Curtis Prout, MD Papers

Dr. Curtis Prout was born on November 18, 1899 in Ashland, New York. He earned an A. B. from Cornell University in 1921, a M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1924, and a M. S. in Neurology from University of Minnesota Medical College in 1929. He received further training at Albany Hospital from 1924-1925 and Manhattan State Hospital from 1926-1927. While studying in Minnesota, he had a three year fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. From 1930-1931, he was at the Henry Ford Hospital and Neurologist in Chief at Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI. He was an associate neuropsychatrist at Albany Hospital from 1931-1933. Next he was the Senior Psychiatrist at Institute of Living in Hartford, CT from 1933-1938. Then he went to the Ring Sanitarium and Hospital in Arlington, MA from 1938-1942. He joined the medical staff at Westchester Division in 1942 as the physician in charge of the Men's Department. In 1948, he was appointed the assistant medical director and clinical director at Westchester Division. He was also on the faculty of Cornell University Medical College where he rose to associate clinical professor of psychiatry. He retired in 1965 and died on February 8, 1989.