicine, 1964-1967;
associate professor, New York University School Medicine, 1967-1972;
professor, New York University School Medicine, 1972-1974;
associate member, Public Health Research Institute City of New York, 1969-1974;
professor physiology, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1974-1976;
professor physiology and cellular biophysics, professor neurology, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, since 1976;
professor psychiatry, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, since 1992. Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1984-1992. Visiting scholar New York Psycho Analytic Institute, since 1990.
Visiting professor Weitzmann Institute, 1987, National Institute Dental Research, 1991. Consultant National Institute Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. Wesley Spink lecturer in comparative medicine University of Minnesota, 1989.
Janssen distinguished lecturer Society Neurosurg. Anesthesia and Critical Care, 1981, 89, 91. Visiting fellow University of Oxford, 1992-1993.
( A Doody's Core Title for 2011! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! ...)
Board of directors Hebrew Free Loan Society, since 1976. Fellow American Numismatic Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Society Neurosci., American Society Neurochemistry, New York Academy Sciences, Harvey Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Frances Messik, June 30,1963 (deceased 1984). Children: Peter Joseph, Margaret Clare. Married Catherine Bing Lipkin, 1988.
