Background
Dekret, Jeffrey Joseph was born on May 23, 1950 in Pittsburgh. Son of Joseph William and Betty Janice (Worthington) Dekret.
medical administrator psychiatrist
Dekret, Jeffrey Joseph was born on May 23, 1950 in Pittsburgh. Son of Joseph William and Betty Janice (Worthington) Dekret.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1973.
Resident in psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital, Philadelphia, 1973-1976;
chief resident in psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital, Philadelphia, 1975-1976;
research fellow, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital., University of Pennsylvania, 1976-1977;
staff psychiatrist alcohol treatment unit, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Mount Sinai Division, Philadelphia, 1977-1978;
physician-in-charge, Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital, 1978-1982;
director psychiatric inpatient units, Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital, 1982-1985;
medical director, Eugenia Hospital, 1985-1990;
director psychiatric services, Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital, since 1991;
president, Mercy Psychiatry Associations, since 1992;
department chairman psychiatry, Mercy CAth. Medical Center, since 1993. Clinical assistant professor department of psychiatry and human behavior Jefferson Medical College, 1978-1983, clinical associate professor, since 1983.
Courtesy medical staff Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital, 1978. Medical staff Mercy Catholic Medical Center.
Member American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Philadelphia County Medical Society, American Psychiatric Association, Psychiatric Physicians of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
Married Patricia Ann Harrington, November 4, 1983 (divorced September 11, 1991).