CURRICULUM VITAE
CHARLES H. ZEANAH, JR., M.D.
Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Tulane University School of Medicine
Mailing Address: Physical Address: 1430 Tulane Ave, #8055 14th Floor, Suite 1423
New Orleans, LA 70112 131 S. Robertson
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone (504) 988-5402
Fax (504) 988-4264
email: czeanah@tulane.edu
Date of birth: 5 November 1951
Place of birth: Montgomery, AL
Marital status: married, 3 children
EDUCATION:
Tulane University M.D. 1973-1977
New Orleans, LA
Tulane University B.A., Cum laude, with honors in English 1969-1973
New Orleans, LA
ACADEMIC TRAINING:
Chief Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1982-1983
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1980-1982
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Resident in Psychiatry 1978-1980
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Intern in Pediatrics 1977-1978
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
Research Scientist Development Award 1989-1992
National Institute of Mental Health
Work conducted at Brown University School of Medicine
Providence, RI
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Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1982-1984
NIMH Extramural Program
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Fellow, National Center for Clinical Infant Programs (Zero to Three) 1981-1983
Work conducted at Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Selected Participant/Workshop on Careers in Academic Child Psychiatry, 1981, August
Sponsored by NIMH and hosted by Division of Child Psychiatry and Mental Retardation,
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS:
Maureen Evans Award for Outstanding Services to Children (with Charles Nelson and Nathan Fox) 2013
Joint Council on International Children’s Services
Leading Physicians of the World 2012
International Association of Healthcare Professionals
Fellow in Residence, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Bellagio, ITALY 2011
Serge Lebovici Award for International Contributions in Infant Mental Health 2010
World Association for Infant Mental Health
Blanche F. Ittelson Award for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2009
American Psychiatric Association
Sarah Haley Memorial Award for Clinical Excellence 2008
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Presidential Citation for Distinguished Research and Leadership in Infant Mental Health 2007
American Orthopsychiatric Association
Irving Phillips Award for Prevention 2006
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Mary Peters Sellars-Polchow Chair in Psychiatry 2006
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
City of Lights Outstanding Professional Award 2005
Court Appointed Special Advocates, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Those Who Dared to Care about Children Award 2005
National Council of Jewish Women (New Orleans Chapter)
Champion for Children Award 2005
Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana
Honorary Member, Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences 2004
Alpha Omega Alpha 2003
Tulane University School of Medicine
Owl Club Teaching Award (Honorable Mention) 2002
Tulane University School of Medicine
America’s Top Psychiatrists 2002-2003
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Consumer’s Research Council of America
Norbert & Charlotte Rieger Service Award for Excellence 2001
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
America’s Top Doctors 2000-2014
Castle & Connelly Publications
Best Doctors in America 1998-2014
New Orleans Magazine
Outstanding Mental Health Professionals 1994
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Masters Ad Eundem 1989
Brown University
Phi Beta Kappa 1973
Tulane University
Phi Eta Sigma 1970
Tulane University
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:
Louisiana 014343 1992
Diplomate in Psychiatry 1983
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Diplomate in Child Psychiatry 1983
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Mary Peters Sellars-Polchow Chair in Psychiatry 2006-
Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Pediatrics 1998-
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Adjunct Professor of Psychology 1994-
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Visiting Professor 2006-
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Bucharest University
Bucharest, Romania
Visiting Professor 2009-
Division of Community Based Sciences
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
