Dr. Wayne Gersh PhD

Professional Statement

I often tell people the story of having recently discovered my old autograph book from primary school when graduating from the sixth grade. In it I wrote that …

I often tell people the story of having recently discovered my old autograph book from primary school when graduating from the sixth grade. In it I wrote that I wanted to become a doctor when I grew up. I was always fascinated by science, and saw Dr. Albert Schweitzer (who delivered medical treatment) in Africa. as a role model. In college reality struck as I found most science courses, such as botany, zoology, organic chemistry boring and basically consisting of rote memorization (far from my forte). In my sophomore year, I started with introductory psychology not knowing much about it, but when I hit the section on abnormal behavior and treatment I was hooked! Even though it wasn't required, I read the textbook in its entirety for the final examination. After the exam, one of my fellow students told me that the professor was looking for me. When I fianlly saw him, he wanted to know if I wanted to become a psychologist since I had recorded the highest grade on his final examination that he had ever seen! The rest is history, as they say. I started a research and a clinical career from that moment forward. I guess youI could say that helping others has always been in my DNA! To this day, I still get tremendous satisfaction and a major endorphin flow after seeing and helping my patients.