On October 20, 2013 Dr. Michael Frogel, President-Elect of APF, participated at the Yeshiva University Student Medical Ethics Society’s Eighth Annual Conference, titled “Prescribing for a Nation; Examining the Interplay between Israeli Health Care& Jewish Law”. Dr. Frogel moderated a plenary session on Israeli methods of responding to medical crises […]
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”The instances when we provided [medical] care do not represent a policy choice to constantly provide aid, they were decisions made out of humanitarian considerations,” wrote a spokesman for the army. See full Article I previously wrote about my pride as an Israeli to see my country’s concern for human […]
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“Unfortunately, in Israel, we have a lot of experience in the field of urgent care medicine”, said Dr. Moshe Michaelson, Medical Head of Rambam Health Care Campus. See full Article This year will be the 10th year that APF will be offering an annual Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Course in […]
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In the study entitled “Organ Allocation Policy and the Decision to Donate”, Professor Judd Kessler and Harvard economics Professor Alvin Roth, discuss a policy known as the priority rule which grants priority on organ waiting lists to those who have registered as organ donors themselves, and how the implementation of […]
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As an Israeli, the horrible bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013 couldn’t help but remind me of similar events happening back in my homeland. “Oh absolutely, absolutely this is like a bomb explosion that we hear about in the news in Baghdad, or Israel or […]
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Prof. Aviram Nissan, a 1996-1997 APF Fellowship Grant Recipient, is the new Chief of Surgery at Hadassah University Medical Center’s Ein Kerem Campus in Jerusalem. In 1996 Dr. Aviram joined the surgical department at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center for a one year fellowship. After this year of surgical […]
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“We treat patients regardless of religion, race, nationality and give the best care we can provide,” said Director Oscar Embon from Ziv Medical Center (an Israeli medical center in Tzfat). See full Article I can’t read this line and not feel proud of my country. As an Israeli who joined […]
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Dr. Dan Turner, Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Shaare Zedek Jerusalem and a 2006-2007 APF Fellowship Grant Recipient, is helping lead an experimental screening program headed by Dr. Oren Ledder that aims to identify newborns suffering from biliary atresia. In 2004 Dr. Turner began a Fellowship at the Hospital for […]
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Dr. Yishai Ofran, a senior Hematologist at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa and a 2007-2008 APF Fellowship Grant Recipient, has published a study, along with data scientist Elad Yom-Tov, Ph.D., which exploring how cancer patients and their social circle seek information in the Internet era. Dr. Ofran is a […]
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On Sunday, January 13, 2013 over 50 medical professionals from the Michigan area came together at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills for The APF Michigan Chapter Meeting for members and supporters of medicine in Israel. The stirring and moving talk of Lt. (reserve) Asael Lubotzky, M.D., a heroic Golani […]
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While enjoying sushi and cocktails over 50 young Jewish medical professionals from the Boston area got together on December 16, 2012 for a Health Professionals Winter Networking Event. They listened intently to an inspirational speaker, Asael Lubotzky, M.D., who spoke about his victory overcoming medical injuries received in the 2006 […]
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Thank you to our friends and members of APF who joined us on September 23, 2012 in Chicago for the APF Illinois Chapter Fall Networking Event. It was a pleasure to meet familiar and new faces. We hope you enjoyed learning about APF, eating some bagels and lox, and meeting […]
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