Mental Health Division
Join colleagues to support critical community services, participate in seminars, and attend special events.
Read more about our recent Mental Health Division and NYU Langone Medical Center campaign event, Coping with Violence Terror.
- Attend briefings on issues concerning the mental-health community.
- Learn more about UJA-Federation of New York’s mental-health initiatives in New York, in Israel, and around the world.
- Hear from social workers, psychologists, and other pros from our network’s treatment centers, residential homes, and mental-health clinics.
- Visit a mental-health agency supported by UJA-Federation of New York.
The Mortimer J. Blumenthal Memorial Award
Presented at our annual Mental Health Professionals Reception, the Blumenthal award recognizes outstanding mental-health professionals and philanthropic leaders who exemplify the extraordinary dedication and compassion of the late Dr. Mortimer Blumenthal.
Past Honorees
Arnold M. Cooper, M.D., z”1
Ms. Charlotte Fischman
Jack Gorman, M.D.
Eric Kandel, M.D.
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D.
Herbert Pardes, M.D.
Cynthia Pfeffer, M.D
Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D.
Healthcare Division Chair
Frank Moore, M.D.
Mental Health Division Executive Committee
Chair
Samuel Klagsbrun, M.D.
Vice Chair
Lawrence Bryskin, M.D.
Andrew Kolodny, M.D.
Chairs Emeriti
Donald Coleman, M.D.
Jack Gorman, M.D.
Mortimer Ostowz, M.D., z”1
Hillel Swiller, M.D.
Committee
- Sheila Akabas, M.D.
- Richard Altman, M.D.
- Paul Appelbaum, M.D.
- Anna Balas, M.D.
- Jack Barchas, M.D.
- Robin Bernstein, M.D.
- Ms. Susan Birenbaum
- Daniel Birger, M.D.
- Harold Blum, M.D.
- Claude Chemtob, M.D.
- Alice Ginott Cohn, M.D.
- Donald Coleman, M.D.
- Alexander Deutsch, M.D.
- Ms. Amy Dorin
- Eli Einbinder, M.D.
- Aaron Esman, M.D.
- Ms. Charlotte Fischman
- Ahron Friedberg, M.D.
- Michelle Friedman-Belfer, M.D.
- Richard Gersh, M.D.
- Eugene Goldberg, M.D.
- Wayne Goodman, M.D.
- Jack Gorman, M.D.
- Madelyn Gould, M.D.
- Hollander, M.D.
- Eric Hollander, M.D.
- Lewis Greenly
- David Kahn, M.D.
- T. Byram Karasu, M.D.
- Jack Katz, M.D.
- Mr. Jonathan Katz
- Otto Kernberg, M.D.
- Herbert Kleber, M.D.
- Stuart Kleinman, M.D.
- Joseph Kolker, M.D.
- Mr. Paul Levine
- Barbara Lidsky, M.D.
- Ms. Gail Magaliff
- Paula Marcus, M.D.
- Charles R. Marmar, M.D.
- Muriel Morris, M.D.
- Henry Nunberg, M.D.
- Marlene Nunberg, M.D.
- Sharon Packer, M.D.
- Samuel Pauker, M.D.
- Cynthia Pfeffer, M.D.
- Olga Pugachevsky, M.D.
- Bertram Rosen, M.D.
- Margrit Wreschner Rustow, M.D.
- Mr. Phillip Saperia
- Howard Schlossman, M.D.
- Victor Schwartz, M.D.
- Serge Sevy, M.D.
- David Shaffer, M.D.
- Peter Shapiro, M.D.
- Michael Silverman, M.D.
- Eric Simon, M.D.
- Alan Siskind, M.D.
- Peter Steinglass, M.D.
- Norman Straker, M.D.
- Mr. Alan Trager
- Philip Wilner, M.D.
- Arnold Winston, M.D.


