Background
Kimmich, Robert André was born on November 2, 1920 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of John Martin and Renée Marie (Baron) Kimmich.
Kimmich, Robert André was born on November 2, 1920 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of John Martin and Renée Marie (Baron) Kimmich.
Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University, 1943.
Intern, St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, 1943-1944;
resident in psychiatry, Institute Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1944-1945;
resident in psychiatry, United States Army Hospital, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1945-1947;
chief male psychiatric division, Worcester (Massachusetts) Eastern State Hospital, 1947-1948;
resident in psychiatry, Harvard Advanced Study Mental Health Center, Boston, 1948;
assistant professor, assistant chief outpatient department, Yale University School Medicine, 1949-1951;
chief psychosomatic service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Newington, Connecticut, 1949-1951;
medical director, Territorial Psychiatric Hospital, Kaneohe, Hawaii., 1951-1958;
clinical director, Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, Chicago, 1958-1959;
chief professional education, Stockton (California) Eastern State Hospital, 1959-1960;
chief mental health program and services, City of San Francisco, 1960-1964;
director department mental health, State of Michigan, 1964-1968;
department chairman psychiatry, Children's Hospital, San Francisco, 1968-1976;
private practice, San Francisco, since 1970. Assistant professor psychiatry Yale University Medical School, 1948-1951. Associate professor Northwestern University Medical School, 1958-1959.
Assistant clinical professor University of California, San Francisco, 1960-1964. Associate clinical professor University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 1964-1968, Stanford University Medical School, 1967-1980. Lecturer U. Hawaii, 1952-1958.
President, founder San Francisco Coordinating Council on Mental Retardation, 1961-1964. Commission on psychiatric training State of California, 1963-1964. Chair advisory bd.Mich.
Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1964-1967. Consultant on mentalretardation White House, 1965. Executive Committee Children's Hospital, San Francisco, 1967-1976.
President Western Institute for Research in Mental Health, 1962-1964, vice president, 1964-1967. Independent medical examiner California Board Industrial Accidents, since 1984. Board directors Children's Physicians Associations.
Board of directors, chairman, finance committee member National Association State Mental Health, 1965-1966. Chairman, managed care committee Northern California Psychiatric Society, 1991-1993. Board of directors Westside Mental Health Center, San Francisco, 1967-1977.
Captain Medical Corps, United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life, president Hawaii district branch 1954-1955, representative to national assembly since 1986, task force on ethics 1989-1990, commission on procedures since 1990, commission psychotherapy since 1996, commission on Studies. 1966, special commission on prepayment health insurance 1965, commission on mental hospitals 1965), American Hospital Association (liaison 1964, nominating committee since 1993).
Member American Medical Association, Michigan State Medical Society, California Medical Association, San Francisco Medical Society, Northern California Psychiatric Society (president elect 1991-1993, president 1993-1995, county member since 1984, editor 1984-1994), San Francisco Psychiatric Society (president 1984-1985), California.Pacific Medical Associations, Inc. (president since 1997).
Married Nancy Earle Smith, 1944 (divorced 1952). Children: Robert, John, Nancy.