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Otto Isakower published only a very few brief papers on certain dream phenomena and superego functions (1938, 1939, 1954, 1974). He described what came to be called the Isakower Phenomenon, a striking example of regression in dreams, the role of the superego in spoken words in dreams, and the special place of hearing in the formation of the superego. These works are frequently cited and have had a profound influence on many of his colleagues and students, among others Betram Lewin, Lillian Malcove, Edward Kronold, Nicholas Young, and myself (Lewin, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1955; Stein, 1961, 1966, 1989).
As Chairman of the Curriculum Committee of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute in the 1950s, he revised the course schedule, eliminating the obsolescent reading courses and substituting others