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'''Herbert David Kleber''' (June 19, 1934 – October 5, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=herbert-kleber&pid=190445481 |title=HERBERT KLEBER Obituary |date=October 11, 2018 |access-date=11 October 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> was an American [[psychiatrist]] and [[substance abuse]] researcher of Jewish descent. {{short description|American psychiatrist and substance abuse researcher}} {{Infobox person | name = Herbert Kleber | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|06|19}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|05|1934|06|19}} | death_place = [[Santorini]], Greece<ref name=Obituary>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/obituaries/herbert-d-kleber-dead.html |title=Herbert D. Kleber, Pioneer in Addiction Treatment, Dies at 84 |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |date=2018-10-15 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-10-01 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | occupation = Psychiatrist | years_active = | known_for = Contributions to psychiatry and substance abuse research | notable_works = }} ==Jewish Background== He and his late sister Tema were the children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. His parents, Max and Dorothea, met as students at the University of Pittsburgh, and were active in Temple life. His mother was proudly photographed with Eleanor Roosevelt for her work raising bonds for the new state of Israel.<ref>https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=herbert-kleber&pid=190455119&fhid=2086</ref> ==Career== In 1968, he founded the Drug Dependence Unit at [[Yale University]], where he was a professor of psychiatry; he headed the Unit until 1989. He then served for two and a half years as the Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy]] in the [[White House]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newsd.in/dr-herbert-kleber-google-dedicates-doodle-to-doctor-who-pioneered-addiction-research-treatment/ |title=Dr Herbert Kleber – Google dedicates doodle to doctor who pioneered addiction research treatment |last=Newsd |date=2019-10-01 |work=Newsd.in |access-date=2019-10-01 |language=en}}</ref> "He relied on research-backed methods such as medication and therapeutic communities for treating addiction. (...) Unlike many doctors of his time, Dr Kleber viewed addiction not as a moral failure, but as a condition that could only be treated through research, medication and therapy." ''[[The Independent]]''<ref name="IndependentGoogle">{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/herbert-kleber-google-doodle-who-dr-death-drug-addiction-a9126841.html |title=How one man changed the way we view drug addiction |date=2019-10-01 |website=The Independent |language=en |access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> In 1992, Kleber, with his wife Marian Fischman, co-founded the Substance Abuse Division, one of the leading centers in the country for treatment of such abuse, within the Department of Psychiatry at [[Columbia University]]. He was director of the Division, and headed a number of projects on new methods to treat individuals with cocaine, heroin, prescription opioid, alcohol, or marijuana problems. He also co-founded the [[National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse]] at Columbia with [[Joseph Califano]]. A 2014 article in ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' said that Kleber served as a paid consultant to the opioid pharmaceutical industry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4w7byq/leading-anti-marijuana-academics-are-paid-by-painkiller-drug-companies |title=Leading Anti-Marijuana Academics Are Paid by Painkiller Drug Companies |last=Fang |first=Lee |date=2014-08-27 |website=Vice |language=en |access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Dr. Kleber was author or co-author of more than 250 papers, and the co-editor of the American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, now in its fourth edition. He received numerous prestigious awards and two honorary degrees. He was listed as one of the "Best Doctors in America" and "Best Doctors in New York," and was elected in 1996 as a member of the Institute of Medicine of the [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="IndependentGoogle"/> He was on the boards of a number of organizations, including the [[Partnership for a Drug-Free America]], the Treatment Research Institute at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and the Betty Ford Institute. ==Death== Dr. Kleber passed away of a heart attack on October 5, 2018, while vacationing with his family in Greece.<ref name=Obituary /> ==In popular culture== On October 1, 2019, [[Google]] honoured Dr. Herbert Kleber by celebrating what would have been the 23rd anniversary of his election to the National Academy of Medicine, with a [[Google Doodle]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-dr-herbert-kleber |title=Celebrating Dr. Herbert Kleber |date=1 October 2019 |website=www.google.com |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> <ref name="IndependentGoogle" /> ==Sources== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{webarchive |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180621081617/https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/profile/herbert-d-kleber-md |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Faculty Profile for Herbert D. Kleber, M.D.}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleber, Herbert}} [[Category:American psychiatrists]] [[Category:Columbia University faculty]] [[Category:Yale University faculty]] [[Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine]] [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:American Jews]] [[Category:Jews of Eastern European Descent]]

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