Lissy Jarvik

Lissy Feingold Jarvik (born March 17, 1924)[1] is a Dutch-born American geriatric psychiatrist. The National Library of Medicine featured her in their interactive "Changing the Face of Medicine" exhibit, describing her as "a pioneer in the field of neuropsychogeriatrics".[2][3]

Lissy Feingold Jarvik
Born
Lissy Feingold

(1924-03-17) March 17, 1924
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityUnited States
EducationHunter College
Columbia University
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1954⁠–⁠2008)
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsGeriatric psychiatry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ThesisA psychometric study of senescent twins (1950)
Academic advisorsFranz Josef Kallmann

Early life and education

Jarvik was born Lissy Feingold in the Hague, Netherlands on March 17, 1924.[1] In 1940, she and her family received a travel visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes, which they used to flee the Netherlands for the United States.[4][5] In 1946, she graduated cum laude from Hunter College. She went on to earn her master's degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1947 and 1950, respectively. While studying for her doctorate at Columbia, she began working on a twin study with her mentor, Franz Josef Kallmann, with whom she traveled around New York to catalog medical and psychological data on twins. In 1954, she received her M.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1954.[2]

Academic career

After receiving her medical degree, Jarvik began working at both the psychiatry department at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. She became a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1972, remaining on the faculty there until 1975. While at UCLA, she founded the first inpatient psychogeriatrics unit at the hospital there, as well as the first behavioral science course for student in their first year of medical school. She also founded the first inpatient psychogeriatrics unit in the Department of Veterans Affairs during this time.[2] In the early 1980s, she started a geriatric psychiatry fellowship, in which fellows would be trained at the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging. In 1987, she was a founding co-editor-in-chief of the medical journal Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders.[5] Also in 1987, she was named a Distinguished Physician in the Department of Veterans Affairs, a position she held until 1993.[2] She was a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University in 1988–89.[6] In 1993, she was named the first recipient of the William C. Menninger Memorial Award from the American College of Physicians.[2] In 2015, she and Bruce D. Walker were jointly awarded the Distinguished Alumni/ae Award from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.[7]

Personal life

Jarvik (then Lissy Feingold) married Murray Jarvik in 1954; they had two children together, Laurence and Jeffrey.[5] They remained married until his death in 2008.[8]

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References
  1. "Lissy-Feingold-Jarvik". AJPN (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. "Dr. Lissy Feingold Jarvik". Changing the Face of Medicine. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. "Celebrated Women". Psychiatric News. American Psychiatric Association. 39 (3): 8–8. 6 February 2004. doi:10.1176/pn.39.3.0008a.
  4. Beardsley, Eleanor (4 August 2016). "'Portugal's Schindler' Is Remembered, Decades After His Lifesaving Deeds". NPR. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  5. Piturro, Marlene (April 2007). "Timeless Lissy Feingold Jarvik Is Still a Step Ahead in Aging". Caring for the Ages. Elsevier. 8 (4): 1–17. doi:10.1016/S1526-4114(07)60083-3.
  6. "Lissy F. Jarvik". Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. "Distinguished Alumni/ae Award" (PDF). Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  8. Barondes, Samuel (10 November 2008). "Murray E Jarvik, 1923–2008". Neuropsychopharmacology. 33 (13): 3254–3254. doi:10.1038/npp.2008.168.
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