Lya Imber
Lya Imber was born in Odessa, Ukraine on March 17 of 1914 and died from cancer in Caracas, Venezuela on September 23 of 1981. She was a prominent pediatrician vice president of UNICEF, and the first woman in Venezuela to earn the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, as well as the first female member of the board of the Medical School of the Federal District.
Her parents, Naúm Imber and Ana Barú, left Soroca together with Lya, who was 16 years old at the time, and her sister, Sofía, to emigrate to Venezuela. She graduated from the Central University of Venezuela, earning the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, in 1936. She was one of the founders of the Venezuelan Society of Childcare and Pediatrics, and served as treasurer of its first board
and later as its president. She worked in the Municipal Children's Hospital Dr. José Manuel De Los Ríos as a resident, then as deputy and head of internal medicine and eventually as Head of Service in 1954. She also worked as director of the First Clinic of Child Mental Hygiene of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and as President of the Venezuelan League of Mental Hygiene She had founded the League of Mental Hygiene in 1941. She had two children, María Elena and Fernando Coronil.Published works
She published several works on her specialties:
