Carola Eisenberg

Psychiatrist and co-founder of Physicians for Human Rights. Born Sept 15, 1917, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she died on March 11, 2021, Lincoln, MA, USA, aged 103 years. As dean at the Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT) Harvard Medical School, Carola Eisenberg was revered her ability to awaken students their own abilities. a trailblazing woman psychiatry, an inspiration younger women entering profession. And as Rights (PHR), renowned capacity encourage medical professionals advocate against human rights violations. “There are generations who look not only this beloved person engaged them personally quite deep level, but really turned light bulb professions”, said Susannah Sirkin, Director Policy PHR. decided early career after having visited psychiatric institution high-school cultural programme; “was Dante's Inferno…there were 2000 patients three doctors, they chained beds”, recalled oral history interview. She went train social worker then studied medicine University Aires. The school had one female professor few students. “We so sure we going make it”, recalled. After graduating 1944, moved USA fellowship child psychiatry Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD, remained faculty School from 1958 1967. Carol Cooperman Nadelson, psychiatrist Brigham Women's Professor Psychiatry Boston, first President American Psychiatric Association, met MIT 1968, where worked staff Student Health Service Dean Affairs. “She always there people, supportive, friendly, inviting, generous”, Nadelson said. In 1978, Affairs, joining small group working medicine. “That original us, needed each other”, wanted people succeed.” Judith Salerno, now New York Academy Medicine, during Salerno's orientation School. real role model physician that I encountered. made feel strong worthy”, equally passionate about redressing violations, drawing experience losing friends relatives under Argentina's military dictatorship. 1983, assisted investigation atrocities committed physicians students, particularly El Salvador's civil war. 3 years later, joined with five other doctors forming non-profit PHR would later fact-finding trips Chile, Paraguay, Salvador serve PHR's Vice President. understood profound impact could play influencing rights”, Donna McKay, Executive Director. Eisenberg's twin passions asylum student training programmes. programme “trained health clinicians document evidence persecution purposes survivors violations receive United States”, Sirkin was, McKay said, “dedicated programme. did evaluations decades. enormous understand suffering.” helped construct curriculum course which initially taught Sirkin. involved awakening minds exploring deeply how engage support travelled widely chapters US universities schools. That included visit 2008 Dartmouth College Katherine Peeler, Expert paediatrician Department Global Social Medicine established chapter. inspired do work, also exemplified meaningful it is keep doing Peeler married twice survived both husbands, forensic Manfred Guttmacher Leon Eisenberg. by sons, Alan Laurence B Guttmacher, two stepchildren, Kathy Mark