Background
Rayport, Shirley Martha Ferguson was born on March 9, 1923 in Syracuse, New York, United States.
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Shirley Martha Ferguson Rayport
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AB magna cum laude, Syracuse University, New York, 1945. Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Syracuse University, New York, 1947. Diploma in Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1955.
Career
Rotating intern Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, 1947-1948. Intern in surgery and gynecology New York Infirmary, New York City, 1948-1949, assistant resident in obstetrics, 1949-1950. Assistant resident in medicine and neurology Goldwater Memorial Hospital, 1950-1951.
Resident in neuropsychiatry United States Veterans Administration Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, 1951-1953. Senior assistant resident Allan Memorial Institute Psychiatry, Montreal, Canada, 1953-1954. Research fellow various university and institutes, 1954-1955, 57-58.
Special postdoctoral fellow Training & Research Neurological Scis Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, 1963-1965. Research associate Department Neurological Surgery and Neurology Columbia University, 1958-1960. Research associate psychiatry Department Neurological Surgery Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1960-1965.
Associate professor psychiatry Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1969-1984, associate professor Neuroscience, head behavioral neurology, 1976-1984, head section neuropsychiatry Department Psychiatry, 1982-1993, professor psychiatry and neurological surgery, 1984-1993, professor emerita psychiatry, since 1993. Presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (distinguished. Life); member American Neuropsychiatric Association, American Epilepsy Society, Society Biological Psychiatry, Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Association (president 1980-1982, executive committee 1982-1983), Academy Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County (community health committee 1981-1992), Ohio State Medical Association, Ohio Psychiatric Association (membership committee 1980-1983, community mental health committee 1980-1986, chairperson cmty mental health committee 1982-1983, long range planning committee 1981-1986, public mental health committee since 1986, liaison committee 1989-1992, secretary 1991-1993), International Association for Study of Pain, Association Academy Psychiatry, American Neuropsychiatric Association, American Medical Women's Association, Sigma Xi, Lucas County Mental Health Board (adult service committee 1991-1992), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
3 children.
