Experience Israel’s rich history and breathtaking landscapes while discovering pediatric innovation and building meaningful connections with Israeli colleagues.
For child health professionals of all faiths, plus nonmedical partners and adult children.
CME credits available
Discover Pediatric Innovation
Visit children’s hospitals and pioneering organizations to explore approaches to treatment, rehabilitation, and family care.
Connect With Israeli Colleagues
Meet healthcare professionals who share your commitment to children’s health and gain fresh perspectives on their work.
Experience Israel Together
Explore historic Jerusalem, vibrant Tel Aviv, Haifa, and the Negev through a journey combining professional discovery and cultural experiences.
Join child health physicians, nurses, therapists, psychologists, and other child health professionals for a shared journey of discovery. Participants of all faiths are welcome, along with nonmedical partners and adult children.
CME credits are available.
Experience medical visits, conversations with Israeli colleagues, and cultural exploration across Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and the Negev. Discover how healthcare teams address children’s needs while enjoying Israel’s history, landscapes, and traditions.
Jeffrey Devries, MD, MPH, brings together a career in pediatrics, leadership in medical education, and a deep knowledge of Israel. A former APF President and Associate Dean, he is also a Licensed Israel Tour Guide, offering both professional insight and cultural perspective throughout the journey.
Discover an Israeli humanitarian organization helping children access lifesaving heart treatment unavailable in their home countries. Its work also includes training medical professionals who bring expertise back to their communities.
Explore Israel’s largest hospital dedicated to infants, children, and adolescents, with a comprehensive range of pediatric specialties under one roof. Learn about care designed around the complex needs of young patients.
Visit Jerusalem’s major pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation hospital, helping children with physical challenges to optimize their abilities and independence. Discover an approach focused on participation in family and community life.
Discover how professional medical clowns work alongside healthcare teams to ease the stress of illness. Their approach brings humor, play, and personal connection into the care experience.
The newly opened central headquarters of Israel’s version of Red Cross incorporates Israel’s critical national blood bank, emergency dispatch center, and National Human Milk Bank. We will have a comprehensive tour, and view the dispatch center in action.
Experience a meal in complete darkness at BlackOut, the restaurant at Nalaga’at in Jaffa. Guided by blind or visually impaired waitstaff, discover a cultural center that brings deaf, blind, and deafblind people together with the wider public.
We will visit 3 relatively recently opened sites in Jerusalem:
· Adjacent to the Western Wall, a recently opened tour of the tunnels below the Western Wall enables us to see and touch the history of Jerusalem during the time of the 2nd Temple.
· The Tower of David, dating from the time of King Herod, has created a high-tech museum within its walls, exploring the entire history of Jerusalem in a fun and educational manner.
· In modern Jerusalem, a similarly high-tech, interactive experience awaits us in the newly opened Knesset Museum
At the conclusion of our tour, we will experience a truly remarkable, breathtaking geologic wonder located in the heart of Israel. A great note on which to end our time together.
Contact Amir Goldshtein at amir@apfmed.org or call 617-232-5382.
