EDUCATION:
College:
1953-1957, A.B. (Magna Cum Laude)
Medical
School: 1957-1961, M.D. (with honors)
Internship: University of
Residency:
(General Psychiatry), 1962-1964
Fellowship:
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS:
Case Western Reserve (CWRU)
Instructor in Child Psychiatry, 1966-1969
Senior Instructor, 1969-1970
Assistant Professor, 1970-1971
University of
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, 1972-1979
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, 1979-1984
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, 1984-present
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS IN LAW SCHOOLS:
Lecturer in Law and Psychiatry, 1966-1983
University of
Lecturer in Law and Psychiatry, 1971-1990
University of
Lecturer in Law and Psychiatry, 1974-1990
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1962
SPECIALTY BOARD CERTIFICATIONS AND SERVICE:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (General Psychiatry), October 1968
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Psychiatry), September 1969
Service for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as an Examiner, Part II (General Psychiatry), 1970-1988
Child Psychiatry Written Examination Committee, 1982-1988
Director, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (American Psychiatric Association Nomination), 1988-1992; Second Term, 1992-1996;
Secretary, 1993-1994;
Vice President, 1995-1996;
Chairman, Psychiatry Council, 1995-1996
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
Assistant Physician,
Attending Physician,
JOURNALS
Journal of the
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
American Psychiatric Association, 1966; Fellow, 1972-
Chairman, McGavin Award Selection Board, 1985-1988
Consultant to APA's Task Force on Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, 1989
Councilor, 1984-1987
American Association for Academic Psychiatry, Charter and Founding Member, 1972-
American Medical Association, 1971-1999
ROCAP (Regional Organization for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) (Charter Member), 1975-
Program Chairman, 1991 and 1992
GAP (Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry) Committee on Child Psychiatry, 1981-98; Board of Directors, 1986-1988
Academic Psychiatry Consortium, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1995-1997
Foundations Fund for Research in Psychiatry, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences; Advisory Committee, 1997-1998
HONORS:
Phi Beta Kappa, 1956 (Junior)
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1961
The Senior Award, University of
Rockefeller Foundation Scholar in Residence, Bellagio,
American Psychiatric Association Blanche F. Ittleson Research Award, 1984 (For the published results of research over the past five years that has led, or strongly promises to lead to significant advance in promoting the mental health of children.)
American Psychiatric Association Samuel G. Hibbs Award, 1987 (For work in clinical practice or research that has resulted in a scholarly and innovative contribution to the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of mental disorder.)
Rockefeller Foundation Scholar in Residence, Bellagio,
Rosenberry Award, Children's Hospital,
American
Nathaniel William Winkelman Award,
Child Advocacy Award, American Psychological Association, 1994
Named a "hero of medicine" in the
Listed in: Who's Who in
and, in Medicine)
The Best Doctors in
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
Consumers’ Research Council of
Psychiatrists”
New York Times Notable Book of 1994 for Unchained Memories.
American Psychiatric Association Judd Marmor Award, May 2002 (For making major biopsychosocial contributions to the field of psychiatry)
Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award, The American
Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, May 16, 2011 (For outstanding contributions to advancement of child and adolescent psychiatry in activities including teaching, research, writing, clinical care, advocacy, and policy)
GRANTS:
William T. Grant Foundation: Officer's Discretionary Fund Grant. Normal Children's Responses to the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster, 1986
William T. Grant Foundation:
Lowenstein Foundation: Mechanisms of Healing in Adolescents After 9-11, 2001
HONORARY AND MEMORIAL LECTURESHIPS:
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture,
Plenary Speaker in honor of the International Year of the Child,
Louis Lourie Memorial Lecture, University of
Rudolf Kraebling Memorial Lecture,
Tabaroff Memorial Lecture,
Lee Macht Memorial Symposium,
Inez Foster Lecture,
Richard S. Ward Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Symposium,
Sarah Dubo-Ralph Rabinovitch Lecture,
Samuel G. Hibbs Award and Memorial Lecture, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,
Karl A. Menninger Lecture,
Doris Perry Memorial Symposium,
William T. Grant Foundation Lecture, American Psychosomatic Society Annual Meeting,
Virginia Tarlow Memorial Lecture, Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Evanston, Illinois, June 22, 1989
Invited Speaker,
Clarence Jones Honorary Lectureship,
Lauretta Bender Lecture, Queens Children's Psychiatric Center,
Linda M. Weissman Memorial Lecture, Hall-Mercer Hospital, Institute of Pennsylvania Hospitals, Philadelphia, December 7, 1989
Carrie Hope Jacobs Memorial Lecture,
Thomas H. Holmes Lecture,
Julian and Jessie Harrison Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture,
Morton Levitt Memorial Lectureship,
Frank and Milbrey Luton Lecture in Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, May 2, 1991
Raphell Sims Lakowitz Memorial Conference, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, New York, May 3, 1991
Alfred H. Stanton Lecture,
Joseph S. Skobba Lecture,
Walter S. Rosenberry III Conference Honoree and Recipient, The Children's Hospital,
Herbert Woodcock Lecture,
Presidential Symposium, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,
Scholastic Inc., Most Distinguished Speaker,
D. Hugh MacNamee Memorial Lecture,
Walter S. Rosenberry III Award Lecture, The Children's Hospital,
Saul O. Sidore Lecture, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, October 4, 1993
Nathaniel William Winkelman Memorial Lecture,
L. Lee Hasenbush Lecture,
Hugh Missildine Lecture, Psychiatric Society of Central Ohio,
Roger W. Sherman Memorial Education Symposium,
Child Advocacy Award Lecture, American Psychological Association Annual Meeting,
Psi Chi Society (honorary psychology) Lecture,
Maurice Levine Lecture,
Rena Schulman Memorial Keynote Address,
Jerome M. Goldsmith Annual Lecture, American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children, 48th Annual Meeting,
Gertrude Rogers Greenblatt and Milton Greenblatt Lecture, UCLA,
Albert M. Biele, M.D., Memorial Lecture, Thomas Jefferson University Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, April 30, 1997
John Ice, M.D. Memorial Lecture, Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, October 8, 1998
26th Annual Zetland-Littner Lecture, Association of Child Psychotherapists, The Standard
Club,
American Psychiatric Association Special Lecture,
Willard D. Boaz Annual Lecture,
Samuel and Audrey Lang Memorial Lectureship,
Robert L. Smith Memorial Lecture, The Hospital for Sick Children (
Judd Marmor Award Lecture, American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting,
Joseph Noshpitz Memorial History Lecture, American
Psychiatry
Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecture and Seminar, UCLA, November 6, 2004
Paulina Kernberg Memorial Lecture, Delivered in Dr. Terr’s absence by David Lopez, M.D., American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Meeting,
January 17, 2008
Plenary Lecture (Final Session of Annual Meeting), American
Janis Ablon Conference,
Family Services,
Jerome Evans Memorial Lecture, The
May 20, 2009
Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award Lecture, “Using Context to Treat Traumatized Children,” The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 57th Annual Meeting, October 28, 2009
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