Background
Pettegrew, Jay W. was born on May 19, 1944 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of James Elting and Elsie Lucille Pettegrew.
neurology and psychiatry educator
Pettegrew, Jay W. was born on May 19, 1944 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of James Elting and Elsie Lucille Pettegrew.
Student, University Illinois, 1962-1965; Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1965-1969.
Assistant professor neurology and pediatrics, University Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, 1977-1984; coordinator pediatrics neurology training program, University Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, 1978-1984; associate professor psychiatry and neurology, U. Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinical, 1984-1990; director division neurophysics, U. Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinical, since 1984; professor psychiatry (with tenure) and neurology, U. Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, since 1990; associate director Drug Design Institute, U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine, since 1985; director Center for Membrane Studies, U. Pittsburgh, since 1989; director Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, U. Pittsburgh, since 1989. Examiner AM. Board Psychiatry and Neurology, since 1980.
Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1975-1977. Fellow American Academy Neurology, American Psychopathological Association Inc. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Child Neurology Society, International Child Neurology Association, Internat.Soc.
Magnetic Resonance, The New York Academy Sciences, Society Biological Psychiatry, Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Southern Child Neurology Society, Society.for Neuroscience, Phi Eta Sigma, Omega Beta Pi.
Married Nancy J. Minshew. Children: Jonathan, Jared, Heather.