International Connections
11-Feb-2009
Members of the Chilean parliament and media community received a briefing from Prof. José Cohen, renowned Hadassah neuroradiologist, during a January visit to the Hadassah Medical Center. They also learned about Hadassah’s major role as a bridge to peace through medicine.
11-Feb-2009
A group of physicians from Canada toured the Hadassah Medical Center in the beginning of January. The delegation included the Canadian Medical Association’s President Dr. Robert Ouellet, President-Elect Dr. Anne Doig, Chairman of the Board Dr. Michael Golbey, and Acting Secretary General Barbara Drew.
13-Jan-2009
Barbara Sofer, Israel Director of Public Relations for Hadassah America, is one of sixty women featured in a newly released book entitled Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women, which offers a mosaic of their lives in the war-torn Middle East, presents their views on how we can achieve peace, and describes their daily efforts toward that goal.
13-Jan-2009
Leon Masliah, Director General of the Consistoire Central de France (far right), along with several French physicians, visited the Hadassah Medical Center at the end of December. After receiving a general briefing about the Medical Center, they met with Dr. Yoram Weiss, Senior Physician in Hadassah's Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, who explained the workings of Hadassah’s Trauma Unit.
9-Jan-2009
Hadassah Austria President Susi Shaked, also Vice Chair of the United Nations Committee on Peace and the UN Committee on the Status of Women, recently attended a seminar on peace in the Middle East, organized by the United Nations in cooperation with the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for “members of the press and civil society.”
15-Dec-2008
Israel’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic, HE Yaakov Levy, hosted a lunch for Hadassah National President Nancy Falchuk at his residence in November to raise the profile of Hadassah International and its mission among 20 prominent members of the scientific, journalistic, and philanthropic communities. Ambassador Levy took the opportunity to introduce Mrs. Falchuk to representatives of influential foundations in the Czech Republic, such as Our Child Foundation, Committee of Good Will, and The Olga Havel Foundation.
15-Dec-2008
On a visit to the Hadassah Medical Center in November, delegates from Villiers le Bel, France were addressed by Dr. Michel Nadjari, head of the Hadassah Medical Center’s Ultrasound Department, who told them about Hadassah’s latest high-technology ultrasound equipment, which is enabling Hadassah to save more lives. They also were briefed on the important role Hadassah plays in sharing expertise with colleagues worldwide, and Hadassah’s extensive outreach to the Palestinian community.
15-Dec-2008
Politicians, journalists, and representatives of the prestigious TESA Foundation from Argentina visited the Hadassah Medical Center this fall and were most impressed to learn about Hadassah’s clinical outreach to their country and glad to meet Hadassah’s renowned endovascular neurosurgeon and interventional neuroradiologist, Prof. José Cohen, formerly from Argentina. Prof. Cohen described his cutting-edge work in Hadassah’s Neurosurgery Department.
15-Dec-2008
Queen Elizabeth II conferred a kighthood on Israel’s President, HE Shimon Peres, in November.
15-Dec-2008
A high-level delegation from Brazil’s Ministry of Health came to Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem in December to lay the groundwork for the Brazilian Minister of Health’s upcoming visit, slated for the beginning of 2009.
