Background
Jurka, Edith Mila was born on December 4, 1915 in New York City. Daughter of Charles Anton and Edith Dorothy (Schevcik) Jurka.
Jurka, Edith Mila was born on December 4, 1915 in New York City. Daughter of Charles Anton and Edith Dorothy (Schevcik) Jurka.
Bachelor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1936. Postgraduate, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1944.
Intern in children's medical service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1944-1945; assistant alienist, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1947-1949; rotating intern, Gallinger Hospital, Washington, 1945-1946; intern, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, 1946-1947; assistant psychiatrist, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1949-1951; private practice, New York City, since 1949; assistant psychiatrist, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1954-1957; chief psychiatrist, Pleasantville (New York) Cottage School, 1961-1974. Board directors intuition network Institute Noetic Sciences. Director Wind Song Programs.
Secretary Jane Coffin Childs Fund, 1938—1941. Fellow American Orthopsychiat. Association; member American Psychiatric Association, New York Council Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society (psychiatric medicine committee), Westchester Psychiatric Society.