Dr. Malamud was born in Kishinev, Russia, and, without formal education, entered McGill University Medical School, graduating in 1921. He served a year at Boston Psychopathic Hospital, a year at Foxboro State Hospital, MA, and a year at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He spent two years studying in Europe, including as a resident of Karl Jaspers and Paul Schneider.
In 1926, Dr. Malamud returned to Foxboro to start a research program. After three years, he moved to the Iowa Psychopathic Hospital as Clinical Director and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Iowa University Medical School, where he published his book “Outlines of General Psychopathology.” He moved to the State Hospital in Worcester, MA, as Clinical Director in 1939. In 1946, he became Head of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School and Chief of Psychiatry at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. In 1958, he retired from Boston University to become Research Director at the National Association for Mental Health (1958–66) and Director of the Schizophrenia Research Program of the Scottish Rite Masons.
Dr. Malamud served on numerous APA committees and as a director on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He published several books and numerous articles dealing with neurological and psychiatric subjects.
Dr. Malamud served as Secretary (1954–58) and President of the American Psychiatric Association (1959–60).