Gerald P. Koocher

Gerald P. Koocher is an American clinical psychologist.

Biographical information
He was born and brought up in Cambridge, MA.

Education
He completed his BA in psychology at Boston University (1968), and his MA (1970) and PhD (1972) in clinical psychology at the University of Missouri—Columbia.

Positions
He has worked for many years at Boston’s Children’s Hospital where he is chief psychologist and Judge Baker Children’s Center. He is also associate professor at Harvard Medical School. In June 2001, Dr. Koocher became professor and dean of the School for Health Studies at Simmons College (Boston).

Editorial board/consulting editor
He is currently editor of the journal Ethics and Behavior,and he has been editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology and The Clinical Psychologist.