Background
Pitman, Roger Keith was born on August 23, 1943 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David B. and Velma L. (Smale) Pitman.
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Roger Keith Pitman
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Bachelor cum laude, Amherst College, 1965; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, U. Vermont, 1969.
Career
Medical intern, Boston University Medical Svc., Boston City Hospital, 1969-1970;
resident in psychiatry, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital.-Tufts New England Medical Center, 1970-1973;
staff psychiatrist, Naval Regional Medical Center, Newport, Rhode Island, 1973-1975;
staff psychiatrist, VA Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1975-1978;
staff psychiatrist, VA Medical Center, Memphis, 1978-1980;
chief psychiatry service, VA Medical Center, Manchester, N.H., 1980-1986;
coordinator for research and development, VA Medical Center, Manchester, N.H., since 1982;
clinical investigator, VA Medical Center, Manchester, N.H., 1987-1991;
instructor in psychiatry, Boston University School Medicine, 1976-1978;
assistant professor psychiatry, U. Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, 1978-1980;
lecturer in psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Manchester, 1986-1987;
assistant clinical professor psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Manchester, 1988-1990;
associate professor psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Manchester, since 1990. Adjunct assistant professor clinical psychiatry Dartmouth Medical School, 1981-1987. Co-founder, consultant Center for Traumatic Stress and Psychophysiology Laboratory, Hadassah U. Hospital, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, since 1987, Laboratory for Traumatic Stress Studies, Institute Psychology, Russian Academy Science, Moscow, since 1992.
Member working group against political abuse of psychiatry Amnesty International, 1980-1983.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (member task force on DSM-IV post-traumatic stress disorder section 1988-1993), American Psychopathol. Association; member American Academy Psychiatry and Law, International Association Comparative Psychopathology, Pavlovian Society, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Society Pierre Janet (correspondent), International Society for Human Ethology, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Interests
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Married Alyson Rock, August 6, 1978. Children: Seth, Sarah.
