| Carola Blitzman Eisenberg, MD | |
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| Born | Argentina |
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| Nationality | Argentinean |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist, Child Psychiatrist, Medical Educator |
| Religious beliefs | Jewish (secular) |
| Spouse | Leon Eisenberg, MD, ScD |
Carola Blitzman Eisenberg, MD, now retired, is the former Dean of Students of MIT (the first woman to hold that position at MIT), Dean of Students then at Harvard Medical School (HMS). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Harvard Medical School ( HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University and currently the #1 medical school in America as ranked by U She is now Professor Emeritus in the HMS Department of Social Medicine. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies
She is a native Argentinean and is a cofounder of Physicians for Human Rights and currently its Vice President and the Chair of its Asylum Committee. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Physicians for Human Rights ( PHR) is an international Non-governmental organization, headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts, that promotes health by Her dissertation on "A Histological Study of Tay-Sachs Disease" was presented in 1944 for her medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. A dissertation (also called thesis or disquisition) is a document that presents the author's Research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature The University of Buenos Aires (in Spanish Universidad de Buenos Aires - ( UBA) is the largest University in Argentina, founded on August She is also a 1935 graduate of the School of Psychiatric Social Work in Hospicio De Las Mercedes, Argentina. After receiving her medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires and taking her psychiatric training at the Hospicio De Las Mercedes, she emigrated to the USA and became Fellow in Child Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland. Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine|Greenspring StationThe Johns Hopkins Hospital is a Teaching hospital in Baltimore Maryland
She served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Medical School from 1958-1967 before becoming a staff psychiatrist at the Student Health Service of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A psychiatrist (also archaically called an alienist) is a Physician who specializes in Psychiatry and is certified in treating Mental disorders From 1972 to 1978, she served as Dean for Student Affairs at MIT, the first woman to occupy that position and the first to serve on the Academic Council, its highest academic governing authority. In 1978, she was appointed Dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School where she served for 12 years. From 1990 to 1992, she was Director of the International Programs for Medical Students at HMS.
Throughout her career, she has consulted with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (1979), Swarthmore College (1984), Mental Health Division of the World Health Organization (1985, Committee on Human Rights and Medical Practice, American College of Physicians (1989-1993), National Institutes of Health (1992), Office of the Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services (1992), National Research Council of the National Academy of Science and The National Academy of Engineering (1992-1996), and the National Institutes of Health (1995-1998). The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO is an international Public health agency with over 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1500 students The American College of Physicians (ACP is a national organization of doctors of Internal medicine (internists physicians who specialize in the prevention detection and treatment "NIH" redirects here For other meanings of NIH see NIH (disambiguation. Overview The Surgeon General is nominated by the US President and confirmed via majority vote by the Senate. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science The United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE is a private non-profit institution which was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the "NIH" redirects here For other meanings of NIH see NIH (disambiguation.
She has been a member of human rights missions to El Salvador, Chile and Paraguay. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only She founded and served as Vice President of Physicians for Human Rights USA, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and as President of the Examiners Club of Boston. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. She served on the Committee on Women in Science and Engineering of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and is currently a member of the Advisory Committee to the Office of Research on Women’s Health of the National Institutes of Health. "NIH" redirects here For other meanings of NIH see NIH (disambiguation.
She is the wife of Leon Eisenberg, MD, Presley Professor of Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus in the Harvard Medical School. Dr Leon Eisenberg (1922- child Psychiatrist and medical educator is credited with a number of "firsts" in Medicine and Psychiatry -
Awards
- Nobel Prize, shared with the Co-Founders of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), 2002
- Morani Renaissance Woman Award, Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine, Drexel Medical School, 2002. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, 2005.
- Human Rights Award, American Psychiatric Association, 2005. The American Psychiatric Association (APA is the main Professional organization of Psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the
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