John G. Gunderson

John G. Gunderson (born 1942)[1] is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University and a director at the Borderline center at McLean Hospital.[2][3]

Education, residencies and fellowships

Gunderson graduated from Johns Hopkins College in 1963, received his MBS from Dartmouth Medical School in 1965 and his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1967.[3] Between 1967 and 1971, he was an Intern in Medicine at Hennepin County General Hospital, Resident in Psychiatry at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and Chief Resident in Psychiatry at Massachusetts Mental Health Center.[3] Between 1971 and 1973, he was a Visiting Candidate at Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Research Fellow at the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia, Psychiatric Assessment Section of the National Institute of Mental Health, and at the Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium. He was a Resident at Boston Psychoanalytic Institute between 1969 and 1980.[3]

Career

Gunderson has made extensive studies on borderline personality disorder and has published and edited many books and papers regarding borderline and other personality disorders. According to Massachusetts General Hospital, through his academical success he has been called the "father" of borderline personality disorder. He led the academic group that described personality disorders in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). In 2009, McLean Hospital started a new treatment center in Cambridge, Massachusetts called "the Gunderson Residence", named after Gunderson.[2][3]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Gunderson, John G. 1942". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Massachustts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy. John Gunderson. mghcme.org. Retrieved March 22, 2017
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 McLean Hospital John Gunderson, MD. www.mcleanhospital.org. Retrieved March 22, 2017
  4. ↑ "Awards". American Psychopathological Association. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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