Melitta Sperling

Background

Sperling, Melitta was born on October 15, 1899 in Sniatyn, Austria. Daughter of Hirsch Lieb and Rachel (Biermann) Wojnilower.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Vienna, 1924.

Career

Came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1943. Children—George, Eva Susan (Mistress James Doctorate. Cockcroft). Intern, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Hospital of University Vienna (Austria), 1925-1926.

Resident Children’s Hospital, Badhall, Austria, 1926-1927.

Resident department psychiatry and neurology Vienna General Hospital, 1927-1929. Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Institute, Vienna, New York City.

Chief child psychiatrist Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, 1940-1953. Consultant psychiatrist Veterans Administration Hospital., Northport, New New York

Clinical professor psychiatry State University New York at Brooklyn, training analyst and supervisor division psychiatric education Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology.

Achievements

• Melitta Sperling has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Major Neurosis and Behavior Disorders in Children, 1975.

Membership

Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Academy Child Psychiatry. Member of the American Medical Association, American Psychoanalytic Association, Psychoanalytic Association New York, American Ortho Psychiatric Association, American Psychosomatic Society.

Connections

Married Otto East. Sperling, March 28,1929. Children: George, Eva Susan (Mistress James Doctorate. Cockcroft).

Father:

Hirsch Lieb Wojnilower

Mother:

Rachel (Biermann) Wojnilower

Spouse:

Otto East. Sperling

child:

Eva Susan Sperling (Mistress James D. Cockcroft)

child:

George Sperling