Dr. Herbert Pardes is Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell School of Medicine. He is Executive Vice Chairman of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Board and President of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council. Nationally recognized for expertise in medical, education, research and clinical care, he is a vigorous advocate of empathic care for patients and technological innovation in medicine.
He was President and Chief Executive Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Healthcare System from 1999 to 2011, Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia from 1989 to 2000.
He served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and U.S. Assistant Surgeon General during the Carter and Reagan Administrations. He has chaired three different departments of psychiatry at Downstate Medical Center, the University of Colorado and Columbia University. He has been President of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is also a recipient of the Sarnat International Prize for leadership in the field of mental health.
Dr. Pardes has been an outspoken proponent for academic medicine, medical research, children’s health education, mental health, access to care, humanism and empathy in care delivery, Information Technology and medicine. In 2014, he was given the first Pardes Humanitarian Award in mental health sponsored in part by leaders of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF).
Dr. Pardes has served on some fifteen editorial boards and as board member and consultant to many not-for-profit organizations and committees. He serves on the NYeC Board Executive Committee for Information Technology, and is Vice Chairman of the New York Genome Center. He is a former Chairman of the Greater New York Hospital Association, the Hospital Association of New York (where he continues to serve on the board), the Association of American Medical Colleges and the New York Association of Medical Schools.