Background
Kay, Jerome was born on February 4, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Mattie (Schwartz) Kanevsky.
Kay, Jerome was born on February 4, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Mattie (Schwartz) Kanevsky.
AB, University of Pennsylvania, 1940; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1943.
Intern Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1944. Resident in psychiatry Butler Hospital, Providence, 1948-1950. Medical director Governor Bacon Health Center, Delaware City, Delaware, 1950-1952.
Consultant to health service University Delaware, Newark, 1952-1956. Consultant Family Service North Delaware, Wilmington, 1958-1962. Private practice psychiatry Wilmington and Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1952-1997.
Retired, 1997
Assistant professor department psychiatry Jefferson Medical School, Philadelphia, 1974-1989, clinical professor Department Psychiatry Jefferson Medical School, senior attending physician, since 1978, clinical professor, since 1989.
Captain United States Army, 1945-1947, Korea. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life). Member American Medical Association, Delaware Psychiatric Association (president 1958-1961, service award 1983), American Psychoanalytic Society, Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Myra Resnick, June 11, 1943. Children: Paul, Jonathan, David.