Herb Pardes

Herbert Pardes, MD (born July 7, 1932) is an American physician, psychiatrist, and the Executive Vice Chairman of NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. He was president of Presbyterian Hospital when it merged with New York Hospital. Eventually, he became CEO of the combined entity, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital and retired in 2011. He is a national figure in psychiatry and academic medicine.

Dr. Pardes received his Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from Rutgers University in 1956 and his medical degree from the State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn in 1960.

From 1978 to 1984, he was director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), where he strengthened the Institute's research program and emphasized the need to increase research support for psychiatry.

From 1989 he was president of American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Pardes was chair of Columbia's Department of Psychiatry, where he remains a professor. From 1989 to 2000 Dr. Pardes was Dean of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

From January 2000 through September 2011 as President and Chief Executive Officer of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System.

He is also a member of Institute of Medicine, president of Scientific Board of the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), a charter associate member of the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association (NDMDA), and a regular advisor to National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and Mental Health America Association.

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