Background
Malitz, Sidney was born on April 20, 1923 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Etta (Cohen) Malitz.
educator psychiatrist researcher
Malitz, Sidney was born on April 20, 1923 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Etta (Cohen) Malitz.
Student, New York University, 1940-1942; student, Tulane University, 1942-1943; Bachelor of Medicine, Chicago Medical College, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, Chicago Medical College, 1947.
Intern, St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia, 1946-1947;
senior intern, Bethesda, Hospital, Cincinnati, 1947-1948;
resident, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, 1948-1951;
senior research psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1954-1956;
acting principal research psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1956-1958;
acting chief psychiatric research, chief department experimental psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1958-1964;
chief psychiatric research department experimental psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1964-1972;
deputy director, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1972-1975;
acting director, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1975-1976, 81-84;
deputy director, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1976-1978;
director department biological psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1984-1991. In charge psychiatric drug clinic Vanderbilt Clinic, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1956-1975, assistant attending psychiatrist, 1960-1966, associate attending psychiatrist, 1966-1971, attending psychiatrist, 1971-1993, acting dir.psychiatry service, 1975-1976, 81-84, 93-, consulting psychiatrist. Assistant department psychiatry College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, 1955-1957, associate, 1957-1959, assistant clinical professor, 1959-1965, associate professor, 1965-1969, professor, 1969-1993, vice department chairman psychiatry, 1972-1975, acting chairman, 1975-1976, 81-84, vice chairman, 1976-1978, professor emeritus, special instructor, since 1993.
Member panel impartial psychiatric experts New York State Supreme Court, since 1960. Member of advisory committee subcommittee. Consultant United States Pharmacopeia.
Mem.adv. committee subcommittee health New York State Constitutional Convention. Consultant division medical science National Research Council, Washington, 1967-1970. Consultant Rush Foundation, Los Angeles, 1968-1975.
Member ad hoc review commission to select National Drug Abuse Research Centers, Center Studies Narcotic and Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, 1972-1973.
Fellow: American Psychiatric Association (chairman committee biological psychiatry 1961-1962, program committee 1961-1962, secretary-treasurer chapter 1962-1963, committee research 1966-1968, president chapter 1969-1970, chairman Council Research and Development 1971-1973, member history and library committee 1989-1991), American College Neuropsychopharmacology (life), Royal Society Medicine (life). Member: American Medical Association (consultant council drugs 1960-1970), American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1969-1972), Vidonian Society (president 1989-1993), New York Psychiatric Society (vice president 1989-1991, president 1991-1992), New York Academy of Sciences, Benjamin Rush Society (life. President-elect 1989, president 1990-1991), American Psychopath.
Association (life), Association Research Nervous and Mental Disease (life), American College Psychoanalysts (life), New York Academy Medicine (life), Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (life), New York Society Clinical Psychiatry (life), New York County Medical Societies (life), Society Biological Psychiatry (life), Group Advancement Psychiatry (research committee 1986-1991), Royal College Psychiatrists, American College Psychiatrists (archivist-historian 1978—2002, liaison to Royal College Psychiatrists 1985—2004, Bowis award 1989), Alpha Omega Alpha.