Paul J. Rosch, MD - Stress Management, Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Paul J. Rosch reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Rosch is President of The American Institute of Stress, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at New York Medical College, and Honorary Vice President of the International Stress Management Association. He completed his internship and residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and subsequently at the Walter Reed Army Hospital and Institute of Research, where he was Director of the Endocrine Section in the Department of Metabolism. He had a Fellowship at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Dr. Hans Selye, the founder of the Stress Concept, and has co-authored works with Dr. Selye as well as Dr. Flanders Dunbar, who introduced the term, "psychosomatic" into American medicine. Dr. Rosch was the 1998-99 President of The Pavlovian Society, an organization of distinguished international scientists devoted to integrating basic and clinical research and has been the recipient of many honors, including the Outstanding Physician's Award of the New York State Medical Society, Man of the Year Award with a Congressional Citation, the Schering Award, and the International Distinguished Service Award of the American Rural Health Association. In 1985, he received an award from Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, President of the American Society for Contemporary Medicine and Surgery for "contributions to our understanding of stress, health, and disease". The I.M. Sechenov Memorial Medal was bestowed on him in 1993 by The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and he is one of the few foreign members ever elected to this prestigious organization. He was also the recipient of this year's annual Innovation Award of The International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine.
Dr. Rosch has served as President of the New York State Society of Internal Medicine, Chairman of the International Foundation for Biopsychosocial Development and Human Health, Expert Consultant on Stress to the United States Centers for Disease Control, President, Westchester Diabetes Association, and President, Yonkers Academy of Medicine. He is a member of the Honorary Advisory Board of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association, Board of Governors of Northwood University, The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation, and serves as Consultant to the Mensana Clinic, Biotonus Clinic in Switzerland, and other organizations involved in the delivery of health care. He is a Fellow and Life Member of the American College of Physicians, Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, Emeritus Member of The Endocrine Society, Emeritus Member of The Bioelectromagnetics Society, Fellow of the Council of Epidemiology of the American Heart Association, Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Fellow of the Council on Geriatric Cardiology, Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Sciences, and Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine. He was recently unanimously elected as a Full Member of the prestigious Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, one of only six foreigners who have received this honor in the past twenty years. Dr. Rosch is Senior Consultant in Internal Medicine and Honorary Emeritus Physician at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, New York, and has a Workers Compensation Subspecialty Rating in Cardiology, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases.
Dr. Rosch is Editor of Stress Medicine, published by John Wiley & Sons in England, Associate Editor of The International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, and International Journal of Stress Management, and has served or serves on the Editorial Board of many publications including the Journal of Human Stress, International Journal of Psychosomatics, Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports, Comprehensive Therapy, Journal of Human Behavior, and Health Inform; Essential Information on Alternative Health Care. He has organized and presided over the annual International Montreux Congress on Stress for the past decade, which has featured state of the art presentations on all aspects of stress, as well as cutting edge research in Bioelectromagnetic and Alternative Medicine. (For further information on this, visit www.stress.org)
Dr. Rosch authors the Wellsprings of Health section of Creative Living and Health and Stress, the monthly Newsletter of the American Institute of Stress. He has written extensively over the past forty-five years on the role of stress in health and illness, with particular reference to cardiovascular disease and cancer, and problems associated with job stress. In recent years, much of his attention has focused on the psychophysiologic effects of subtle energies, and especially the clinical use of magnetic field therapies. He is co-author of The Doctors Guide To Instant Stress Relief and more recently, Magnet Therapy. He has appeared on numerous national and international television programs such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, Nova, CBS, NBC, PBS, BBC and CBC network presentations. His editorials and comments have been published in every major medical journal including the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of The American Medical Association, British Medical Journal and The Lancet. He has been interviewed and widely quoted in Time, Fortune, Newsweek, The Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The London Times, and numerous other publications here and abroad.
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
- Stress Management
Education
- M.D.: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
- Residency in Internal Medicine: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Academic\Hospital Appointments
- St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow and Life Member of the American College of Physicians
- Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
- Emeritus Member of The Endocrine Society
- Emeritus Member of The Bioelectromagnetics Society
- Fellow of the Council of Epidemiology of the American Heart Association
- Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
- Fellow of the Council on Geriatric Cardiology
- Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Sciences
- Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine
- American Society of Internal Medicine
References:
- Who's Who in the World
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in American Education
- Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- International Who's Who in Medicine
- Who's Who Registry of Global Business Leaders
- The Dictionary of International Biography
- Dictionary of Medical Specialists
- 2000 Outstanding People Of The 20th Century
Financial Disclosure
This reviewer reported no financial conflicts.
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