Education
Doctor of Medicine, University Kansas, Kansas City, 1974.
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Sheldon H. Preskorn
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Sheldon H. Preskorn, psychiatrist, educator, entrepreneur. Certified American Board Psychiatry and Neurology. Advisory committee National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Veterans Administration Merit Research, Food and Drug Administration; Member of American Psychopathological Association, American Psychiatric Association, Alliance for Mentally Ill, Sedgwick County, The Mental Health Association Kansas.
Career
Pathology residency University Kansas School Medicine, 1973—1975, rotating internship, internal medicine, psychiatry, 1976, assistant professor psychiatry and pharmacology toxicology & therapeutics, 1978—1981, associate professor psychiatry and pharmacology toxicology & therapeutics, 1981—1984, professor, vice chair department psychiatry, 1985—1999, director outpatient clinic, department psychiatry, 1991—1998, professor, chair department psychiatry, 1999—2007, professor psychiatry, since 2007. Psychiatry residency, assistant instructor psychiatry Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1976—1978, professor psychiatry, pharmacology, 1984—1985. Chief, psychiatry service Wichita Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1985—1991.
President and medical director Psychiatric Research Institute via Christi Regional Medical Center, 1987—2003. President, Chief Executive Officer Clinical Research Institute, since 2003. Consultant lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Advisory committee National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Veterans Administration Merit Research, Food and Drug Administration. Member of American Psychopathological Association, American Psychiatric Association, Alliance for Mentally Ill, Sedgwick County, The Mental Health Association Kansas.
Awards
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Named to Outstanding Young Men of America, 1977, 1982, Best Doctors in America, 1998. Recipient Chester M. Goodwin award for neurological research, 1971, Walter C. Menninger Neuropsychiatry award, 1978, Mead-Johnson award for overall excellence in research, 1978, Roche Laboratory award for neuroscience, 1978, A.E. Bennett Neuropsychiatric Research Foundation award, 1978, Annual Research award, American Academy Clinical Psychiatry, 1982, Clinical Research award, 1984, Research award, University Kansas College Health Sciences, 1983, Research Scientist Development award, National Institute Mental Health, 1980-1985, Exemplary Psychiatrist award, National Alliance the Mentally Ill, 1993, Certified of Excellence in Medical Student Education, 1998.Named to Outstanding Young Men of America, 1977, 1982, Best Doctors in America, 1998. Recipient Chester M. Goodwin award for neurological research, 1971, Walter C. Menninger Neuropsychiatry award, 1978, Mead-Johnson award for overall excellence in research, 1978, Roche Laboratory award for neuroscience, 1978, A.E. Bennett Neuropsychiatric Research Foundation award, 1978, Annual Research award, American Academy Clinical Psychiatry, 1982, Clinical Research award, 1984, Research award, University Kansas College Health Sciences, 1983, Research Scientist Development award, National Institute Mental Health, 1980-1985, Exemplary Psychiatrist award, National Alliance the Mentally Ill, 1993, Certified of Excellence in Medical Student Education, 1998.