Oral Histories

Janowsky, David

Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Janowsky sees patients and teaches residents in the acute diagnostic and treatment clinic one-half day per week. He consults on psychopharmacological issues at the Murdoch Center for the mentally retarded in Butner, N.C., one and one-half days per week. As well, he treats on a one-on-one basis approximately 12-15 patients per week, utilizing psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. He also studies the role of cholinergic mechanisms in depression and is developing antidotes to cholinergic nerve agent (i.e. nerve gas) poisoning.

B.S., Medical Sciences: San Diego State University, UCLA

M.D.: University of California at San Francisco

Internship, University of California at San Francisco

Residency, Psychiatry: UCLA and National Institute of Mental Health

Clinical Associate: National Institute of Mental Health

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Interview History:

Dates: May-97
Interviewer: L. Hollister

Dates: Dec-97
Interviewer: B. Angrist

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