Siegfried Placzek, (1866 Schwersenz, Germany – March 8, 1946, New York City, New York, USA) was a prominent German-born neurologist and psychiatrist. Dr. Siegfried Placzeck studied medicine at the universities of Berlin, Kiel, Leipzig and Jena. He traveled to America in 1893 on a study tour, publishing his findings in a book, "Medical Science in the United States. In 1899 he married Elise Hirschwald . The couple had two children, Dr. Henry Platt (AKA Heinz Placzek) of New York, NY, (1903 – 1955) and Dr. Gerda Haupt (1901 - 1989) of Santiago Chile. They divorced in 1910.
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