In Memoriam
Below you will find a listing of members of the American Psychoanalytic Association whose deaths we have been recently notified. Members are invited to post their tributes and memories on the Members listserv. If you do not see a recent death, please let us know. To notify APsA about the death of a member, contact [email protected].
Notified February - June 10, 2026
Alain J.-J. Cohen, Ph.D.
January 29, 2026
Edward Goldfarb, M.D.
March 7, 2026
Edgar A. Levenson, M.D.
March 7, 2026
Lois J. Levine, LCSW
December 29, 2024*
Gerald Joseph Margolis, M.D.
April 14, 2026
Gail Margoshes, Psy.D.
April 29, 2026
Monica Y. Michell, M.D.
April 23, 2025
Sydney E. Pulver, M.D.
March 23, 2026
Paul E. Roberts, M.D.
April 4, 2026
S. Richard Roskos, M.D.
November 27, 2025
L. Noah Shaw, M.D.
May 16, 2024*
Arnold D. Tobin, M.D.
March 6, 2026
James E. Wilson, M.D.
February 4, 2026
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*only notified
**just notified, exact date of death unknown
Notified June 2025 - January 2026
Joseph Abrahams, M.D.
February 22, 2022*
Jules Bohnn, M.D.
November 22, 2025
James W. Bullard, M.D.
April 30, 2025
Boyd L. Burris, M.D.
July 5, 2025
Leon Chattah, M.D.
August 27, 2025
Nancy J. Chodorow, Ph.D.
October 14, 2025
Rosemary Cogan, Ph.D.
May 3, 2024
Kenneth Eisold, Ph.D.
August 1, 2025
Daniel M. A. Freeman, M.D.
November 16, 2025
Hilde Fromm Gasiorowicz, M.S.W., B.C.D.
May 25, 2024
Robert S. Grayson, M.D.
August 13, 2024
Zenobia Grusky, Ph.D.
December 24, 2025
Ruth L. Hall, M.A.
November 2, 2025
Richard R. Hansen, Ph.D., ABPP
May 29, 2025
Robert Hsiung, M.D.
August 31, 2025
Jay S. Kwawer, Ph.D., P.C.
July 23, 2025
Jonathan Lear, Ph.D.
September 22, 2025
Mark Leffert, M.D.
January 23, 2026
Christopher D. Meyers, M.D.
August 27, 2024
Irvin D. Milowe, M.D.
March 23, 2025
Malkah T. Notman, M.D.
May 3, 2025
Donna M. Orange, Ph.D., Psy.D.
November 17, 2024
Anna Ornstein, M.D.
July 2, 2025
Marvin P. Osman, M.D.
November 2, 2025
S. Warren Seides, M.D.
January 1, 2026
Donald Silver, M.D.
February 25, 2024
Elise W. Snyder, M.D.
January 9, 2026
Thomas M. Sonn, M.D.
June 8, 2024
Marvin L. Starman, M.D.
February 22, 2024
Edward H. Tobe, D.O.
March 26, 2025
Martin E. Widzer, M.D.
September 6, 2021*
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*only notified
**just notified, exact date of death unknown
Notified February 2025 - June 2025
Ronald E. Bullock, M.D.
February 21, 2025
Aaron Coleman, M.D.
April 25, 2023*
Louise L. Crandall, Ph.D.
May 28, 2024
Robert Figman, M.D.
June 2025**
Sheldon Gaylin, M.D.
April 2, 2024
Joshua A. Hoffs, M.D.
August 4, 2024
Evan Katz, M.D.
February 27, 2025
Lucy LaFarge, M.D.
February 20, 2025
Martin Miller, M.D.
April 24, 2025
Robert Lindsay Pyles, M.D., APsA President 1998-2000, 2012-14
April 17,2025
Joseph Schachter, M.D., Ph.D.
April 4, 2025
Robert Silbert, M.D.
February 15, 2025
Harry Trosman, M.D.
August 27, 2024
Marvin D. Wasserman, M.D.
March 19, 2024
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*only notified
**just notified, exact date of death unknown
Notified July 2024 - January 2025
Stephen R. Atkins, M.D.
October 25, 2024
Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, M.D.
October 26, 2023
Earle W. Baughman, M.D.
December 4, 2024
Robert J. Campbell, M.D.
August 24, 2023
Robert De Young, Ph.D.
January 16, 2025
Stephen K. Firestein, M.D.
March 9, 2024
Maida J. Greenberg, Ed.D.
September 4, 2024
Douglas B. Hansen, M.D.
November 5, 2024**
B. Bernie Herron, M.D.
August 30, 2024
Lester Isenstadt, M.D.
September 29, 2024
Merton J. Kahne, M.D.
August 17, 2024
Peter Kotcher, M.D.
December 26, 2024
Ira Lable, M.D.
September 16, 2024
Rudolf F. Laveran-Stiebar, M.D.
August 2, 2017*
Linda A. Martin, LCSW
September 12, 2024
Lore Reich Rubin, M.D.
February 24, 2024
Paul E. Sapir, M.D.
December 24, 2024
Herbert J. Schlesinger, Ph.D.
September 16, 2022*
Cynia B. Shimm, M.D.
December 28, 2018*
Daniel S. Shrager, M.D.
June 15, 2024
Hillel I. Swiller, M.D.
May 10, 2023
Stuart Wolfe, M.D.
July 11, 2024
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*only notified
**just notified, exact date of death unknown
Notified February 2024 - June 2024
Seymour Baxter, M.D.
June 5, 2023*
Harold P. Blum, M.D.
March 27, 2024
V. Frank Cody, M.D.
January 25, 2023*
Betty Ann Ottinger, Ph.D.
April 13, 2023*
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*only notified
**just notified, exact date of death unknown
Notified June 2023 - February 2024
Salomon Alfie, M.D.
February 25, 2023
Rolf Arvidson, M.D.
November 27, 2023**
Athanasia Balkoura, M.D.
May 2, 2023
Sharon Bassett, Ph.D.
April 6, 2023
Harvey B. Bezahler, M.D.
November 21, 2023
Rita W. Clark, M.D.
August 18, 2023
Ariel S. Compton, M.D.
February 27, 2018*
Alan J. Frisch, M.D.
December 3, 2019*
Erik Gann, M.D.
July 20, 2023
Ellie Gelman, Ph.D.
January 27, 2024
Murray A. Goldstone, M.D.
July 18, 2022
Richard K. Hertel, Ph.D.
January 1, 2024
Don R. Lipsitt, M.D.
December 12, 2023
Mary Main, Ph.D., Honorary
November 27, 2023**
Marvin Margolis, M.D., Ph.D., APsA President 1996-98
August 22, 2023
Bennett F. Markel, M.D.
September 10, 2023
Julio Morales, M.D.
August 26, 2023
Dora J. Ostrowski, M.D.
December 7, 2023**
Joseph Palombo, M.A., Honorary
June 10, 2023
Kathryn F. Prescott, M.D.
April 18, 2016*
Warren R. Procci, M.D., APsA President 2010-11
September 1, 2023
Cynthia Rose, M.D.
July 9, 2023
Arthur L. Rosenbaum, M.D.
August 18, 2023
Henry Rosner, M.D.
2020*
Albert M. Sax, M.D.
July 7, 2022
Daniel P. Schwartz, M.D.
October 31, 2023
Isaiah A. Share, M.D.
March 27, 2023
Nathan M. Simon, M.D.
July 4, 2023
Joseph William Slap, M.D.
May 9, 2022
Gordon Anderson Tripp, M.D.
January 25, 2022
Robert L. Tyson, M.D.
September 15, 2023
Steven Varga-Golovcsenko, M.D.
October 12, 2023
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*only notified
**just notified, exact date of death unknown
Notified February 2023 - May 2023
Marvin H. Berenson, M.D.
May 15, 2021
Saul L. Brown, M.D.
February 22, 2019*
William Baird Clotworthy, M.D.
February 24, 2020*
Laurie E. Curtis, M.S.W.
May 9, 2023
Barney M. Dlin, M.D.
December 17, 2008*
Sylvia L. Ginsparg, Ph.D.
May 29, 2022
Michael A. Grodin, M.D.
March 1, 2023
Afaf Mahfouz, Ph.D.
May 15, 2023
Lawrence H. Rockland, M.D.
January 26, 2023
Moisy Shopper, M.D.
April 15, 2023
Richard C. Simons, M.D., APsA President 1986-88
April 24, 2023
David S. Spira, M.D.
December 27, 2021
David Stagner, M.D.
May 28, 2023
William Stark, M.D.
February 8, 2023
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*only notified
Notified June 2022 - January 2023
Gerald Jay Aronson, M.D.
March 19, 2022
Leon Balter, M.D.
April 14, 2022
Michael Bohnert, M.D.
May 1, 2022
Dan H. Buie, Jr., M.D.
November 8, 2022
Norman Decker, M.D.
November 6, 2022
Robert N. Emde, M.D.
July 20, 2021
Ruth S. Garfield, M.D., M.S.W.
May 22, 2022
Renee L. Gelman, M.D.
June 23, 2022
Jack L. Graller, M.D.
December 4, 2022
Caroline S. Koblenzer, M.D.
December 9, 2021
Maimon Leavitt, M.D.
April 9, 2021
Burton A. Lerner, M.D.
December 4, 2022
David Y. Levine, M.D.
January 2, 2023
Frederick L. Meisel, M.D.
January 14, 2023
James Naiman, M.D.
December 22, 2020
Arnold Rothstein, M.D.
September 28, 2022
Samuel E. Rubin, M.D.
September 14, 2022
Virginia C. Saft, M.D.
November 21, 2022
Andrew J. Sanchez, Jr., M.D.
August 28, 2022
Erika Schmidt, LCSW
December 30, 2022
Edward T. Schnoor, M.D.
December 7, 2022
Leonard L. Shengold, M.D.
January 16, 2020
Earle Silber, M.D.
June 21, 2022
Mark F. Sorensen, M.D.
January 16, 2023
Henry C. Weinstein, M.D.
May 17, 2022
Hannah Weiss, LCPC
October 26, 2022
Jeffrey Yost, M.A.
August 5, 2022
Barbara Young, M.D.
September 28, 2022
