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Joel Yager
1941 - 2024
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Jen Gaudiani planted 5 trees in memory of Joel Yager
Monday, December 23, 2024
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Joel Yager
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With the greatest of gratutide, respect, admiration, and affection for the extraordinary life of service and clinical care Joel lived.
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Marsha Marcus donated to Jewish Family Service Of Colorado Inc
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Joel was a friend and mentor for many years. May his memory be a blessing.
Marsha Marcus
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Daniel Savin posted a condolence
Monday, January 6, 2025
As a physician, family member, teacher, and person, Joel Yager understood the power of connecting with and helping others. He was always poised to help his patients, students, your family members, and even strangers with whom he crossed paths. While aware that he could not make miracles, he was present to do all he could, and that brought him joy. He understood and taught the importance of making painful living moments better by showing up, showing that he cared, and using his vast knowledge to assist others. Until his last days, he tried his best to keep up with students with whom he had deep connections. During our last conversation, though he must have been weakened, Joel did not want to talk about his health, but instead asked whether there was anything he could do for me. While I didn’t need any concrete assistance, what I did need, and will forever prize, is the great example that he gave of how to live a meaningful life. In the footsteps of Moses, and despite a distasteful educational experience in Yeshiva as a youth, Joel was and still is a great teacher, and I am proud to call him rabbi.
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Iqbal "Ike" Ahmed posted a condolence
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Joe will be missed. He was a great clinician, teacher and writer. On top of that he was one of the nicest people I have met. I was fortunate to have spent some time with him in Hawaii when he came as a visiting professor. I was always happy to run into him at the APA annual meetings. My heartfelt condolences to the family. I hope all the loving memories of him give you comfort in your grief.
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Vivien Burt posted a condolence
Thursday, December 26, 2024
For some reason . My comments ere not recorded during the lovely heartfelt service. Here is what I tried to say: Dear Joel, I loved you for your kindness, your optimism, your caring, your humor, your devotion to doing what is right. From the very first time we met at my residency interview - we just - clicked. You actually looked up my father’s phone number in Leisure world so that when I got back to stay with my father after returning from the interview my father told me Joel called to say he wanted me to know I was accepted if I wanted to join UCLA. And that was Joel! He wanted me to know I could come to UCLA if that was my choice - he wanted me to know I should do what was best for me! And of course coming to UCLA was best for me because Joel was there to guide me in friendship and mutual caring . Endless stories of our times together. You welcomed me into your family and your home. And when I encountered troubled times recently, even when you were getting chemo,you and I met via zoom so you could share with me your wise counsel. Your opened your heart to me for the past 24 years. I will miss you so much. May you rest in peace dear friend.
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Joshua Freedman posted a condolence
Thursday, December 26, 2024
I met Joel as many did, when I applied for the UCLA residency. From the first, he exuded his approach to psychiatry and the world- as a buffet of endless richness and opportunity, to be embraced with wisdom, delight, and humor. He always dealth with challenges with an open mind, starting from first principles, and with an incomprehensibly vast pool of knowledge and experience. I had him as my therapy supervisor one year, and he suggested I bring in a patient, a young Scandinavian woman who had been mired for several years in a sea desperation and suicidality. He used his humor to connect to her, first eliciting a fleeting smile, and in succeeding meetings, having humor become a foundation for sharing our humanity and engaging the world. She was transformed and did well going forward. She had been liberated by the Joel approach to life, as were many others.
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Ruth Sharon lit a candle
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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Joel was such a devoted loving friend to many. I always enjoyed his warm countenance and kind words. May his memory be for a blessing and his legacy live on in his wife, children, grandchildren, friends, students, colleagues and associates. He will be missed.
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Jody Robinson lit a candle
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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Dr. Yager was a phenomenal teacher and mentor - I met him as a resident at UNM and had the privilege of staying in touch with him for a time as I started my practice in Denver. He radiated enthusiasm for psychiatry and showed endless curiosity and extraordinary kindness towards all people. I remember meeting him during my residency interview and thinking that if people like him were practicing psychiatry then it must be a pretty great place. I can only imagine the tremendous impact his life has had on his thousands of patients.
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George and Bobbi Nurnberg lit a candle
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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A dear and loving.man filled with joy. Will miss you.
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Harve Sternberg posted a condolence
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Blessings and prayers to Joel and all of his family. As an undergrad student and medical student, Joel and Eileen have always been supportive of my direction. Joel has been a shining light for the World. I called him a number of times for consultation and he was always kind, professional and helpful no matter how busy he was. I always could count on his advice. He will always be a hero of mine. We will all miss him. Harve Sternberg
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Dora Wang uploaded photo(s)
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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For all phases of my career there was always Joel. I was his medical student, his resident at UCLA, then his junior faculty at UNM. I am devastated to think of the world of psychiatry without Joel's sunny presence. Joel appears throughout my memoir, "The Kitchen Shrink". Of my first encounter with him I wrote, "Joel was a man with a sunny, round face, no beard at all, and who insisted on being called, Joel. I had no idea that a psychiatrist could be friendly, and even infectiously cheerful." Joel was a living deconstruction of the stereotypical somber, bearded psychiatrist. He leaves a legacy of books, articles, and lectures. But I also dare say that Joel has influenced so many of us on an individual basis--that his personal warmth and humor has made psychiatry a different, better place. Psychiatry burns more brightly, and warmly, thanks to Joel. My deepest condolences to Eileen, the Yager clan, and to our community of psychiatrists. A legend among us now rests, but is not forgotten.
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Igor Grant posted a condolence
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Joel was one of the first faculty I had the privilege of working with when I came to UCSD in the early 70s. He was an inspiration to me with his amazing intelligence, deep insights, and optimistic, forward looking, “can do” attitude. His genuine caring made me feel valued, encouraged, motivated to do my best, and not complain if things were not as I wished. Psychiatry has lost a one of a kind.
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Elisa Newman posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
I came to UCLA as a medical student applying for a psychiatry residency. Joel and I spoke about my desire. Two complete a year of pediatric training and each year after I completed another year I went back to Joel and asked if I could come to the psychiatry program after completing my pediatric training. Joel was always encouraging and supportive. His wisdom, kindness and compassion was a beacon of how I wanted to be as a physician. Always remembered and forever missed.
Elisa Newman MD
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Rebecca Kester donated to Food Bank Of The Rockies
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Joel, a tribute to you for a life well lived. You will be missed.
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Michael and Pam Booth-Rotberg posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Joel met everyone with kindness and wisdom, and we are all grateful to have known him. The wonderful family he helped create is another tribute to his great soul. Much love, all of the Booth-Rotbergs
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Michael and Pamela Booth donated to Jewish Family Service Of Colorado Inc
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
So many people in this world will miss Joel, he was a friend and helper to so many, including all of the Booth-Rotberg family. How lucky we were to know him, and to know the wonderful family he helped create.
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Victor Reus MD posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
I first met Joel in the mid 70's doing site visits while a resident for the NIMH education branch. He was incredibly encouraging and supportive then and at various other points in my career. I would always gravitate towards him at any crowded meeting we might be at, ĺooking forward to engaging with his humor, warmth and existential wisdom. A class act, as a scholar, clinician, teacher and human.
Victor Reus MD
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James Michels lit a candle
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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To Joel's family and loved ones, for nearly 30 years after I left Los Angeles, Joel's joke list, be it wry, thoughtful, nuanced or raunchy allowed me to maintain a bond between me and him and a great group of friends and family with whom I shared it. That bond has only strengthened over time and helped me to form many more and deeper relationships, for the gift of his humor and guidance I am forever grateful.
My deepest condolences,
James Andrew Michels
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Steve Dubovsky lit a candle
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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Joel was outstanding in his profession, and exceptional as a person. It was never anything but fun and enlightening to be around him. He brightened whatever physical or emotional room he ever entered. For all of us he touched, he will live on in our hearts.
Steve Dubovsky
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Peter Roy-Byrne lit a candle
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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I will remember Joel with loving gratitude. He was a warm, engaging, funny, and tremendously effective mentor to me at the start of my professional career. As my residency director at UCLA, he got me started writing and publishing by “co-authoring” several papers where he clearly did all the heavy lifting! In typical fashion for Joel, this helped me gain the confidence to forge ahead on my own. We reconnected years later writing together for Journal Watch where his keen and incisive eye was always able to find a way to link research findings to patient care, his first love. I suspect his ability to skillfully and wisely guide and love was even more present with his large extended family.
Joel was just flat out a great guy, and I know that many many people will miss him dearly. I feel good that he was surrounded in his last days by the love of this large extended family. May he rest in peace. Peter Roy-Byrne
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Nils posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
I was a resident physician in NM, Joel was such an excellent teacher. Now in NY, I still refer back to his teachings when instructing my residents and proudly refer to him as my teacher. He will be missed and he left a wonderful mark on this world.
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Karen Travers lit a candle
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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Dr Yager was my attending during my psychiatry residency at UNM. Everything I know about Eating Disorders and how to provide compassionate care I learned from him. It was my honor to be his resident. ❤️
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Harvey and Ellen Silverberg posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Joel was a doctor’s doctor and great friend and neighbor. His wise counsel helped our son through a rough patch. He was a second father to our daughter who lived as much at his house as ours. He was The most upbeat person I’ve ever known. Always a smile, laugh or joke. He will be missed greatly. On the other hand his daily joke list…..perhaps not as much. I’m honored to give a donation to JFS for him.
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Debbie lit a candle
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
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Joel was an optimistic, supportive, and everlasting flame of inspiration and love to everyone he encountered. He was a family man, a friend, a connector, a mentor, a clinician, a colleague, a teacher and a one of a kind person. When I first moved to Albuquerque he (and Eileen) took me under his wing and created a connection so that I felt at home. I will always have gratitude for his generosity and his loving spirit. I will keep him in my heart, thank you Joel, may you rest in peace, Debbie Dellmore
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Megan Lipton-Inga donated to Food Bank Of The Rockies
Monday, December 23, 2024
Joel always lit up the room. May his memory be a blessing.
Love, Megan Lipton
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Monday, December 23, 2024
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Thursday
26
December
Chapel Service
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Temple Emanuel
51 Grape St
Denver, Colorado, United States
Thursday
26
December
Interment
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Emanuel Cemetery within Fairmount Cemetery
430 S. Quebec Street
Denver, Colorado, United States
Open House
Home of Eileen and Joel Yager
1510 10th Ave #2W Denver, CO 80218
(303)653-1636
Thursday 12/26 from 1:30PM-3:30PM, with minyan from 6:30PM-8:30PM
Friday 12/27 from 1PM-3PM
Sunday 12/29 from 11AM-1PM
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