Background
Comer, Nathan Lawrence was born on November 10, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rubin L. and Fannie (Cassover) Comer.
Comer, Nathan Lawrence was born on November 10, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Rubin L. and Fannie (Cassover) Comer.
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1944; Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical College, 1949; postgraduate, University of Pennsylvania.
Intern, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1949-1950; resident, National Institute of Mental Health fellow, Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1951-1953; senior attending psychiatrist, Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1968; resident in psychiatry, Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1951-1953; chief of psychiatry Ford Road campus, Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital, Philadelphia, 1978-1994; clinical associate professor psychiatry and human behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, since 1994; clinical associate professor psychiatry, Medical College Pennsylvania and Hahnemann U., since 1978. President medical staff Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, 1975-1977, emeritus senior attending physician, since 1988. President medical staff Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, 1983-1985.
Board directors Temple Adath Israel of Main Line, Merion, Pennsylvania, 1958-1978. Fellow College Physicians Philadelphia, American Psychiatric Association (distinguished life). Member American Medical Association, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, Hahnemann Medical College Alumni Association (president 1973-1974), B'nai B'rith.
Married Rita Ellis, June 19, 1949 (deceased March 1978). Children: Robert, Susan Comer Kitei, Debra R., Marc J.