Physicians for Social Responsibility
311 Douglass Street
San Francisco
CAUSA
94114
Biographical Sketch: Robert M. Gould, MD, has been a Pathologist at Kaiser Hospital in San Jose since 1981. Since 1989, he has been President of the SF Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), representing over 3,000 local physicians and health providers, and in 2003 was President of National PSR, currently comprised of approximately 25,000 members. As its mission statement indicates: “Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival.” PSR's historic efforts to educate the public about the dangers of nuclear war grew into an international movement with the founding of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), with whom PSR shared the Nobel Peace Price awarded to IPPNW in 1985. Dr. Gould speaks widely to diverse audiences about the public and environmental health impacts of nuclear war/weapons and global climate change, and related issues of environmental toxicants and degradation. He has authored numerous policies on these issues that have been adopted by the California Medical Association (CMA) and American Public Health Association (APHA), and the APHA in 2009 honored him with the Sidel-Levy Peace Award for his contributions. In addition, he is co-author of chapters on Biological Weapons, Nuclear Weapons, and Nuclear Terrorism in various editions of “War and Public Health” and “Terrorism and Public Health” (Oxford University Press), as well as contributions in many other publications on such subjects.