It is Hard to believe that this man was the first in his entire family to graduate college. A man who started out with almost nothing has built his medical empire that specializes in taking care of patients who are teeming with illness along with severe mental diseases. People who had nowhere to turn to before can now receive help and treatment. The man who is responsible for this, Dr. Cameron Gilbert. What many people including myself find very odd is that Dr. Gilbert didn’t go to college in the hopes of becoming what he is today, but a neuropsychologist. In an interview with Dr. Gilbert there were many things I could have asked; however, this profile is on how a man with a P.H.D. in geriatric neuropsychology finds himself the captain of not just a vessels but an entire fleet of ships. Dr. Gilbert recalled his first full-time job, a geriatric neuropsychologist in Louisville Kentucky. What was very odd about his time at this clinic was that his boss, his unit manager at the time. She Had suffered from a psychotic break only six weeks into his job. Dr. Gilbert stated in his cool tone, “Sense no one wanted the position as a unit manager I volunteered, thought it would be something interesting to try.” His superior told him that it would be about two months until they could find a permanent replacement. So during that time Dr. Gilbert was the temporary unit manager. In those two months, Dr. Gilbert explained how he felt about his new position. “ A great fit, I was
After my time with Dr. Geis several questions and personal reflection of his journey began to rise. What pushes a man in his early 50s to go back to school to pursue a masters and then a Ph.D.
Stephen Correia is a psychologist in the state of Rhode Island. He started his education at Manhattenville College in Purchase, NY, but transferred after a year to University of Rhode Island. He graduated from University of Rhode Island in 1982 with an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Twelve years later he continued his education going back to University of Rhode Island. This time he was going for his graduate degree in Psychology. He graduated four years later with a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology. Right after, he pursued his Doctor of Philosophy degree continuing at University of Rhode Island. He graduated in 2001 for the third time from the University of Rhode Island with a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical
Dr. Gilbert recalled his first full-time job, a geriatric neuropsychologist in Louisville Kentucky. What was very
Oliver Sacks, M.D. is a physician, a best-selling author, and a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine (Oliver Sacks, 2016). Dr. Sacks is best known for his collections of neurological case histories and contributed the essay for Payne’s book. His historical narrative of a time when American institutions provided the best and the worst of care bring a new perspective to Payne’s images. Dr. Sack’s overview of the asylums of that time sums
Tom LaVentura tells about a woman named Kathleen Sheffield and how she helped to get a grant for NAMI to be able to come to the island of Kaua`i to help those with mental illness. It talks about how they will have classes starting soon to not only help those with the mental illness but also the family members who are also affected by this disease. Kathleen Sheffield says, “We want to lead them back to independence, and to see them recover and not be a burden to the family,” NAMI is raising awareness throughout the island with the NAMI walk to help show support to those who have lost the fight and those who are still fighting.
For some, a life time of devotion does not start with birth. A lifetime may not even start until later in life. For Phillip M. Gattone, his life’s work had not begun until his mid-thirties. Woken up by one of his infant son’s crying, he found his son Phillip, who was four at the time, seizing on the floor with eyes rolled back and lips turned steel blue (Condor). Epilepsy had just entered his life. Phillip Gattone is an average weight, healthy, white American man who grew up in the Chicago area, and is unassuming in demeanor. Easily perceived as an average businessman, he does not play sports or do much of anything outside of running the Epilepsy Foundation. Since waking to the nightmarish scene of his son in a seizure, Mr. Gattone’s life purpose has been dedicated to epilepsy research, awareness, and treatment progress. Through his hardship, he has founded the Center for Epilepsy Education in Batavia, became chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation of Chicago, and is now the CEO
Adrian Ward, a cognitive psychologist
John Buchanan referred himself to the local psychiatric facility in Lyon, Mississippi for psychotherapy. The patient is a male, Caucasian at the age of 28. Upon first arrival, Mr. Buchanan had cuts along a clean-shaven chin, a flask in his hands, and was dressed in a white button-up shirt, neatly pressed brown slacks, and black Oxfords. He was wobbly while entering the room, although he answered all questions clearly and with conscious thought. Mr. Buchanan academic record shows that he attended medical school at John Hopkins University and graduated this past summer with exceptionally well grades. He studied anatomy, medicine, and other fields of science such as biology, psychology, and chemistry. He is a certified doctor in Glorious
Perhaps the thing that sets Steve Morin, PhD, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Medicine at UCSF, apart from others is the fact that he was born on the same street as Emily Dickinson. Then, again it could be Morin’s extensive travel adventures across the globe that set him apart.
It was a gray day. Unable to pierce the layers of powdery black skies along with the fog, the sun did not shine. The thick mist that was not really rain, and not really fog covered the southeastern corner of New Jersey. Just like most days in the area surrounding the Overbrook Asylum, it was daunting. On the outside, Overbrook was a welcoming place, as far as sanatoriums go, where patients were treated with care along with respect; the inside was very different. Hired on at the asylum as a nurse in May of 1910, I commenced my duties and was eager to be able to lend a helping hand to the people in need. What made people tick or to what made people think the way they did had always interested me. The hospital provided me a living area for
“I tell you I don’t know what it is,” they tell the guy in charge of personnel. “Since I started on that ward with that woman I feel like my veins are running ammonia. I shiver all the time, my kids won’t sit in my lap, my wife won’t sleep with me. I insist on a transfer--neurology bin, the alky tank, pediatrics, I just don’t care!”
Elizabeth Blackwell showed herself as a dedicated and diligent doctor during five years of work in Neurological Associates, and made a significant contribution to the profit margin of the partnership. The partners were delighted with hiring Blackwell in 2005 and they introduced her to medical physicians at a conference. But the referral base Blackwell went through was not the result of that investment by the partnership but instead it was the evidence of her professionalism in neurological sphere.
Writer called Constance to find out if she has heard from the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA). Constance said yes and that they scheduled to meet on the 9th of this month. Constance said she will be seeing her pain managing doctor on the 8th. Also Constance said Medicaid approved for her to use long term care. Care manager was glad to hear that. Constance promised to update care manager after the
Johnson C. Smith University promotes diversity within the students and the faculty. On March 14, 2016 , I conduct an interview with my favorite math professor Dr. Thantu-Thuy Nguyen; she is in charge of the Math Lab. Dr. Nguyen is Vietnamese; she was born and raised in the South part of Vietnam. She explain that Vietnam is broken in two parts the North and South. I learnt so much about the Vietnamese culture; but what really surprised me was how traditional they are. One tradition Dr. Nguyen told me about is the kids teasing other kids because they parents got divorce. She explain how in her culture after you are married no matter how miserable you are you are to stay married and raised your kids. In earlier days the parents arrange
Dr. William Bob is a fifty one year old licensed psychotherapist who has his own private practice. William is happily married to a primary school teacher and has 3 kids. William was born in Poland, but moved to Canada with his parents in his early childhood. Both of his parents were doctors and they were the ones who fostered this drive to work in a field of assisting people, however because William always felt a little disconnected from the exact sciences, during high school he made a decision to study psychology instead. “ I knew all along that I want to become a psychologist and that is what often helped me when I had a hard time seeing the light at the end of the tunnel” says Dr. Bob.