Hadassah International eBulletin - February 2009
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Being a "bridge to peace" through medicine has been Hadassah's hallmark for decades:
Ø The Hadassah Medical Center absorbs millions of dollars in costs each year for health care and medical training that its health professionals provide to Palestinians.
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Central Laboratory in Hadassah's
Department of Clinical Biochemistry |
Prof. Abd Al-Roof Higazi, newly appointed head of the Hadassah Medical Center's Department of Clinical Biochemistry, joined Hadassah's medical staff in 1986, where he and his colleagues are performing groundbreaking research that has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of strokes.
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Dr. Dimitrios Karussis, neurologist
and neuroimmunologist in Hadassah's
neurology department
Photo credit: Debbi Cooper |
The success of a therapy using adult stem cells to treat multiple sclerosis at Hadassah is encouraging news for those who suffer from MS and other neurological disorders.
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Prof. Channa Maayan examines a young patient at
Hadassah University Medical Center on Jerusalem's
Mount Scopus Photo: Courtesy |
The Hadassah Medical Center is home to one of the world's two familial dysautonomia (FD) centers, bringing treatment and longer life to patients with this incurable genetic disease, which causes almost every major bodily system to malfunction.
Among the ten percent of the Hadassah Medical Center's physicians who were drafted to serve in Operation Cast Lead in Gaza was Dr. Rotem Quint, a new resident in Internal Medicine, who was helicoptered to Hadassah when he was wounded in the left thigh by sniper fire.
Despite the Gaza Conflict, Hadassah Builds Bridges to Peace
While the Cast Lead military operation in Gaza was taking place, eight-year-old Ruba from Gaza was being treated at the Hadassah Medical Center for thalassemia, a potentially fatal genetic disease that is common to both Jews and Arabs. Ruba had been fortunate that her brother was a match for her bone marrow and she was able to have a bone marrow transplant to save her life. "We love Hadassah," her father commented. "We are being treated wonderfully."
Hadassah Dental Student is Miss Israel
Hadassah-Hebrew University Dental Student Tamar Ziskind experienced another type of crown when she represented her homeland in the Miss World competition as Miss Israel. While in Johannesburg for the event, she enjoyed having the opportunity to become friendly with Miss Egypt and Miss Lebanon.
Blood Bank: At the Heart of 21st Century Medicine
Help Hadassah meet the critical and ever-growing demand for a safe blood supply in a donor-friendly environment. Be part of the "Help Hadassah Heal" Campaign! Please donate now to Hadassah International's fundraising project:
v 25 euros: Help provide a comfortable setting for a wounded soldier to receive his blood transfusion.
v 50 euros: Contribute toward a leukemia patient's comfort level as she receives her life-sustaining blood transfusion.
v 100 euros: Help ensure the efficiency of 100,000 blood transfusions each year.
v 250 euros: Help Hadassah increase the Blood Transfusion Department's physical space by 40%.
v 500 euros: Ensure the safety of Hadassah's blood supply by helping to purchase the latest laboratory equipment for screening and analyzing blood.
v Other: Partner with Hadassah to provide an environment appropriate to its key role in sophisticated 21st century medicine.
or click here to learn more.
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At the signing ceremony, from left: Prof. Tamar Peretz,
head of Hadassah's Sharett Institute of Oncology;
Prof. Thomas Tursz, Director General, Gustave Roussy;
and Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Hadassah Director General |
On Tuesday, January 27, the Hadassah Medical Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the renowned
Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy (IGR) of Villejuif, France, establishing a twinning initiative for collaboration on cancer healing, teaching, and research between Roussy and Hadassah's Sharett Institute of Oncology.
Chilean Parliamentarians and Journalists Visit Hadassah Medical Center
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.
Canadian Medical Colleagues Tour Hadassah Medical Center
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.
"Talking for Peace—A Karl Kahane Lecture Series," sponsored by The Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue in cooperation with the Karl Kahane Foundation, included a presentation on "Medical Ethics and Terror," featuring the Hadassah Medical Center's Prof. Avraham Rivkind, head of the Trauma Unit and Department of General Surgery, and Raja'l Fouzi George Qumyiseh, a Karl Kahane Fellow, who is receiving specialized training in surgery and traumatology at Hadassah.
"Help the Jews Home," a philanthropic organization in Norway that is a long-time supporter of the Hadassah Medical Center, has partnered with Hadassah's Patricia and Russell Fleischman Women's Health Center to fund health programs for new Israeli immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
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From left: Dr. Hadas Freud, Clinical Psychologist,
Hadassah's Jerusalem Crisis Intervention Center;
Martina Nicolaidis, Nicolaidis Stiftung GmbH
Foundation; and Susanne Franke, event moderator |
At a gala Munich event at the end of January, Hadassah Germany announced with pride the beginning of a collaborative venture between the Hadassah Medical Center and the Nicolaidis Stiftung GmbH Foundation entitled "Brücken Verbinden Nationen" ("Building Bridges to Nations") to support psychological treatment for Jerusalem's children who seek help from Hadassah's Jerusalem Crisis Intervention Center (JCIC).
Hadassah Switzerland-Geneva's Antoine Garreau negotiated a unique deal to spread the word about Hadassah International: In exchange for Garreau's sponsoring a team at the three-day Megève Polo Masters tournament in the French Alps, Hadassah was publicized in the program and the team displayed the Hadassah International logo both on their pants and their horses! Many of their fellow competitors as well as journalists asked about the logo and what it represented.
Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef |
Following on the heels of a Hadassah Mexico-orchestrated whirlwind visit last fall, Hadassah Medical Center Director General Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef returned to Mexico in the beginning of February to explore and strengthen philanthropic ties and professional medical exchanges.
With Director Daniele Thompson and Principal Actors Pierre Arditi and Patrick Chesnais in attendance, Hadassah France hosted the premiere of the movie,
Le Code A Changé (The Entry Code has Changed) in the historic Theatre Edouard VII, and introduced Hadassah to many new people.
Spreading the word about Hadassah's mission to 1500 people through Facebook, Young Hadassah International raised over $2,500 in 48 hours for the "Help Hadassah Heal" campaign. The Facebook-a-thon, a creative new virtual fundraising event, raised the money largely through 20-dollar donations.
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