ISAPP mourns Mike Kalogerakis, Past President
In addition, he was the former Associate Commissioner for Children and Youth, at the New York State Office of Mental Health. As Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine, and the former Director of Adolescent Services at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, he trained a generation of young psychiatrists, stimulating in many a passion for the study of adolescence and the pursuit of lifelong careers as adolescent psychotherapists.
He served as a Board member for 25 years for the Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, the oldest child advocacy organization in the U.S., and was President of the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation. Michael worked tirelessly on task forces and committees of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, as well as on various advisory committees, in his ceaseless efforts to improve services to violent and/or delinquent adolescents who came to the attention to the juvenile justice system. Dr. Kalogerakis wrote over thirty book chapters and articles and was the editor of The Handbook of Psychiatric Practice in the Juvenile Court, published by the American Psychiatric Press, Washington, D.C., in 1992.
His dedication to adolescents influenced countless individuals and organizations locally, nationally, and internationally. Mike's infectious enthusiasm won him friends wherever he went. It didn't take long before he was able to speak to new friends in their own language--Spanish, Portuguese, French, Greek, and others we're certain he would have modestly asked us to omit from mention. We extend sincere condolences to his bereaved family.
Shelley Doctors and Lois Flaherty.