Background
Perel, James Maurice was born on March 30, 1933 in Buenos Aires. Came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1954. Son of Aria and Bella (Silverberg) Perel.
pharmacology and healthcare educator researcher
Perel, James Maurice was born on March 30, 1933 in Buenos Aires. Came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1954. Son of Aria and Bella (Silverberg) Perel.
Bachelor of Science, City University of New York, 1956. Master of Science, New York University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1964.
Nuclear chemist New York Naval Shipyard Laboratory, Brooklyn, 1956—1958. Associate research scientist Goldwater Memorial Hospital New York University, 1964—1967. Assistant professor medicine and chemistry Emory University, Atlanta, 1967-1970.
Assistant professor psychiatry, pharmacology Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1970-1976. Associate research scientist New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1970—1976, associate professor clinical pharmacology, chief psychiatric research, 1976-1980. Chief clinical pharmacology Veterans Administration Medical Center Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, 1979-1983.
Professor psychiatry University Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1980—2001, acting chairman department pharmacology, 1985-1988, professor pharmacology, 1980—2008, professor pharmacology and chemical biology, since 2008, professor emeritus psychiatry, since 2001. Director clinical pharmacology Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, since 1980. Professor graduate neuroscience, since 1988.
Postdoctoral fellow in clinical pharmacology National Institutes of Health, 1964-1967, New York University. Adjunct faculty in chemistry City University of New York, 1963-1967. Consultant, member grant-awarding study sections National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health.
Fellow: American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, World Federal Neurology (co-founder, member neurotoxicology group), International Association Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (committee chair), American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (section chair), Sigma Xi.
Married Naomi Hookman, July 18, 1959 (divorced 1971). 1 child, Allan B.; married Audrey Feldman, April 9, 1972. Children: Alissa A., Stephen M.