Jack David Barchas (born November 2, 1935) is an American psychiatrist who is the Barklie McKee Henry Professor and Chairman of the Department of

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at the

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and the Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the

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/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the

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. He was formerly the Nancy Friend Pritzker professor in psychiatry at

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and dean of research and neuroscience at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. In 2006 the

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(now the

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) gave him their

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.Dr. Jack Barchas Receives Institute of Medicine's 2006 Sarnat Award in Mental Health: Prestigious Award Recognizes Dr. Barchas' Numerous Contributions to Psychiatry

, retrieved 2010-01-21. Barchas earned a Bachelor of Arts from

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in 1956 and his medical degree from

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in 1961.

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