Major Appointments
University of Vienna, Neuropsychiatry Clinic, Vienna, Austria, 1912–1914
Reservespital, Austro-Hungarian Army, Innsbruk, Austria, World War I, 1917–1918
University of Vienna, Neurology and Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, 1918–1930
Institute for Mental and Nervous Disorders, Maria Theresien Schlössel, Vienna, Austria, 1930–1938
Springfield State Mental Hospital, Sykesville, Maryland, USA, 1938–1940
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, DC, USA, 1940–1941
Neurological Institute of New York, NY, USA, 1941–1946
Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 1941–1948
New York Postgraduate Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 1941–1949
New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 1941–1949
Neurology private practice, New York, NY, USA, 1949–1969
Major Honors and Awards
Decorated as a medical officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, World War I
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
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Greher, M.R., Domen, C.H. (2017). Gerstmann, Josef (1887–1969). In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_617-2
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