Vernon Rosario

Vernon A. Rosario II (born 1962) is an American psychiatrist and medical historian who focuses on the study of human sexuality. His recent work has focused on transgender and intersex youth, and he has served as chair of the medical advisory board for Intersex Society of North America.

Life and career

Rosario earned undergraduate degrees in French literature and biomedical engineering from Brown University in 1986. He received his Ph.D. in the History of Science from Harvard University in 1993, and his M.D. from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in 1995. Rosario completed a residency and fellowship with the Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) at University of California, Los Angeles in 1997. In 2002 he began a private practice and has held a NPI clinical teaching position since 2003.

Rosario has published in English and French, and his books include "Science and Homosexualities"Sengoopta C (1998). Science and Homosexualities (review). "Bulletin of the History of Medicine." Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1998] and "The Erotic Imagination: French Histories of Perversity."Dixon LS (1999). The Erotic Imagination: French Histories of Perversity (review). "Bulletin of the History of Medicine." Volume 73, Number 2, Summer 1999] He has been a longtime activist in eliminating homophobia,Longcope, Kay (June 8, 1991). Group co-opts an epithet. "Boston Globe"] and he has criticized author J. Michael Bailey’s stereotypic depiction of gay men in "The Man Who Would Be Queen".Rosario, Vernon (2003). New gene theory rests on bad science. "Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide"; Nov/Dec2003, Vol. 10 Issue 6, p34, 3p] As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, one major focus has been helping young LGBT people come out to their families.Kelleher, Kathleen (October 9, 2000). Birds & Bees; Wrestling With Mixed Emotions Over Child's Self-Discovery. "Los Angeles Times"] Rosario has also expressed concern for excessive specialization in psychiatry, focusing on neuroscience while ignoring other factors.Jaschik, Scott (November 21, 2004). [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/11/21/how_to_talk_about_liberal_education_if_you_must/ How to talk about liberal education (if you must).] "Boston Globe"]

elected publications

*Bennett P, Rosario VA (1995). "Solitary Pleasures: The Historical, Literary, and Artistic Discourses of Autoeroticism." Routledge, ISBN 9780415911733
*Rosario VA (1996). Pointy Penises, Fashion Crimes, and Hysterical Mollies: The Pederasts' Inversions, In Homosexuality in Modern France, ed. Jeffrey W. Merrick and Bryant Ragan, 146-76. New York: Oxford University Press
* Rosario VA, ed. (1997). "Science and Homosexualities." Routledge ISBN 9780415915021
*Rosario VA (1997). "The Erotic Imagination: French Histories of Perversity." Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195104837
*Rosario VA (2000). "L'irrésistible ascension du pervers entre littérature et psychiatrie." Trans. Guy Le Gaufey. Editions et Publications de l’Ecole Lacanienne ISBN 2908855496
* Rosario VA (2002). "Homosexuality and Science: A Guide to the Debates." ABC-CLIO, ISBN 9781576072813
* Rosario VA (2004). The Biology of Gender and the Construction of Sex? "GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies", Volume 10, Number 2, 2004, pp. 280-287
* Rosario VA (2005). Medicine, Medicalization, and the Medical Model. "Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America"
* Rosario VA (2006). An Interview with Cheryl Chase. "Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy". Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 93 - 104.

References

External links

* [http://vrosario.bol.ucla.edu/ Vernon A. Rosario faculty page] at UCLA
* [http://www.isna.org/about/rosario Vernon A. Rosario profile] at Intersex Society of North America