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Abbott Northwestern Hospital Physician Receives Anti-Aging Award
Minneapolis, MN 04/26/2001--
Psychiatrist Donald Mayberg recently received the Minnesota
Infinity Award from the Minnesota International Anti-Aging Medical
Institute. The award honors those who remain physically and mentally
active after ordinary retirement years.
Dr. Mayberg is active in state and national psychiatric services
and has maintained an active clinical practice for more than 40
years.
“What else can you do that is fun for a lifetime?” he quickly
responds as to why he continues to work, instead of retiring.
“Medicine is an occupation that is intellectually challenging –
I’m constantly learning -- and I enjoy it,” he says.
The Infinity Award is similar to the award given to astronaut John
Glenn by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine for his return
to space in his 70s. Dr. Mayberg, who is 76, received the award at a
March conference in Minneapolis entitled “The Endangered Neuron.”
Currently, Dr. Mayberg resides in Minneapolis and is in private
practice at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
He has held numerous appointments, including Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Most
recently, Dr. Mayberg was honored as one of the best doctors in the
U.S. by the national publication “Best Doctors.”
In 1993, Dr. Mayberg received the Outstanding Private Practitioner
of Psychiatry Award from the Minnesota Psychiatric Society.
Dr. Mayberg served as a fighter pilot in World War II and a flight
surgeon during the Korean conflict. He graduated from the University
of Minnesota in 1948 and Medical School in 1952.
Dr. Mayberg played an important role in the creation of
psychiatric units at a number of Twin Cities’ hospitals and directed
psychiatric education and training at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
He is a past president of the Minnesota Psychiatric Society and
founding member of the Hennepin Mental Health Association. He has
served as consultant to the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation
Administration and the Achievement Awards Board of the American
Psychiatric Association and as an examiner for the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology.
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