Background
Holmes, Valerie Frances was born on August 29, 1954 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of James Sullivan and Mary Louise Holmes.
Holmes, Valerie Frances was born on August 29, 1954 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of James Sullivan and Mary Louise Holmes.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, U. Kentucky, 1976; Doctor of Medicine, U. Louisville, 1980.
Resident in psychiatry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1980-1984; fellow in psychiatry, psychosomatic liaison service Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1984-1985; assistant professor psychiatry M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University Texas, Houston, 1985-1986; assistant professor psychiatry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1987-1990; associate professor, director consultant-liaison, chief psychiatric oncology, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, since 1990. Reviewer for medical journals.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (executive county, chairman Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome committee Suffolk County district branch 1988-1990), Academy Psychosomatic Medicine. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association General Hospital Psychiatrists, American Society Psychiatric Oncology-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (chairman directory committee), International Psycho-Oncology Society, American Academy Clinical Psyciatrists (board directors, vice president 1995-1996, president since 1996).