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Walter W. Winslow M.D.
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Walter W. Winslow, MD, is professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry and a Life Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American College of Ps...view moreAuthor’s Biography
Walter W. Winslow, MD, is professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry and a Life Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in 1966 serving as chairman of the department of psychiatry for 17 years. He was also director of the University of New Mexico mental health center from 1970 to 1991, the first comprehensive community mental health center in New Mexico. In 1978 he was appointed director of mental health programs that included the mental health center, the children's psychiatric hospital and the center for alcoholism, substance abuse and addictions. Prior to that he was on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Georgetown University Medical School. He also served ten years with the veterans administration hospitals in Cincinnati, Washington, DC. and in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dr. Winslow was the fourth president of the New Mexico Psychiatric Association (1974), and served eight years as the New Mexico Representative to the Assembly of District Branches of the American Psychiatric Association head-quartered in Washington, DC. He was then elected and served four years as Area VII Representative to the Assembly of District Branches (1981-1985) representing New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii and the four Western Canadian Provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba). In 1984 he won the prestigious Assembly Speaker’s Award of the American Psychiatric Association for his leadership in the planning and organization of continuing education programs for Area VII psychiatrists.
He was appointed by New Mexico Governor David Cargo to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Drug Abuse in 1970 and was appointed by New Mexico Governor Bruce King to the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in 1973. He is a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is also a Fellow (Emeritus) of the American College of Psychiatrists, and is a retired member of the American Medical Association, the New Medical Society, the Greater Albuquerque Medical Association, and the Psychiatric Medical Association of New Mexico.
Dr. Winslow is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry) (1964) and licensed in the State of New Mexico since 1968. He has traveled extensively in New Mexico having lectured and consulted with mental health programs from Farmington to Carlsbad and from Portales to Gallup. He has published over 50 articles and book chapters in the scientific literature and has presented scientific papers at national meetings in the U.S. and Canada. He and his wife Barbara have lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1966.view less