Francis Hamilton, MD Papers

Dr. Francis Hamilton was born on March 24, 1908 in Philadelphia, PA. He received an A. B. from St. Joseph College in Philadelphia in 1928 and a M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1933. After graduation, he received further training at Misericordia Hospital, 1933-1934, Jefferson Medical College, Out Patient Department (Neurology), 1934, Neurological Institute in New York (Neurology-Chief Resident), 1935-1938, and New York Hospital, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic (Psychiatry-Chief Resident), 1938-1942 He served as a commander in the Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserves in World War II. After being discharged in 1946, he returned to New York where he was the assistant attending neurologist at Neurological Institute and instructor of neurology at College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He came to this medical center in 1948 as an assistant psychiatrist, assistant professor of psychiatry and physician in charge of the Out Patient Department at Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic. He rose to attending psychiatrist and clinical professor of psychiatry in 1962. From 1965-1973, he was the medical director of Westchester Division. His research interest included nervous and mental diseases, clinical psychiatry, and the field of psychiatry relationship with other medical fields. He retired in 1973 and died in 1997.