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Thrash, Melvin Lawrence was born on June 29, 1940 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Augustus Pinkney and Margaret Frances (Ball) Thrash.
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Melvin Lawrence Thrash, American Psychiatrist. Avocations: gymnastics, piano.
M C. Deacon, The Riverside Church, New York City, 1984-1988. Major United States Air Force, 1971-1973. Fellow American Psychiatric Association; member College Sports Medicine, American Ortho Psychiatric Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Athletic Club.
Education
AB, Duke U., 1962; Doctor of Medicine, Duke U., 1967.
Career
Intern, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967-1968;
resident, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Temple University Svc., 1968-1970;
fellow in child psychiatry, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Temple University, 1970-1971;
fellow in child psychiatry, Columbia University, 1975-1976;
chief Executive officer, Halgarth Behavioral Sciences Institute, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1973-1975;
chief day treatment services, Roosevelt Hospital-Columbia University, New York City, 1976-1978;
associate medical director, Pfizer laboratories, New York City, 1978-1979;
director neuropsychiatric drug development, Ayerst laboratories, New York City, 1979-1982;
director psychiatric ambulatory services, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York City, 1982-1989;
professor psychiatry, New York University, since 1982;
executive director for health affairs, New York University, 1989-1991;
medical director, Value Behavioral Health, N.E. Region, Troy, New York, 1992-1994;
medical director, South Oaks Hospital/Broadlawn Manor Nursing Care Center, Amityville, New York, since 1994. Medical advisor Sports Training Institute, New York City, since 1976. Consultant psychiatry and sports medicine, 1976-1986, New York Times, Vogue magazine, Self magazine, since 1978.
Vice president, board directors Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Durham, North Carolina, since 1983.
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Deacon, The Riverside Church, New York City, 1984-1988. Major United States Air Force, 1971-1973. Fellow American Psychiatric Association.
Member College Sports Medicine, American Ortho Psychiatric Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Athletic Club.
