Background
Abrahams, Lawrence Michael Son of Rolland Schwartz and Johanna Muriel (Lichtenfels) Abrahams.
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Lawrence Michael Abrahams
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Bachelor of Arts in Economics cum laude, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1961.
Career
Rotating intern, Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, 1961-1962;
resident psychiatry, New York Hospital Westchester Division, White Plains, 1962-1963;
resident psychiatry, Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1964-1965;
research fellow in psychiatry, resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1965-1966;
from senior psychitrist to director psychiatry, Taunton (Massachusetts) Eastern State Hospital, 1967-1973;
clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans, since 1973;
psychiatrist, New Orleans Mental Health Center, 1973-1982;
psychiatrist, Control City Mental Health Center, New Orleans, 1973-1991;
from psychiatrist to acting chief, chief drug dependence treatment unit, staff psychiatrist, VA Medical Center, New Orleans, since 1974. Vice president medical staff Taunton Eastern State Hospital, 1971-1972. Treasurer Massachusetts State Employed Physicians Society, 1972-1973.
Director Touro Mental Health Center, New Orleans, 1973. Consultant psychiatrist Social Security Disability Determination Unit, New Orleans, 1973-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Served to colonel Medical Corps, United States Army Reserve, 1961-1994. Member American Psychiatric Association, Louisiana Psychiatric Assn, Orleas Parish Medical Society.
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Married Hanna Elizabeth Den Hartog, July 5, 1969.
