P&S Annual Report
Measures of Distinction 
National Leadership 

* Dr. Herbert Pardes, vice president for Health Sciences and dean of the Faculty of Medicine, served as chairman of the Association of American Medical Colleges. He also was elected president of the Associated Medical Schools of New York, a consortium of 13 schools in the state that focuses resources of the medical schools on state and national issues affecting medical education, medical care, and research. 

* Dr. Audrey S. Penn, professor of neurology, became deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at NIH. 

* Dr. Robert B. Mellins, professor of pediatrics, assumed the presidency of the Fleischner Society. 

* The Physicians Scientific Society selected Dr. Darrick E. Antell, assistant clinical professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery, as president. 

* Dr. Donald O. Quest, acting chairman of neurological surgery, was appointed secretary/treasurer of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. 

* The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology has benefited from three years of leadership by Dr. Samuel C. Silverstein. Dr. Silverstein served FASEB as vice president, president, past president, and chairman of the public affairs advisory committee. 

* Dr. Harold Dick, professor and chairman of orthopaedic surgery, served as president of the American Orthopaedic Association during 1995-96 and is president-elect of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. 

* Dr. David J. Birnbach, director of obstetric anesthesiology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, became president-elect of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. 

* The American Association for Women Radiologists elected Dr. Karen S. Fountain, associate clinical professor of radiation oncology, to its national board of directors. 

Research Centers at PI

The New York State Psychiatric Institute has more research centers than any other psychiatric research institution in the United States. 
* Center for Mental Health Research (established in 1978) 
* Center for the Cellular Analysis of Behavior (1982) 
* HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (1987) 
* Center for the Study of Childhood Mental Disorders (1989) 
* Center for Substance Abuse Medication Development (1994) 
* Developing Clinical Research Center for the Study of Schizophrenia (1994) 
* Center for the Genetic Approach to Neuroplasticity and Learning (1994) 
* Clinical Research Center for the Study of Suicidal Behavior (1994)