Lya Imber (17 March 1914 – 23 September 1981) was a Ukrainian-born Venezuelan pediatrician.
She was a prominent pediatrician vice president of UNICEF, and the first woman in Venezuela to earn the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, as well as the first female member of the board of the Medical School of the Federal District.
Her parents, Naúm Imber and Ana Barú, left Soroca (Moldova) together with Lya, who was 16 years old at the time, and her sister, Sofía, to emigrate to Venezuela.
She graduated from the Central University of Venezuela, earning the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, in 1936.
[1] She was one of the founders of the Venezuelan Society of Childcare and Pediatrics, and served as treasurer of its first board (from 1939 until 1941) and later as its president (from 1949 until 1951).