John T. "Terry" Maltsberger

Lexington – John T. "Terry" Maltsberger, M.D., of Lexington, died Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at his home. He was 82.

Dr. Maltsberger was born and raised in Cotulla, Texas, a son of the late John and Ruth (Rogers) Maltsberger. He was a 1955 graduate of Princeton University and earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School four years later.

After interning and residencies in Pennsylvania and at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston he became a specialist in the field of psychiatry.

In addition to his medical practice at MGH and at McLean Hospital in Belmont Dr. Maltsberger was a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and was a visiting professor in the same field at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota.

He also consulted for a number of years to the Mental Health Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.

Dr. Maltsberger leaves his children, Joshua Maltsberger of Lexington, Eliza Maltsberger of Boston and Noah Maltsberger of Somerville and his brother, William Maltsberger of Cotulla, Texas.

Family and friends will honor and remember Dr. Maltsberger's life by gathering to visit at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, October 15th in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where his Funeral Mass will be celebrarted at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Dilley, Texas at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made to the New England Conservatory of Music, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 or online at www.necmusic.edu