Loren Pankratz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetLoren Pankratz
American psychologist
Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1940
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States
Profession: psychologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Loren Pankratz
- Loren Pankratz (born February 27, 1940) is a consultation psychologist at the Portland VA Medical Center and professor in the department of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).Following his retirement in 1995, he maintained a forensic practice until 2012.
- He testified nationally on cases of Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MBP), often defending mothers accused of harming their children.He has written and lectured on a wide variety of unusual topics such as dancing manias, spiritualism, Greek oracles, ghosts, plagues, historical enigmas, mesmerism, moral panics, con-games, self-deception, faith healing, self-surgery, miracles, ethical blunders, quackery, and renaissance science.
- He has also published magic history, magic tricks, and mentalism effects in magazines.
- Pankratz, along with Ray Hyman and Jerry Andrus, was a founding faculty member of the Skeptic's Toolbox in Eugene, Oregon.
- Pankratz is also a Fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
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