Background
Schindler, Peter David was born on January 12, 1931 in Berlin, Germany. Son of George David and Elizabeth (Sonntag) Schindler. came to the United States 1936.
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Peter David Schindler
Edit ProfileChild and adolescent psychiatrist
Education
Bachelor, Lafayette College, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, U. Basel, Switzerland, 1960.
Career
Intern, Stamford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1960-1961;
resident adult psychiatry, Temple University Medical school and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1962-1963;
resident child psychiatry, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Temple University Medical School, 1963-1965;
resident psychoanalytic, adult, adolescent and child training, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute, 1963-1976;
private practice, West Chester, Pennsylvania, since 1965;
member of staff adolescent psychiatry, Chester County Mental Health Center (now Family Svc.-Mental Health Centers Chester County), West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1965-1966;
medical director, Chester County Mental Health Center (now Family Svc.-Mental Health Centers Chester County), Pennsylvania, 1966-1974;
consultant, Chester County Mental Health Center (now Family Svc.-Mental Health Centers Chester County), West Chester, Pennsylvania, since 1974;
director child/adolescent psychiatry division, Artificial Intelligence duPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, 1990-1996. Consultant Child Diagnostic and Development Clinic, Department Development Medicine, Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, 1965-1979, director department psychological medicine, 1979-1983. Consultant Visiting Nurse Association Delaware, School Wellness Centers Delaware, since 1994.
Chief psychiatric consultant Artificial Intelligence duPont School District, Wilmington, 1966-1978. Volunteer faculty associate clinical professor Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, 1980-1992. Member of staff Chester County Hospital, since 1971.
Consultant Presbyterian Children's School, Rosemont, Pennsylvania, 1965-1977, Paoli (Pennsylvania) Memorial Hospital, since 1966, ChesterCounty School District, 1968-1969, West Chester U., 1972-1975, lecturer 1969-1970. Consultant St. Mary's Providence School, Elverson, Pennsylvania, 1972-1976, Westtown (Pennsylvania) School, since 1977. Member ad hoc ethics committee Medical Center Delaware, Wilmington, 1984-1987, professional entries committee department psychiatry, 1989.
Consultant child/adolescent psychiatry division child mental health, State of Delaware, Wilmington, since 1985. Consultant in field The Melmark Home, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, since 1984. Speaker in field.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Army, 1953-1954. Fellow American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (mental retardation committee since 1987), American Academy Pediatrics (associate since 1982). Member American Medical Association (Pysician's Recognition award), American Psychiatric Association, Chester County Medical Society, Delaware Psychiatric Association, Medical Society Delaware (physicians health committee since 1979), New Castle County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society, Society Liaison Psychiatry, Sigma Xi.
Interests
Connections
Married Marianne Gertrude Leber. Children: Thomas Kevin, Claudia Elizabeth.
