Arnold M. Kerzner, MD, a child psychiatrist, graduated from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1963, and completed residencies in Pediatrics (Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston) and Adult Psychiatry (Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY), and a fellowship in Child Psychiatry (Boston Children’s Hospital-Judge Baker Guidance Center at Harvard Medical School). He is board certified by both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Kerzner founded the Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents in 1973 and was named President Emeritus after serving 17 years as president. This multidisciplinary institute explores the interactional world of the infant and parent. He received their Achievement Award for Excellence and an award for “Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Infant-Parent Care.” His interest in mothers and infants led to his consultation and on-screen participation in the award-winning video, “Baby Basics,” presently used by childbirth programs and hospitals across the United States. For the past 41 years, Dr. Kerzner has been a psychotherapist for children, adolescents and their parents, and served as Medical Director of the Human Relations Service, Inc., in Wellesley, MA until his retirement from that agency in June 2011. In 2006, HRS established the Arnold M. Kerzner, MD Annual Community Service Award in his honor. In addition to practicing psychotherapy, he has consulted to numerous public school systems. From 2005 to 2007, as a Clinical Instructor in Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he taught psychiatric residents. In 2007-2008, he served as psychiatric consultant to the University of Massachusetts at Lowell Health Services, and in January 2011 became the Clinical Director of Youth Behavioral Services at the Lowell Community Health Center. He was the senior psychiatric consultant to the Perkins School for the Blind from 1982-2009, and received the first President’s Award from that institution in 2007. As a sought after lecturer on child and family issues, he has spoken before numerous professional, parent and television audiences and is frequently interviewed by local media for his opinion on issues affecting children and parents. Dr. Kerzner was featured in The Boston Globe Magazine on February 4, 1996, in a special issue about suburban and rural youth. He served on the Board of Directors of Bridge Over Troubled Waters for many years and, since 1973, has held various positions on the board of the New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, including the presidency in June 2005. In 2001, Dr. Kerzner received an alumni award from the University of Vermont, College of Medicine for “Service to Medicine and Community.”