Background
Cahan, Robert Barmach Son of Jacob Morris and Hilda G. (Barmach) Cahan.
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Robert Barmach Cahan
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AB, Syracuse University, 1949; Master of Arts, Juris Doctor, Syracuse University, 1950; Juris Doctor, Syracuse University Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1954.
Career
Intern, Nazareth (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1954-1955;
resident in psychiatry, Norristown (Pennsylvania) Eastern State Hospital, 1955-1960;
private practice, San Francisco, since 1960. Senior psychiatrist, consultant geriatrics research project, University of California, San Francisco, 1960-1965. Director Immediate Psychiatric Aid and Referral Center, 1961-1967.
Member clinical faculty, associate clinical professor University of California, San Francisco, since 1961. Clinical associate San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, 1962-1974. Psychiatric consultant Jail Medical Svc., San Francisco, 1974-1976.
Medical director Consulting Medical Specialists, San Francisco, since 1987. Adjunct Professor University of California San Francisco Mount Zion Medical Center, since 1964. Director Worker's Compensation Psychiatric Evaluation Program, 1983.
Faculty expert Hastings College Advocacy, since 1984. Member forensic panel United States District Court, United States Attorney, Federal Public Defender, unites states department Labor, unites states department Commerce, unites states department Interior, Federal Aviation Administration, California Med Board, Nevada Medical Board, Retirement System City and County San Francisco.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Medical Association, San Francisco Indiana Practice Association (board directors, insurance mediation committee), San Francisco Medical Society, California Medical Association, California Psychiat.Assn., Northern California Psychiatric Society, American Academy Psychiatry and Law (president Northern California chapter 1984-1990, director psychiatric cross-examination video workshop 1988, 90, 91), California Society Industrial Medicine and Surgery (Executive Board directors 1982-1988).
Connections
Married Bernice Alpert, March 20, 1955. 1 child, James Samuel.
