Curriculum Vitae
MAX FINK, M.D.
P.O. Box 457
St. James, NY 11780
mafink@attglobal.net
max.fink@stonybrook.edu
PRESENT APPOINTMENT
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Stony Brook University 1972-1997
Professor Emeritus 1997-
CERTIFICATIONS
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners 1946
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Certified in Neurology 1952
Certified in Psychiatry 1954
William Alanson White Institute of Psychoanalysis 1953
Certificate in Psychoanalysis for Physicians
License, Practice of Medicine and Surgery
New York 1946
Missouri 1962
EDUCATION
University College, University Heights Campus 1939-1942
New York University, B.A. cum laude, Honors in Biology
New York University College of Medicine, M.D. 1942-1945
William Alan White Institute for Psychoanalysis 1948-1953
Certificate in psychoanalysis for physicians
Morrisania City Hospital, Rotating Internship July 1945-April 1946
Montefiore Hospital, Residency in Neuropsychiatry July 1948-June 1949
Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, Residencies in Neurology July 1949-December 1951
and Psychiatry
Hillside Hospital, Resident in Psychiatry January 1952-December 1952
Mount Sinai and Hillside Hospitals, Fellow in January 1953-December 1953
Neuropsychiatry; National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
(also January 1951-December 1951)
ACADEMIC and RESEARCH AWARDS
Thomas William Salmon Award and Medal, New York 2011
Academy of Medicine
Honorary Member, Associazione Italiana per la Terapia 2006
Elettroconvulsivante (AITEC)
Honorary Member, European Forum for Electroconvulsive 2006
Therapy (EFFECT)
Honorary Fellow, International Pharmaco-EEG Society (IPEG) 2000
Fellow, Association for Convulsive Therapy 2000
Arrigo Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Neurophysiology, 1998
University of Pavia
Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Biological Psychiatry 1996
Lifetime Achievement Award, Psychiatric Times and CME, Inc. 1995
Gold Medal Award of the Society of Biological Psychiatry 1988
Laszlo Meduna Prize of the Hungarian National Institute for 1986
Nervous and Mental Diseases
Taylor Manor Hospital Psychiatric Award 1983
Anna Moniker Foundation Prize for Contributions to the 1979
Study of Endogenous Depression
Samuel W. Hamilton Award, American Psychopathological 1974
Association
Alpha Omega Alpha, New York University 1973
A.E. Bennett Psychiatric Research Award, Society of 1958
Biological Psychiatry
Electroshock Research Association Award 1956
Elected Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Pi 1939-1942
Christopher Coates Biology Prize
Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry Prize, New York University
TEACHING AWARDS
“Teacher of the Year,” Department of Psychiatry 1992, 1993, 1996
Stony Brook University
MEMBERSHIPS
Distinguished Life Fellow
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Secretary 1957, 1958
Chairman, section on Brain Function and Behavior 1962
Member, Task Force on Electroconvulsive Therapy 1975-1978, 1988-1990
Nassau Neuropsychiatric Society 1954-1962 (President, 1959)
Suffolk County District Branch 1973-
New York Academy of Medicine
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
Fellow
Association for Convulsive Therapy
Inter-Pharmaco-EEG (IPEG)
Vice President 1981-1984
Councillor 1986-1990
Honorary Fellow 2000
Senior Member
Society of Biological Psychiatry
Member
American Psychopathological Association
Secretary 1968-1971
Vice President 1971-1972
President-Elect 1972-1973
President 1973-1974
Association for Convulsive Therapy
Chairman, Task Force on Ambulatory ECT 1995
Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum
(CINP)
Deutsche EEG Gesellschaft
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology
Instituto de Psiquatria y Psicologia de Montevideo
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
Chairman, Task Force on ECT 2002-2005
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Founding Editor, Convulsive Therapy,1984-1994
Editorial Board, 1995-
Contributing Editor
Comprehensive Psychiatry (1972-2000)
Currents Developments in Psychopharmacology
Directions in Psychopharmacology
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (1980-1999)
Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neurology (1988-2003)
Neuropsychology (Associate Editor, Pharmaco-EEG, 1983-1997)
Pharmacopsychiatry
Psychiatric Journal, University of Ottawa (1980-1992)
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (1977-1981)
Psychopharmacologia (1975-1978)
Sleep &Wakefulness (1978-1981)
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
Academic
Assistant in Neurology, New York University 1952-1954
Research Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University 1962-1966
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Missouri 1963-1966
Visiting Professor
University of Istanbul 1968, 1969
National Institute of Neurology of Mexico 1969
University of California at Irvine 1976
Organon Special Visiting Lectureship, Netherlands 1988
Honorary Member, Societe Royale de Medecine Mentale 1969
de Belgique
Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1998-2005
Hospital
Staff Neurologist, Long Island Jewish Hospital 1954-1959
Associate Attending Neurologist, North Shore Hospital 1954-1962
Supervising Psychiatrist; Director of Research 1954-1962
Director, Department of Experimental Psychiatry
Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY
Director, Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO 1962-1966
Director, Division of Biological Psychiatry, NY 1966-1973
Medical College
Attending Psychiatrist
Metropolitan Medical Center 1965-1973
Flower & Fifth Avenue Hospitals 1966-1973
Bird S. Coler Hospital 1966-1973
University Hospital, Stony Brook University 1980-1997
Consulting Psychiatrist
Grasslands Hospital 1971-1973
Central Islip Psychiatric Center 1974-1979
V.A. Hospital, Northport, NY 1972-1981
Director, Division of Clinical Sciences 1976-1983
Long Island Research Institute
Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry 1981-2005
Long Island Jewish Hillside Hospital
CONSULTANT
Committee on Clinical Drug Evaluation 1962-1965
Psychopharmacology Service Center, NIMH
Division of Mental Diseases of the State of Missouri 1962-1966
VA-NIMH-SAODAP Collaborative Studies in Opiate 1972-1974
Dependence
Bureau of Drugs, Food & Drug Administration 1970-1973
American Psychiatric Association Task Force on ECT 1975-1978
V.A. Merit Review Board on Behavioral Sciences 1977-1980
German BGA Commission of Pharmaco-EEG 1980-1981
NIMH Committee on Collaborative ECT Project 1980-1982
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council 1981-1982
Committee on Toxicology: Committee on Anticholinergic
Drugs Panel
U.S. Army Workshop on the Feasibility of Using 1986
Incapacitating Agents Against Terrorists
American Psychiatric Association Task Force on 1988-1990
Electroconvulsive Therapy
MILITARY SERVICE
Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps. 1946-1947
School of Military Neuropsychiatry, Fort Sam Houston
Chief, NP Clinical Service, Fort Knox Station Hospital
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Ship Surgeon
Grace Line 1947-1948
American Export Line 1948
Neurology and Psychiatry 1954-1958
275 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY
July 12, 2018