Ralph Jonah Kahana

Background

Kahana, Ralph Jonah was born on May 2, 1924 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Came to the United States, 1926. Son of Irving Edward and Eva (Gershfield) Kahana.

Education

Bachelor, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, New York, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1946.

Career

Intern, Metropolitan Hospital, New York City, 1946-1947; resident psychiatry, Cincinnati General Hospital, 1949-1952; staff member, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, since 1952; faculty member, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1952; faculty member, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, since 1968; private practice psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Brookline, Massachusetts, since 1952; associate clinical professor psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1979. Candidate Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, 1953-1961.

Achievements

• Ralph Jonah Kahana has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the Boston Society for Gerontologic Psychiatry, Inc.
  • Lectures in Medical Psychology: An Introduction to the Care of Patients.

Membership

Captain MC, United States Army, 1947-1949. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life. Weinberg Memorial award 1991).

Member American Psychoanalytic Association (life), Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (life. President 1980-1982), Boston Society Gerontological Psychiatry (president 1974-1978).

Interests

• Painting.

Connections

Married Eda Malisoff, July, 28, 1947. Children: Irene, Laura.

Father:

Irving Edward Kahana

Mother:

Eva (Gershfield) Kahana

Spouse:

Eda Malisoff

child:

Irene Kahana

child:

Laura Kahana