Background
Gershon, Samuel was born on December 13, 1927 in LODZ, Poland. Came to the United States, 1963.
academic administrator psychiatrist
Gershon, Samuel was born on December 13, 1927 in LODZ, Poland. Came to the United States, 1963.
Bachelor Medicine, B Surgery, University Sydney, Australia, 1950. Diploma in Psychiatric Medicine, University Melbourne, Australia, 1956.
Rotating intern Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University Sydney, 1951-1952. Resident, psychiatry Mental Hospital, Receiving Hospital, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1952, Psychiatric Receiving Hospital, Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia, 1953. Resident, child psychiatry Travancore Child Psychiatric Clinic, 1954.
Director Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, 1979-1986. Professor, chairman department psychiatry Wayne State University School Medicine, 1979-1988. Numerous positions in field to chief of psychiatry Detroit Receiving Hospital, University Health Center, 1986-1988.
Vice president for research and other positions University Pittsburgh School of Medical, Department Psychiatry, since 1988. Consultant Veterans Administration Medical Center, Pittsburgh, since 1988. Numerous consultant positions including Allen Park Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1980, Scientific Review Panel, Career Development Program, VA, 1976-1982, United States Pharmacopeia Neuropharmacology, 1975-1977, New York City Health Research Council, 1975-1977 and others.
Adjunct professor Wayne State University, School of Liberal Arts, 1982-1988, School of Medicine, 1979-1988. Visiting professor University Missouri, Department Psychiatry, 1975. Distinguished Professor, United States Air Force Medical Center, Texas, 1975 and others.
Fellow Royal College Psychiatrists. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Am College Clinical Pharmacology, American Psychiatric Association, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Psychopath. Association, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, International College Neuropsychopharmacology, International Society Psychoendocrinology, Psychiatric Research Society, Society Biological Psychiatry, New York Society Clinical Psychiatry, Collegium International Neuro-psychopharmacologicum.
Married Lisl Wilder; children: Bernard, Tamar.