Joan Fleming (2) (1904–1980)

Dr. Fleming was a highly skilled clinician, a superb administrator, and a dedicated and tireless contributor to the scientific and educational activities of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Dr. Fleming obtained an A.B. from Wellesley College in 1924 and a master's in physiology from Oberlin College in 1928. She taught physical education and physiology prior to entering medical school at the University of Chicago (M.D., 1936). Internship and psychiatric residency were at the University of Chicago. In 1943 she was certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She completed psychoanalytic training at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis (1941-1945). She was a member of the staff of the Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Institute, Michael Reese Hospital (1951-1960), as well as being affiliated with a number of other facilities in Chicago.