Background
Rachlin, Stephen Leonard was born on March 6, 1939 in New York City. Son of Murray and Sophie (Rodnitsky) Rachlin.
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Stephen Leonard Rachlin
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Bachelor, New York University, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1963.
Career
Internship, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963-1964; resident, chief resident in psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 1964-1967; staff psychiatrist, Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx, New York, 1969-1972; assistant chief service, Bronx Psychiatric Center, 1970-1972; chief service, Bronx Psychiatric Center, 1972-1974; deputy director, Meyer-Manhattan Psychiatric Center, New York City, 1974-1976; acting director, Meyer-Manhattan Psychiatric Center, 1976-1977; deputy director, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, New York City, 1977; clinical director department psychiatry & psychology, Nassau County Medical Center, E. Meadow, New York, 1978-1980; associate department chairman psychiatry & psychology, Nassau County Medical Center, 1979-1980; department chairman psychiatry & psychology, Nassau County Medical Center, 1980-1994; clinical director, Meadowview Psychiatric Hospital, Secaucus, New Jersey, since 1997. Associate professor clinical psychiatry school medicine State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1978-1987, professor clinical psychiatry, 1987-1994. Special professor of law Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, 1983-1995.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1967-1969. Member American Psychiatric Association (chairman committee administrative psychiatry 1987-1992, member assembly 1991-1994, member committee confidentiality 1993-1996), New York State Psychiatric Association (chairman commission on public psychiatry 1986-1994), American Association Psychiatric Adminstrs. (president 1989-1990), American Academy Psychiatry and Law (president tri-state chapter 1988-1990), American Association General Hospital Psychiatrists (president 1993-1994), American Board Forensic Psychiatry (director 1990-1994, treasurer 1992-1993), American Hospital Association (governor county section psychiatric and substance abuse 1991-1992), Hospital Association New York State (chairman mental health 1992, 93).
Connections
Married Florence Einsidler, November 22, 1962. Children: Michael Ira, Robert Alan.
