Bio — Scientific Advisory Board member

Ralph Cancro, Ph.D.

Dr. Ralph Cancro received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University in New York City, N.Y. He has practiced in this area of psychology for more than fifty three years. At the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, N.Y. he served as Director of Psychological Services for 23 years, and as Co-Director of Mental Health Services for a similar period of time. While at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, in addition to clinical and supervisory responsibilities, he initiated and participated in research projects, lectured in seminars, and conducted workshops at colleges and universities in the tri-state area. Following his tenure at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, he was an attending psychologist at St. Agnes Hospital and Medical Center in White Plains, New York.

His professional affiliations include the American Psychological Association, the Westchester Psychological Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Honorary Society in Psychology, and the Association of Rehabilitation Facilities of New York State, an organization in which he served as President in 1965-1966. The rank of Professor Emeritus in Psychology was conferred by Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York. Dr. Cancro is a veteran of World War II, having served in the Air Transport Command of the United States Army Air Corps.

Dr. Cancro's published and unpublished papers range from Psychological Disabilities of Cerebral Palsy, Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disabilities, to Laterality of Brain Lesion and Intellectual Dysfunction.

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