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Walter R. Christie, M.D. (born September 9, 1942) is an award-winning American physician and novelist. ==Biography== Dr. Christie was born in Bangor, Maine, United States. At a young age, he and his family moved to Presque Isle, in Northern Maine, to take over his grandfather’s potato farm. While living in Presque Isle, Christie attended Presque Isle High School, where he was the president of the student council. He earned a BA in English Literature, with a minor in History, from Bowdoin College in 1964, graduating Cum Laude; an M.D. from Temple University School of Medicine in 1968, graduating Cum Laude with special honors in Psychiatry; and an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in 1988. Christie trained as a psychiatrist, doing his rotating internship at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine; his Resident I and Resident II at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at the University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and was the Chief Resident in Psychiatry at Maine Medical Center. In 1972, Christie accepted a commission in the U.S. Navy and served as a Lieutenant Commander and Second Marine Division Psychiatrist in the U.S. Navy Reserve at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. While at Camp Lejeune, Christie served as a director of the Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. His commission lasted until 1974. After his medical training and military service, Christie practiced psychiatry, primarily at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. From 1974 to 1979, Christie was the Director of Residency Training and Research. From 1979 to 1988, he was the Assistant Chief of Psychiatry as well as the Director of Inpatient Psychiatric Services at Maine Medical Center. From 1988 to 1997, he worked as the Director of Psychiatric Outpatient Services, and then as a Staff Psychiatrist for the Psychiatric Outpatient Services from 1999 to 2005.〔 Since 2005, Christie has held a variety of medical consultant positions for local and national medical organizations and institutions. Christie is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Maine Medical Association; he has been a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association since 1981; and has been a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA since 2004. He was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1974. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Christie (physician and writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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