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Jeffrey Roger Gardere (born May 3, 1956), also known as Dr. Jeff, is an American psychologist and media personality.

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Education

Gardere was born in Manhattan, New York to Roger and Renée Gardere who were both from Haiti. Gardere was one of the first black students to attend the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Academy school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. He then attended the Brooklyn Technical High School.

His tertiary education started at The University of Rochester, where he gained a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. He continued his tertiary education at George Washington University where he gained a PhD in psychology and philosophy.

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Career

After leaving George Washington University, Gardere worked as a staff psychologist for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He soon rose to the office of chief psychologist - one of only two African-American chief psychologists at the time. During his tenure there, he was instrumental in designing the policy on psychological treatment for HIV-infected prisoners.

He also participated in hostage negotiations at the Atlanta Prison Siege of 1987.

Currently, Gardere is an Assistant Professor and Course Director at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City; an Adjunct Assistant Professor at City College, NYC; an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Touro Graduate School of Psychology, NYC; and a Visiting Faculty at American University of Antigua College of Medicine. Gardere was the host of VH1's Dad Camp, and recently was the psychologist on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. He is the principle psychologist on Love and Hip Hop New York and Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, For My Man on TV one, Celebrity Damage Control and They Got Away With It on the Reelz Channel. He is also the aftercare coordinator and psychologist for Lauren Lake's Paternity Court.

Gardere is a consultant to:

• Citicare Family Health Services in NYC
• Kaplan Medical Services, International
• Healthguru.com

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Media

Gardere is a frequent contributor to:

• CNN
• MSNBC (official contributor)
• NBC Today Show (official contributor)
• FOX Network
• FOX 5 News (official contributor)
• CBS News
• ABC News
• WPIX News
• Maury

Source of the article : Wikipedia