Pardes served as President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and Chairman of the APA's Council on Research from 1990 -1994. In that capacity, he has overseen major changes in the education of physicians, enhanced clinical and basic science research, and assumed a national role as an advocate for education, health care reimbursement reform, and support of biomedical research.įrom 1989 to 1990, Dr. In 1989, he was appointed Vice President for Health Sciences at Columbia and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, overseeing the four health sciences schools. Pardes' extensive recruiting has made Columbia's research program one of the largest in the world.
His achievements include a major new center for AIDS research, a substantial effort in genetics, and expanded programming for schizophrenia, child psychiatric disorders, and geriatric disorders. In 1984, he was appointed jointly as Director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia, where he has worked to develop a broad clinical, educational, and research agenda. Pardes also helped to improve the public image of psychiatry and to ensure a broad-based inclusion of the psychological, sociological, and biological aspects of psychiatry. While at NIMH, he strengthened the research program and emphasized the need to increase both reimbursement and research support for psychiatry. In 1978, he was recruited as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) where he remained until 1984. Pardes was instrumental in building research programs and working closely with the general psychiatric community and the state to develop closer collaboration between academia and other psychiatric and mental health groups. In 1975, he moved to Colorado as Chairman of the University of Colorado Medical Center. Subsequent to his training, he was Associate Director of the Residency Training Program at Downstate Medical Center and went on to become University Hospital Director and then Chairman of the Department until 1975. He is a graduate analyst of New York Psychoanalytic Institute and also trained in a Doctor of Medical Science Program as a research fellow. Pardes is a national figure in psychiatry and academic medicine. will serve as acting dean for Basic Science.ĭr. will serve as acting dean for Clinical and Education Affairs and David I. Until a permanent replacement is found, Thomas Q. Herbert Pardes, M.D., Columbia University's vice president for Health Sciences, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, has been elected president and chief executive officer of New York Presbyterian Hospital. President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Presbyterian Hospital
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