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Leo Sher, M.D. On behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health I am pleased to congratulate Professor Shih-Ku Lin, a Member of the Task Force, an esteemed colleague and a great friend, on becoming a Vice-President of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP). Dr. Shih-Ku […]
Leo Sher, M.D. About a week ago, the U.S. News & World Report published data on the Medical School acceptance rates (1). In the U.S., the average Medical School acceptance rate for the 2017-2018 school year was 7 percent. This is based on the data submitted by 120 ranked medical schools to the U.S. News […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The new 2018-2019 U.S. News & World Report “Best Medical Schools” rankings were released on March 20, 2018 (1). The new rankings were published in the 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City ranked No. 18 […]
Leo Sher, M.D. I am delighted to congratulate our esteemed colleague and great friend, Professor Zoltan Rihmer, M.D., Ph.D. on becoming a Member of the European Academy of Science and Arts. Professor Rihmer is affiliated with Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. He is a world-renowned expert in clinical and research psychiatry. Professor Rihmer has published […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A web journal, “Expertscape” published a list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 20,835 articles published since 2007. According to “Expertscape” the 20 leading world experts in suicide are: Keith Hawton (UK) Maurizio Pompili (Italy) David A. Brent (USA) Gustavo Turecki (Canada) David […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health welcomes two more new Members: Lesha Shah (New York, USA) and Pilar Trelles (New York, USA) The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013, according to my proposal. My proposal to create this […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Dr. Scott Gottlieb who has been nominated by President Donald J. Trump to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advocates lowering drug costs by approving inexpensive generic medications faster (1,2). Dr. Gottlieb intends to make streamlining approvals his top priority. Getting more generic medications to market faster may save American people […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health welcomes two new Members: Trine Flensborg -Madsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Andreas Walther (Dresden, Germany) The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013. At the present time, the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health I would like to congratulate Professor Masahito Fushimi, a Member of the Task Force on becoming the Director and a Professor at the Akita University Health Center. Professor Fushimi was born in Hokkaido, Japan. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health I would like to congratulate Professor Shih-Ku Lin, a Member of the Task Force on becoming the President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry of Taiwan and wish Professor Shih-Ku Lin the best success […]
