Stephen Peter Hersh

Background

Hersh, Stephen Peter was born on August 11, 1940 in New York City. Son of Joseph Harrison and Lillian (Berk) Hersh.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, l962; Doctor of Medicine, New York University, l967.

Career

Pediatric intern, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, l967-68; fellow in child psychiatry, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, l970-72; resident in psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, l968-70; chief Center for Studies in Child and Family Mental Health,, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland., l972-73; special assistant to director, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland., l973-74; assistant director, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland., l975-79; director division children and youth, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, l98l; co-founder, co-director, Chairman of the Board, Medical Illness Counseling Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland., 1982-1994; executive and medical director, Medical Illness Counseling Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland., since 1995; behavioral health and medicine consultant, Marriott International, since 1996. Clinical professor psychiatry and pediatrics George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, since 1989. Consultant pediatric branch National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1972.

Member of national advisory county National Anthropological Film Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1979-1981. Chairman science advisory board St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, 1980-1982. Attending physician, 1993-1994, 95-.

Director, principal investigator Human Immunodeficiency Virus Research and Development project National Cancer Institute, since 1988. Medical staff clinical center, National Institutes of Health, since 1992.

Achievements

• Stephen Peter Hersh has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, psycho-oncologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Living with Cancer: Inspirational and Practical Advice for Patients and Their Families (Beyond Miracles)

    (Written by a psychiatrist who specialises in the treatmen...)

  • The executive parent

    (Book by Hersh, S. P)

  • Beyond Miracles: Living with Cancer by Stephen P. Hersh (2000-01-03)
  • Living with Cancer: Inspirational and Practical Advice for Patients and Their Families (Beyond Miracles) by S. P. Hersh (1997-10-03)

Membership

Member services committee American Cancer Society, Washington, 1974-1979. Member commission on traffic Somerset (Maryland.) Town Council, 1975-1978. Board directors Barker Foundation, Washington, 1984-1987.

Member medical board Lupus Foundation Greater Washington, since 1988, My Image After Breast Cancer, since 1995. Board medical advisors MultimediaMed. Sys., 1997. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (commendation 1983, Significant Achievement award 1993).

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Pain Society, American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (committee chairman 1974-1976).

Connections

Married Jean Ann Lehrke, April l0, l969. Children: Damon, Katharine, Justin, Tessa.

Father:

Joseph Harrison Hersh

Mother:

Lillian (Berk) Hersh

Spouse:

Jean Ann Lehrke

child:

Tessa Hersh

child:

Damon Hersh

child:

Katharine Hersh

child:

Justin Hersh