Curriculum Vitae
abbreviated

John B. Livingstone
M.D., FRSH
Assistant Clinical Professor Harvard Medical School

      EDUCATION

  • 1958 M.D. Harvard Medical School
  • 1954 B.A. Brown University

      POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

  • 1959-60 Internship in Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospitals
  • 1961-62 Surgical Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • 1963-65 Adult Psychiatry Residency McLean and Mass. General Hospitals Combined Program
  • 1966-67 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and Certified Career Training (AAPCC) Massachusetts General and Beth Israel Hospitals Combined Program
  • 1991-2 Couples Psychotherapy Training, Institute for Relationship Therapy, NYC.
  • 1997-8 Certified Training in Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychological Trauma and Related Disorders, EMDR Institute, Inc, Pacific Grove, CA
  • 1998-2007 Advanced Training in Voice Dialog and the Psychology of Selves, Voice Dialog International, Albion, CA.
  • 2008- Training Program, Internal Family Systems Therapy (includes new treatments of psychological causes of chronic conditions) Richard Schwartz, PhD, Family institute- Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.

      LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

  • 1960 M.D., Medicine in Massachusetts, Vermont, Colorado, Alberta (Can)
  • 1961 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Certification, AAPCC
  • 1992 Couples Psychotherapy, IRT
  • 1998 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Level 11 Certified, EMDR
  • 1998-2006 Advanced, level III, Psychology of Selves and Voice Dialog

      ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

  • 1966-75 Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • 1975- Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

      HOSPITAL or AFFILIATED INSTITUTION APPOINTMENTS

  • 1966-72 Assistant Child Psychiatrist Beth Israel Hospital
  • 1969-72 Founding Director, Team Clinical for Children, Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center
  • 1972-82 Founding Director, McLean Hospital Outpatient Services for Children
  • 1972-89 Director, Team Clinical for Children and Adolescents, McLean Hospital
  • 1973-89 Associate Child Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital
  • 1985-99 Director, Project on Information for Parents (Grant funded public health project), McLean Hospital
  • 1989- Associate Attending Senior Child Psychiatrist, McLean Hospital @ PartnersHC.
  • 1991- Consulting Psychiatrist, Mt. Auburn Hospital

      OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSTITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

  • 1982-90 U.S. Representative, International Children's Center, (UNICEF), Paris, France (public health- childhood infectious disease and adult chronic conditions)
  • 1980-2 Member, United Nations UNICEF Committee on Childhood Victims of Disaster, NYC
  • 1984- Board of Advisors, Institute for Mental Health Initiatives, Washington, D.C.
  • 1982-6 Editorial Board, Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
  • 1987-1997 Editor, Dialogue, quarterly national publication on behavioral health from Institute for Mental Health Initiatives, Washington, D.C.
  • 1993-4 Children's Television Broadcast Standards Consultant, Turner Broadcasting, ABC TV and Hanna Barbara Productions
  • 1994-present Editorial Board, Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy
  • 1994 Guest lecturer (public health & violent behavior), Nieman Foundation of Journalism, Harvard University
  • 1994-present Member, The Psychiatric Collaborative of Cape Cod
  • 2005-present Consultant on Health-related Behavior and Life Style Change, Health Dialog, Inc. (Nurse Coaching Program for Chronic Conditions).

      MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • 1996-7 Co-Chair, Consortium of AMA Medical and Health Organizations for Child Health Standards in Media
  • 1996-99 Medical Director, Our Children's Television, Inc (OKTV)
  • 2000- Chair, Child Health and Development Board, Our Children's Television (health) Project
  • 2000- President, Child Health and Media Labs (ChamLabs)
  • 2001- Psychiatric Director, Gaffney-Livingstone Consultation Service

      MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

  • 1987-2003 Member, Committee on Media and Television, American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • 1997 American Medical Association, Coalition on Media and Television
  • 1987-2000 Chair, Media Committee, New England Council of Child Psychiatry
  • 1983-6 Massachusetts Bar Association, Member Family Law Section on Separation & Divorce
  • 2007- Member, Board of Health, Town of Provincetown, MA.

      PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • 1965- American Psychiatric Association
  • 1968- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • 1968- New England Council of Child Psychiatry
  • 2008- Society for Medical Decision Making

      EDITORIAL BOARDS

  • 1988-1997 Co-Editor-in Chief, Dialogue
  • 1988-98 Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
  • 1994- Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy

      AWARDS AND HONORS

  • 1953 Scientific Society of Sigma Xi
  • 1954 Frances Wayland Scholar for Academci Excellence, Brown University
  • 1962 Honorary Fellow, The Royal Society of Health, Great Britain (FRSH)
  • 1967 First Prize, Bartlett-Solomon Award, Simmons School of Social Work
  • 1995 First Prize, American Medical Writers Association
  • 1995 Telly Award Finalist for Best Documentary Television Special in 1995.
  • 1996 First Place, National Media Competition for Newsletters, National Association of Mental Health Information Officers

      PUBLICATIONS

  • (Numerous articles, text book chapters, and series editor.) On specific request.