Semyon Gluzman
Semyon Gluzman | |
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| Семeн Глузман | |
Gluzman in 2012 | |
| Born | 10 September 1946 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 16 February 2026 (aged 79) |
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| Alma mater | Kyiv Medical Institute |
| Known for | Struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union |
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| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Ukrainian Psychiatric Association |
Semyon Fishelevich Gluzman (Russian: Семён Фишелевич Глузман; Ukrainian: Семен Фішельович Глузман, romanized: Semen 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.