Education
B. Los Angeles, February 15, 1942;son Robert Gerson and Esther Rebecca (Groper) M. Bachelor, Stanford University, 1963.
Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1967.
educator psychiatrist psychopharmacologist
B. Los Angeles, February 15, 1942;son Robert Gerson and Esther Rebecca (Groper) M. Bachelor, Stanford University, 1963.
Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1967.
Intern, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1967-1968. Resident in psychiatry Stanford University Medical Center, 1968-1971;staff psychiatrist division manpower and training National Institute of Mental Health-Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, 1971-1973. Chief audiovisual education system Virginia Medical Center Brentwood, Los Angeles, 1973-1979, chairman Virginia District 26 Ednl.
Task Force, 1976-1978.
Assistant professor psychiatry University of California at Los Angeles Neuropsychiat. Institute, 1973-1980, associate clinical professor, 1980-1996, clinical professor, 1996, lecturer School Social Welfare, 1975-1984.
Private practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Bethesda, Maryland., 1972-1973, Los Angeles, 1973, Sedona, Arizona, 1997. Director Western Institute Psychiatry, Los Angeles, 1977.
President Psychiatric Resource Network, Incorporated., 1984-1990.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1968-1971.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association. Member Southern California Psychiatric Society, Mental Health Careerists Association (chairman 1972-1973), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Leila Kirkley, June 26, 1993. Children: Jeffrey Anthony, David Jonathan.