Herb Pardes, MD
President & CEO, New York Presbyterian Medical CenterDean, Columbia University, College of Physician & Surgeons
Dr. Herbert Pardes is president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System. Nationally recognized for his broad expertise in education, research, clinical care and health policy, Dr. Pardes is an ardent advocate of support for academic medical centers, humanistic care and the power of technology and innovation to transform 21st-century medicine.
A noted psychiatrist, Dr. Pardes served as director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and U.S. Assistant Surgeon General during the Carter and Reagan administrations. He was also president of the American Psychiatric Association. In 1984, he was named chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in 1989, was appointed vice president for health sciences for Columbia University and dean of the faculty of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1999, Dr. Pardes was chosen to lead NewYork-Presbyterian. Under his direction the hospital received numerous honors and recognition.
Dr. Pardes has been appointed to serve on commissions related to health policy by Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Dr. Pardes also chaired the Intramural Research Program Planning Committee of the NIH from 1996 to 1997. He is the former chairman of the Greater New York Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the New York Association of Medical Schools. He is chairman emeritus of the eHealth Initiative and a serves on the board of the Markle Foundation. Dr. Pardes was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is a recipient of the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, and the U.S. Army Commendation Medal.
