Michael Peter Weissberg M.D.

1942 - 2021

Michael Peter Weissberg M.D. passed away on August 29th in the arms of his wife Susan, while listening to The Rolling Stones. He spent his final hours surrounded by his loving family. Michael was born in New York City on July 14, 1942, to Gustav and Bella Weissberg, who had come to this country as refugees from Austria. He was a doting big brother to Charlotte Weissberg. After graduating from New York University with a degree in History, Michael followed his father's footsteps and completed medical school at Tufts and a residency at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. In 1972 he accepted a position at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. It had always been Michael's dream to become a Jewish cowboy, and he seized the opportunity to move west. Not only did Michael thrive at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he was a professor of Psychiatry, graduate of the psychoanalysis institute and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, he succeeded in fulfilling a version of his dream. He spent his free time climbing many of the 14ers, dragging along any medical student who could keep up. He participated in Ride the Rockies, Backcountry skiing to the 10th mountain huts, and building a cabin with his family. He had a lively sense of humor and derived unceasing pleasure in listening to Mel Brooks's Two-Thousand-Year-Old Man routine, which made him weep with laughter no matter how often he heard it. That same humor was evident in his teaching. When a student wondered what course of action to take with a particularly difficult patient, Michael would counsel him to call up "Miss Rosenkrantz on 99th Street" (presumably in New York City). "She'll tell you, 'That patient is just crazy.'" Through his teaching, his many articles and books, his dedication to patients and students, and his deep and unfailing love for Susan, his son Nico, and friends too many to mention, Michael spent his life making the world a better place. He will always be in our hearts. A celebration of Michael's life will be held at Chautauqua Community House 900 Baseline rd. Boulder, Colorado on Sunday, October 10 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donate to a charity of your choice.