Kenneth Paul Rosenberg is an American psychiatrist known for his clinical work in psychotherapy and for his popular films and books.
Early life
Rosenberg was raised in Philadelphia, studied medicine in New York City, and completed his residency at the Cornell University Medical Center, where he remains on faculty.Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD. Weill Cornell Medicine.
Career
Rosenberg was a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of MedicineKenneth P. Rosenberg, MD. NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. while simultaneously studying documentary filmmaking at New York UniversityDr. Kenneth P. Rosenberg. U.S. News & World Report. to make verité documentaries under the tutelage of David W. Preven, to present compassionate and realistic portraits of patients for teaching medical students about the subjective experience of illness. He maintains a private practiceDr. Kenneth Rosenberg, MD. Healthgrades. in Manhattan.Upper East Health.
Film Rosenberg's first film for a non-professional audience, An Alzheimer's Story (1984), was directed and produced with veteran cinema verité editor Ruth Neuwald Falcon, praised in a review in The New England Journal of Medicine and shown on PBS. During his fellowship, a Cornell-based foundation started by Dr. Alan Manevitz, supported Rosenberg's fellowship in the Public Health and Psychiatry Departments at Cornell Medical College while he directed and produced his first film on serious mental illness, Through Madness (1992), which won a New York Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Programming.The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1992). "New York Emmy Award Winners 1991-1992". . While developing his medical practice in psychiatry, Rosenberg directed films for HBO — the Oscar Documentary Feature Shortlist film Why Am I Gay?: Stories of Coming Out in America (1994),Scott, Tony (10 August 1993). "America Undercover Why Am I Gay? Stories of Coming Out in America". Variety. co-produced with Lisa F. Jackson, Back from Madness (1996),Goodman, Walter (17 September 1996). "Keeping Demons at Bay, or Almost". The New York Times. and Drinking Apart (2000)Roan, Shari (31 July 2000). "Alcohol Addiction Up Close". Los Angeles Times. — and won a Peabody AwardCancer: Evolution to Revolution. . as executive producer with Sheila Nevins for an HBO special on cancer treatment, Cancer: Evolution to Revolution (2000).Fries, Laura (28 March 2000). "Cancer: Evolution to Revolution". Variety. His most recent film, Bedlam (2019), produced with Peter Miller, was shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Books Rosenberg is co-editor with Laura Feder of the addiction textbook, Behavioral Addictions (2014),Rosenberg, Kenneth Paul and Laura Curtiss Feder (6 March 2014). Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment. VIVO. and he is the author of two trade books, Infidelity (2018)Tutela, Joy (15 May 2018). "Infidelity by Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg". . and Bedlam (2019),Sederer, Lloyd I (24 September 2019). "Bedlam". Psychology Today. which was written with Jessica DuLong.
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