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Death of wam

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MYERS, WAYNE ALAN Published: January 23, 2009
MYERS--Wayne Alan, an eminent psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and beloved husband and father died from lung cancer on Friday January 16, 2009. At the time of his death he was tended to by his devoted wife of forty years, Joanne, his daughter Tracy, his son Blake and his daughter-in-law Susan Grobman. Dr. Myers is also survived by his son-in-law Harris Fishman, and three grandchildren: Wyatt, Charlotte and Sophie. Emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and a Training and Supervising Analyst at The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Wayne Myers was a prolific contributor to his field. He published five books, including Shrink Dreams, a New York Times notable book in 1992; forty-eight book chapters and articles and nearly fifty reviews, commentaries and letters. His expertise included clinical process and technique, geriatrics and pioneer contributions to the intensive treatment of the aged, and studies in applied analysis and literature. He was an original and lucid thinker whose writings illuminated the clinical work of the residents and psychoanalytic candidates whom he taught and supervised. A superbly empathic and knowledgeable practitioner with a huge private practice, for many years he chaired Columbia's Admissions Service. Wayne Myers was born in New York on December 13, 1931 and graduated from The Bronx High School of Science. He went on to obtain a B.S. Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Arkansas in a mere two years before matriculating at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he received his medical degree in 1956. His psychiatric residency at Cornell/New York Hospital was interrupted by service in Korea, where Captain Myers became at twenty-eight Battalion Commander of the Fifteenth Medical Battalion. After completing his training at The New York Psychoanalytic in 1969, he moved on to teach and supervise candidates at Columbia in 1977, where he remained a mainstay until his death. A private service was held for the family and close friends.

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