Semyon Gluzman

Semyon Gluzman
Семeн Глузман
Gluzman in 2012
Born(1946-09-10)10 September 1946
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died16 February 2026(2026-02-16) (aged 79)
Citizenship
Alma materKyiv Medical Institute
Known forStruggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union
Awards
  • American Psychiatry Association
    • Distinguished fellowship
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Honorary membership
  • Geneva Prize for Human Rights in Psychiatry
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
InstitutionsUkrainian Psychiatric Association

Semyon Fishelevich Gluzman (Russian: Семён Фишелевич Глузман; Ukrainian: Семен Фішельович Глузман, romanizedSemen Fishelovych Hluzman; 10 September 1946 – 16 February 2026) was a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist.

Gluzman was also the president and founder of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, founder of the American-Ukrainian Bureau for Human Rights, director of the International Medical Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of War and Totalitarian Regimes, and a member of the Council of Experts under the Ukraine's Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. He was co-chairperson of the Babi Yar Committee, and dissident and political prisoner. He held an M.D. qualification.