Richard Charles Veith

Background

Veith, Richard Charles was born on May 23, 1947 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Michael C. Veith and Barbara E. (Maguire) Seaman.

Education

Bachelor, Western Washington U., 1969; Doctor of Medicine, U. Washington, 1973.

Career

Intern in internal medicine, School Medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1973-1974; resident in psychiatry, School Medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1974-1977; chief psychiatric consultation and liaison section psychiatric service, Seattle VA Medical Center, 1977-1979; staff research psychiatrist, geriatric research, education and clinical center, Seattle VA Medical Center, 1977-1987; director, Seattle VA Medical Center, since 1987; fellowship director geriatric psychiatry fellowship program, Seattle VA Medical Center, since 1991. Instructor department psychiatry and behavioural science School Medicine U. Washington,1977-1980, assistant professor, 1980-1983, associate professor, 1983-1989, professor, since 1989, head division gerontology and geriatric psychiatry, since 1991. Active National Institute on Aging Task Force on Reversible Causes of Dementia, 1978-1980.

Research program specialist in psychiatry department medicine and surgery medical research service Department VA, Washington, 1989-1992, member review committee geriatric psychiatry fellowship program training sites, 1990, member regional geriatric psychiatry working group region 4, 1990. Study section reviewer biochemistry endocrinology study section National Institute Aging-National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1990. Member of advisory board U. Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, since 1988, chair, since 1991.

Grant investigator in field. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Richard Charles Veith has been listed as a noteworthy Geriatric psychiatrist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Norwest Day Care Center, Seattle, 1978-1982, president, 1980. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (member psychopharmacology subcommittee Psychiat.Knowledge and Skills Self-Assessment Program 1983-1984). Member American Geriatrics Society (member editorial board Journal American Geriatric Society 1989-1991, International Journal Geriatric Psychiatry since 1990), American Assm.

Geriatric Psychiatry, Gerontological Society, Psychiatric Research Society, Society Neurosci., Society Biological Psychiatry.

Connections

Married Marcella Pascualy, September 9, 1988. Children: Ryan, Carly, David.

Father:

Michael C. Veith Seaman

Mother:

Barbara E. (Maguire) Seaman

Spouse:

Marcella Pascualy

child:

Carly Veith

child:

David Veith

child:

Ryan Veith