Paul C. Scott MD, DLFAPA

Paul C. Scott graduated from Case-Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1968 and went on to do residencies in internal medicine and psychiatry, completing psychoanalytic training in 1984 with the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPMC) and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy. One of the founding members of the ABS in 1990, Paul was elected to the first Council and served for 23 years, filling many positions, including the presidency from 2005-to 2007. His skills and values have been transformatively important to the internal workings of society. He “took on the task of ordering the many Policies and Procedures and developed a procedure to maintain this integration”; with Treasurer Janet Walker he ”professionalized budgetary matters and instituted rational standards for reserve and discretionary funds.” His quiet voice of conscience, his contagious mirth, and his utter faithfulness to what makes Balint work unique have always ensured that his opinions and suggestions had a strong impact, no matter how gently they might be delivered. When term limits led to his retirement from the Council, he agreed to serve as the founding leader of the Committee on the History of the ABS.