Background
Kleber, Herbert David was born on June 19, 1934 in Pittsburgh. Son of Max J. and Dorothea (Schulman) Kleber.
Kleber, Herbert David was born on June 19, 1934 in Pittsburgh. Son of Max J. and Dorothea (Schulman) Kleber.
Bachelor in Psychology cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1956. Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1960. Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), New York Medical College, 1990.
Lederle research fellow Jefferson Medical College, 1959-1960. Rotating intern Health Center Hospitals of University Pittsburgh, 1960-1961. Resident in psychiatry Yale University, New Haven, 1961-1964.
Surgeon, chief receiving service United States Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, 1964-1966. Assistant chief Hill-West Haven division Connecticut Mental Health Center, 1966-1967, outpatient and admissions coordinator, 1967-1968, director, founder drug dependence unit, 1968-1975, director substance abuse treatment unit, 1975-1989. Executive director psychiatry emergency room service Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1967-1968.
From assistant professor to associate professor Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, 1966-1975. Professor Yale University, 1975-1991. Executive vice president, medical director Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Columbia University, 1992—2001.
Professor, director division substance abuse New York State Psychiatric Institute, since 1991. Professor psychiatry Columbia University College Physical and Surgical, New York City, since 1991. Attending psychiatrist Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, since 1992.
Member national advisory council National Institute Drug Abuse, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 1975-1979, National Institute of Mental Health, 1977-1979, member executive institutions review groups. Presidential appointee United States Office National Drug Control Policy, deputy director, 1989-1991. Founder Advanced Package Tool Foundation, Inc., 1970, Chief Executive Officer, 1982-1989.
Director National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Research Center Treatment of Opioid and Cocaine Abuse, Yale University, 1986-1989, director research training fellowship in substance abuse, 1988-1989. Member drug abuse advisory committee Food and Drug Administration, 1987-1990. Member board of science counselors Addiction Research Ctr, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1982-1985.
Nolan District of Columbia Lewis visiting professor Carrier Foundation, 1985. Director National Institute Drug Abuse Medication Development Center, since 1994, Columbia University, Research Training Fellowship program, Columbia University, since 1993. Board directors College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Partnership for Drug-free America, Phoenix House Foundation, Betty Ford Institute.
Lecturer and presenter in field.
Executive committee Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. Co-chairman Mayor's Task Force on Drugs, City of New Haven. Member of advisory board Rand Drug Policy Research Center.
Member Governor's Drug Advisory Council, State of Connecticut, 1970-1976;member of national advisory county National Institute of Drug Abuse, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 1975-1979, National Institute of Mental Health, 1977-1979. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Psychiatric Association (consultant commission on drug abuse, consultant joint commission on public affairs, task force on benzodiazepine dependency, Gold award 1975, Foundation's Fund prize 1981), American College Neuropsychopharmacology (Eddy award of College on Problems of Drug Dependence 1995), New York Academy of Medicine. Member American Academy Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions (founding, Founders award 1987), Institute of Medicine (substance abuse coverage committee, medication development for substance abuse committee).
Married Joan Louise Fox, September 9, 1956 (divorced January 1988). Children: Elizabeth, Marc, Pamela. Married Marian W. Fischman, 1989 (deceased October 2001).
Married Anne B. Lawver, October 2004.