Semen Gluzman

Semen Hluzman
Семeн Глузман
Born (1946-09-10) September 10, 1946
NationalityUkrainian
Citizenship
  • the Soviet Union (1946–1991)
  • Ukraine (1991–up to the present)
Alma materKyiv Medical Institute
Known forhis participation in the struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union
Awardsdistinguished fellowship of the American Psychiatry Association, honorary membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Geneva Prize for Human Rights in Psychiatry
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
InstitutionsUkrainian Psychiatric Association
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Semen Fisheliovych Hluzman (Ukrainian: Семе́н Фі́шельович Глу́зман; born 10 September 1946, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist.

He is 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, a member of the Council of Experts under the Ukraine's Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. He also is co-chairperson of the Babi Yar Committee and former dissident and political prisoner. He holds M.D. qualification.