Max Fink
Maximilian Fink (born January 16, 1923) is an American neurologist and psychiatrist best known for his work on ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). His early work also included studies on the effect of psychoactive drugs on brain electrical activity; more recently he has written about the syndromes of catatonia and melancholia. Education, family, and qualifications Fink was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1923. His parents were a physician and a social worker. The family left Austria for the United States in 1924. He married Martha Pearl Gross, Barnard College, class of 1949. They have three children, each an academic professor: Jonathan, geology, at Portland State University; Rachel at Mount Holyoke College, and Linda at Sweet Briar College. He has one brother who is a physician graduate of Columbia University. His early education was in New York City, receiving the B.A. at University College, New York University (1942) and M.D. at NYU Bellevue Medical Center (1945). His medical training was under the United States Army auspices and he was appointed 1st Lieutenant Army Medical Corps on graduation, serving in active military service from April 1946 to November 1947. He attended the Army School of Military Neuropsychiatry in San Antonio in 1946. Residency training