Background
Cancro, Robert was born on February 23, 1932 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Marie E. (Cicchetti) Cancro.
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Robert Cancro
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Student, Fordham University, 1948-1951; Doctor of Medicine State University of New York, 1955.
Career
Intern, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1955-1956; resident in psychiatry, Kings County Hospital, 1956-1959; attending staff, Gracie Square Hospital, New York City, 1959-1966; clinical instructor, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1959-1966; staff psychiatrist, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, 1966-1969; consultant, Topeka State and VA Hospitals, 1967-1969; professor department psychiatry, U. Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, 1970-1976; professor, department chairman psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, since 1976; director, Nova Scoti Kline Institute Psychiatric Research, since 1982. Consultant psychiatric education branch National Institute of Mental Health. Biological science section National Institute of Mental Health.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Psychiatrists, American Psychiatric Association. Member Am.Psychol. Association, Association American Medical Colls., American Association Social Psychiatry (president-elect 1982-1984), New York Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association.
Connections
Married Gloria Costanzo, December 8, 1956. Children: Robert, Carol.
