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Nelson P. Gruber, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, also serves as Attending Physician for the Older Adult/Geropsychiatry Unit and is involved in basic research regarding issues related to geriatric psychiatry.
 
He received his bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1979 and his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1984. Gruber completed his internship in pediatrics at the University's Children's Hospital at Hermann and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson System Cancer Center. He pursued his residency training in psychiatry at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, including at Hermann Hospital, UT Harris County Psychiatric Center, UT Mental Sciences Institute and the UT Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic in 1988. He is board-certified in psychiatry with a specialization in geriatric psychiatry.
 
He joined the UT-Houston Medical School in 1989 as an assistant professor and has served as associate professor since 1996. He also serves as a faculty affiliate at the Center for Aging at the UT-Houston Health Science Center.
 
Gruber is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Association for Academic Psychiatry and the Texas Medical Association.
 
He has received numerous professional honors, including the Dean's Teaching Excellence Award presented by the UT-Houston Medical School (1991-1995) and the Physician's Recognition Award from the American Medical Association since 1989.
 
Additionally, Gruber is closely involved with the quality of medical training for students at UT-Houston Medical School, serving as a member of the Undergraduate Education Training Committee and the Departmental Examination and Tutorial Committee of the Residency Training Committee for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.