Mina Deutsch
Dr. Deutsch was born in Poland and received her medical training in Prague. As young doctors, she and her husband, Leon, were recruited by the Nazis during WWII to fight a typhus epidemic, only to be persecuted once the crisis was over. Dr. Deutsch’s strength and spirit allowed her family to survive in hiding for a year and a half during the Nazi occupation. After the war, the family immigrated to Canada and both Dr. Deutsch and her husband pursued their training in Psychiatry. The family eventually settled in Montreal, when Eva was accepted into McGill at the age of 15. Dr. Deutsch treated patients at the Douglas Hospital for over 20 years, and, on retiring from clinical work, continued to be active in research. She was active in a number of academic community organizations and is on the International Board of Governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. She dies on October 3, 2004.
