Kato Van Leeuwen, American psychiatrist (1930s -- 1990s) | NCP-LA

Kato van Leeuwen, American psychiatrist. Grantee National Institute of Mental Health, 1947-1948, 1960s. Former board directors Little Village Nursery School, San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Clinic.

Leeuwen, Kato van was born on June 23, 1917 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Came to the United States, 1940. Daughter of Henry Bernard and Evalina (van Zwanenberg) van Leeuwen.

Student, University Leiden Medical School, 1935-1940; Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1943.

Intern in pediatrics, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1943-1944;intern in psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1944;staff pediatrics, Permanente Hospital, Vancouver, Washington, 1944-1945;staff pediatrics, Permanente Hospital, Oakland, California, 1945;resident psychiatrist, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, 1946-1948;mental health program organizer, Oakland City Health Department, 1948-1949;training and supervising analyst in adult and child analysis, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Los Angeles, since 1961;former chair child and adolescent analysis section, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Los Angeles. Staff University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, since 1958.

Former board directors Little Village Nursery School, San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Clinic.