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REMEMBERANCE: Pearl Scholz, M.D.
Author: Ghislaine D. Godenne, MD
Publication Year: 2010
Edition Summer 2010
Type of resource: Newsletter
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Publication Year: 2010
Edition Summer 2010
Type of resource: Newsletter
Dr. Pearl Scholz, known as Suzie by friends and colleagues, had the most delightful southern accent which made it easy to locate her in a crowd. I met her shortly after my arrival as a psychiatric resident at Johns Hopkins, where she was one of the few female psychiatrists. She was most welcoming, hospitable, interested and generous of her time.
I never understood how Suzie did all that she did - especially raising four adolescents and always keeping Wednesdays free to be with them. She also saw many children and adolescents in a private practice, worked at the Johns Hopkins Child Guidance Clinic and the Hopkins and University of Maryland Child Psychiatry Clinics.
She also served on the board of several associations.
In addition to these professional activities she was active in tennis, golf, sailing, and bridge. Suzie was an enthusiastic world traveler and enjoyed all forms of art, never missing performances of the Bach choir of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She enjoyed entertaining in her attractive one level modern house in Roland park and on Gibson Island where she spent most of her summers.
When I was appointed to the Counseling and Psychiatric Clinic, I called Suzie to find out if she would be interested in volunteering her services. She accepted with great enthusiasm and was in great demand by the residents in Psychiatry, graduate Psychologists, and graduate students in Social Work. For me personally, she was an invaluable colleague and source of support.
Tom Large, a graduate student in Social Work, wrote: “Early in my training as [a] psychotherapist I was so very lucky to have worked with Dr. Susie Scholz as my clinical supervisor. She was patient, gentle with my clumsy interpretations, always incredibly sharp in her understanding of my patients . . . an ideal mentor. She taught me how to listen deeply, keep clear boundaries, and pay attention to my own emotions as those of my patients. Her contributions to psychotherapy live on in the many of us she helped train . . .”
Suzie was not the kind of person who bragged about her accomplishments. Although she had an extensive foundation in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, she was very modest and always very supportive of her students.
Dr. Scholz died on March 10, 2010 at the Roland Park Place where she had made many new friends. She will be missed by many but remembered as an even-tempered, graceful, sensitive and patient colleague who always found time to help people in need.
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