 |
Herbert Pardes, M.D. Executive Vice Chair, Steering Committee, Connecting for Health Dr. Pardes, President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, has an extensive background in health care and academic medicine. His origins are in the field of psychiatry, and he chaired three departments of psychiatry before becoming Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University. He is nationally recognized for his broad expertise in education, research, clinical care, and health policy, and as an ardent advocate of support for academic medicine. As President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian, Dr. Pardes has embraced a clinical mission to provide each patient with the highest quality care delivered in the most compassionate manner. Dr. Pardes served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and U.S. Assistant Surgeon General during the Carter and Reagan Administrations (1978-84). He has also served as President of the American Psychiatric Association (1989). Dr. Pardes left NIMH in 1984 to become Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons and in 1989 was also appointed Vice President for Health Sciences for Columbia University and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the College of Physicians & Surgeons. He served as Chairman of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for 1995-96 and was Chairman of the AAMC's Council of Deans for 1994-95. In addition, he served two terms as Chairman of the New York Association of Medical Schools. Dr. Pardes received his medical degree from the State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn) in 1960. He received his Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from Rutgers University in 1956. He completed his internship and residency training in psychiatry at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn and also did psychoanalytic training at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.  |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |