Early life

Dan Borenstein was born in Silver City, New Mexico. His parents were Isaac "Jack" and Marjorie E. Borenstein (nee Kerr), who owned and managed the Borenstein Brothers Department Store which opened in 1892, and remained in business into the 1960s.

Education and professional activities

Borenstein attended New Mexico Military Institute (1953); Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. (1957); University of Colorado School of Medicine, M.D. (1962); Internal Medicine Internship, University of Kentucky (1963); Psychiatric Residency (1963–66); Chief Residency, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Medical Center (1965–66)

Licensed, Medical Board of California, 1966-current
Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, February 1970
Graduate, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, June 1971
Clinical Professor, University of California, Los Angeles Department of Psychiatry and Bio-behavioral Sciences, 1996-current^[1]
Physician's Alumni Association, St. John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
President, American Psychiatric Association, 2001-2002^[2]

Research work

In the 1980s, prior to assuming the APA presidency, Borenstein wrote numerous academic articles addressing significant mental health issues experienced during medical training

Selected expert testimony

Testimony for plaintiff Mel Mermelstein vs. Institute for Historical Review, Holocaust denier.^[3]
Comments About Illegal Prescription Practices & Psychiatric Holds
Arrest of colleagues for illegal prescription practices; and regarding actress Mischa Barton's psychiatric hold status, and that of Kanye West.

References

^ "Dan Borenstein MD Home Page". Ucla.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ Sacks, Herbert S. (1 October 2001). "Daniel B. Borenstein, M.D., One Hundred Twenty-Ninth President, 2000–2001". American Journal of Psychiatry. 158 (10): 1603–1604. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.158.10.1603. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ "HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WINS SUIT". The New York Times. 18 January 1986. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

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1950–1975	John C. Whitehorn (1950–1951) Leo H. Bartemeier (1951–1952) Donald Ewen Cameron (1952–1953) Kenneth E. Appel (1953–1954) Arthur Percy Noyes (1954–1955) R. Finley Gayle Jr. (1955–1956) Francis J. Braceland (1956–1957) Harry C. Solomon (1957–1958) Francis J. Gerty (1958–1959) William Malamud (1959–1960) Robert H. Felix (1960–1961) Walter E. Barton (1961–1962) C. H. Hardin Branch (1962–1963) Jack R. Ewalt (1963–1964) Daniel Blain (1964–1965) Howard P. Rome (1965–1966) Harvey John Tompkins (1966–1967) Henry W. Brosin (1967–1968) Lawrence Kolb (1968–1969) Raymond W. Waggoner (1969–1970) Robert S. Garber (1970–1971) Ewald W. Busse (1971–1972) Perry Clement Talkingten (1972–1973) Alfred Freedman (1973–1974) John Patrick Spiegel (1974–1975)
1975–2000	Judd Marmor (1975–1976) Robert W. Gibson (1976–1977) Jack Weinberg (1977–1978) Jules H. Masserman (1978–1979) Alan A. Stone (1979–1980) Donald G. Langsley (1980–1981) Daniel X. Freedman (1981–1982) H. Keith H. Brodie (1982–1983) George Tarjan (1983–1984) John A. Talbott (1984–1985) Carol Nadelson (1985–1986) Robert O. Pasnau (1986–1987) George H. Pollock (1987–1988) Paul J. Fink (1988–1989) Herb Pardes (1989–1990) Elissa P. Benedek (1990–1991) Lawrence Hartmann (1991–1992) Joseph T. English (1992–1993) John S. McIntyre (1993–1994) Jerry M. Wiener (1994–1995) Mary Jane England (1995–1996) Harold Eist (1996–1997) Herbert S. Sacks (1997–1998) Rodrigo A. Muñoz (1998–1999) Allan Tasman (1999–2000)
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