81: Dr. Seymour Gers: Long-Term Health Expert Provides Insider Glimpse of Health Today

The Health Crossroad with Dr. Doug Elwood and Dr. Tom Elwood

Dr. Seymour Gers has garnered a tremendous wealth of experience and expertise in healthcare through the last 50+ years as an administrator, physician, and educator in the system. He has held a number of leadership positions in multiple hospitals including Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, Harlem Hospital Center, the Montrose VA, and Rockland Psychiatric Center, among others. His impressive list of credentials includes positions such as Director of Psychiatry, Co-director of the PTSD Treatment Unit, and Director of Medical Education both for within the US and internationally. Most recently, Dr. Gers served as the Chief of the Partial Hospital Program at Queens Hospital Center and then as an Attending Psychiatrist at Maimonides. Dr. Gers was also the Representative of the Brooklyn Psychiatric Society to the American Psychiatric Association Assembly for 27 years. Dr. Gers is now semi-retired but remains very active in continuing education and policy around health and prolific on matters concerning psychiatry specifically. He also maintains a private practice in New York City, as he has done throughout his professional career. In this interview, Dr. Gers takes us back to when he was presented with pursuing a career in health and how the field of psychiatry has changed over the past few decades.