DR ROBERT NEIL BUTLER,PSYCHITRIST,GERONTOLOGIST,AUTHOR AND RESEARCHER
b.JAN 21,1927, NYC
d.JUL 4,2010,NYC
OEUVRES:
WHY SURVIVED,1975
AGING AND MEDICAL HEALTH
SEX AFTER 60,then: LOVE AND SEX AFTER 60,co-author with MYRNA LEWIS,his wife,a best seller.
Dr Butler coined the term:AGEISM.here used as a chapter in MEDIRAN/MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA.
He also was featured in the documentary:
I REMEMBER BETTER WHEN I PAINT,2009,on Alzheimer's disease.
Dr Butler grew up with his grandmother who went through hardship and showed him the fortitude of elderlies in stress and distress.
Dr Robert Butler was a graduate of Mount Sinai Med School and Columbia University of New York and founded one of the first Geriatrics department in this country, in Mount Sinai of New York City.
