printable versionGeorge Gulevich, emeritus psychiatry professor, dies at 76
BY MICHELLE L. BRANDT
George Gulevich
George Gulevich, MD, professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the School of Medicine, died at his home on campus on March 23 from prostate cancer. He was 76 years old.
"Dr. Gulevich was a master clinician, an accomplished researcher and a devoted teacher," said C. Barr Taylor, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, who began working with Gulevich in the mid-1970s. "He was an inspiration to generations of medical students and psychiatry residents, and he will be deeply missed."
Gulevich received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit. He completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Chicago, and then served for two years as a captain in the Air Force. He arrived at Stanford in 1963.
Over the span of his career he served as ward chief at the Palo Alto VA Hospital for four years and director of Stanford Hospital's inpatient psychiatry unit for 11 years. He returned to the VA to direct the outpatient psychiatric services from 1981-94.
He was focused on teaching and mentoring students and residents. Teaching was the part of his job that gave him the most joy and satisfaction, said his wife, Elizabeth.
Gulevich retired in 1994, but continued teaching students and second-year residents with Taylor. Stanford later established the George Gulevich Humanistic Medicine Award, which is given each year to outstanding residents in psychiatry.
In addition to his wife, Gulevich is survived by his children Steven, Tanya and Michael.
A memorial service is scheduled to be held at the Memorial Church on May 28, at 4 p.m. A reception will follow at the Faculty Club.
For those interested in making a contribution in honor of Gulevich, the family suggests donations to either Pathways Hospice Foundation in Sunnyvale or to the Southern Poverty Law Center.