Background
Kernberg, Otto F. was born on September 10, 1928 in Vienna, Austria.
Kernberg, Otto F. was born on September 10, 1928 in Vienna, Austria.
Bachelor of Science, U. Chile, 1947; Doctor of Medicine, U. Chile, 1953.
Intern, Hospital Josip Juraj Aquirre, Santiago, Chile, 1953;
resident psychiatry Psychiatric Clinic, U. Chile, 1954-1957;
staff member department psychiatry, U. Chile, 1957-1961;
assistant professor psychiatry, U. Chile, 1958-1959;
staff psychiatrist, C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, Kansas, 1961-1962;
resident psychiatry, C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, Kansas, 1965-1968;
consultant, C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, Kansas, 1968-1969;
director, C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, Kansas, 1969-1973;
staff psychiatrist research department, Menninger Foundation, 1962-1967;
chief investigator Psychotherapy Research Project, Menninger Foundation, 1967-1969;
director general clinical service, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1973-1976;
professor clinical psychiatry College Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 1973-1976;
training, supervisor analyst Center Psychoanalytical Training & Research, Columbia University, since 1974;
professor psychiatry Medical College, Cornell Univercity, since 1976. Professor psychopathology School Social Work National Health Svc., Santiago, 1957-1959, professor mental health, 1958-1959. Professor mental health, professor psychology diagnosis School Psychology Catholic U., Chile, 1958-1961.
Fellow psychiatry Rockfeller Foundation Henry Phipps Clinic Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1959-1960. Consultant Topeka Eastern State Hospital, Kansas, 1964-1968. Faculty member Menninger School Psychiatry & Topeka Institute Psychoanalysis, 1964-1973.
Tng.analyst Topeka Institute Psychoanalysis, 1966-1973, treasurer, 1968-1973. Associate clinical professor psychiatry U. Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 1971-1973. Member of staff A.K. Rice Institute Group Rels.
Conference Washington School Psychiatry, 1972-1975. Visiting professor Menninger School Psychiatry & Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1974-1975, Albert Einstein College Medicine, since 1977. Attending psychiatrist Svc.
Psychiatry Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1974-1976. Faculty member of New York Psychoanalytical Institute, 1974-1981.
Fellow APA (assistant editor 1974-1977, associate editor 1977-1993, distinguished service award 1995), American College Physicians, New York Academy of Medicine. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, New York Academy Sciences, International Psychoanalysis Association (Vice-President since 1983), Control Neuropsychiatry Hospital Association (president since 1988), Association Psychoanalytical Medicine (president 1991-1992), Sigma Xi.
M. Paulina Fischer; children: Martin, Karen, Adine.