Virginia Triest Jorgensen

Background

Jorgensen, Virginia Triest was born on March 22, 1923 in New Orleans. Daughter of Kenneth G. and Luise (Schiele) Triest.

Education

Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Hofstra University, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, University Copenhagen, 1957. Postgraduate New York School Psychiatry, 1963.

Career

Intern, Flushing (New York) Hospital, 1957-1958. Resident in psychiatry Creedmore Eastern State Hospital, Queens, New York, 1959-1962, senior psychiatrist, 1962-1964. Practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Garden City, New York, since 1963.

Psychiatric consultant School for Emotionally Disturbed Children, Nassau County, New York, 1962-1971, Children"s Village, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1964-1965.

Assistant attending physicanNorth Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, 1980-1986, senior assistant attending, since 1986. Clinical instructor psychiatry Cornell Univercity College Medicine, 1981.

Achievements

• Virginia Triest Jorgensen has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member medical advisory board Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, since 1966. Member American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Women"s Association, Nassau Psychiatric Society (director 1983-1986 ).

Connections

Married Eric Jorgensen, August 5, 1951. Children: Ellen Verena, Nina.

Father:

Kenneth G. Triest

Mother:

Luise (Schiele) Triest

Spouse:

Eric Jorgensen

child:

Nina Jorgensen

child:

Ellen Verena Jorgensen