Hadassah International eBulletin - February 2010
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Editors:
Lonye Rasch, Communications Chair; Patricia Levinson, Communications Co-Chair; Karen Lustig, Communications Team; Tamar Davis, Director of Operations; Rebecca Rafelson, Development & Marketing Associate
Team email: communications@hadassah.org
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Imaging of the mother's womb,
revealing one fetus inside (left)
and the other, outside. |
A Cypriot woman who discovered at 28 weeks of pregnancy that she was carrying twin fetuses--with one growing outside of her womb--was saved along with her babies by a multidisciplinary team of Hadassah physicians. This marks only the second time in known medical history that babies in this situation have been delivered successfully.
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Dalia Itzik (photo by
Ariel Jerozolimski) |
"As an Israeli and as a Jerusalemite, I have a special place in my heart for Hadassah. One cannot think of Jerusalem without thinking of Hadassah, without thinking of its excellent health services."
--Dalia Itzik, Member of Israel's Knesset and former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem.
Prof. Benjamin Reubinoff, Director of
Hadassah's Center for Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Research |
Treating today's Parkinson's disease patients with the latest innovations like Deep Brain Stimulation, Hadassah's physicians are simultaneously searching for a cure through world-leading stem cell research.
During the Israel Rescue Mission to Haiti following the earthquake, a Hadassah Medical Center obstetrician delivered the Israeli field hospital's first baby and the mother, in gratitude, named him "Israel." When the surgeons ran out of medical screws needed to mend limb fractures, a Hadassah operating room nurse located the remnants of a local factory and, in searching through the ruins, found exactly the machine he needed to transform the medical nails he had into screws.
"Caring heals, but generally is not measured or rewarded in pay-for-performance health care," says Prof. Mayer Brezis, Director of Hadassah Hospital's Center for Clinical Quality and Safety and a faculty member of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
A multidisciplinary team of physicians from the Hadassah Medical Center has discovered that a particular pattern of gene expression is present shortly after delivery in women who suffer from persistent postpartum depression (PD).
The 2009 Nancy Falchuk Nursing Scholarship recognized four nurses for their leadership roles in patient education and wound treatment.
Update on Hadassah International's Five Projects: Matching our Medical Center's Needs
In consultation with The Hadassah Medical Center, Hadassah International adopted the following five projects. To support them is to endow a legacy of medical excellence in Jerusalem. Choose a project and donate now!
The Hadassah Medical Center is relying on Hadassah International to play a major role in ensuring that we can stay on schedule in building this new Tower of Healing.
Thanks to Hadassah International contributions and a recent generous donation from a Switzerland foundation, the Hadassah Medical Center is able to begin the renovation of Pediatrics Section B at Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus. More funds are needed to complete the renovation.
The Hadassah Medical Center still needs funds to cover the costs of renovating and expanding the Department and buying new equipment.
The Medical Center still need funds to cover the cost of renovation and expansion, as well as new equipment.
While Hadassah International has helped to fund the Trilogy system, the Medical Center still requires funding to complete the Radiotherapy project.
International Philanthropist and Entrepreneur Regine Sixt, esteemed member of the Hadassah Germany Board of Governors, was presented with Hadassah International's prestigious 2009 Citizen of the World Award in December by Hadassah Germany President Prof. Dr. Med. Dr. H.c. Thomas Ruzicka (pictured to her left) and Director of Hadassah Germany and Europe Gady Gronich.
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Dr. Ben Sedley, touring the Charlotte R. Bloomberg
Mother and Child Center with Hadassah Guide
Annette Magnus. |
Clinical Psychologist Ben Sedley, Hadassah New Zealand Valda Knight Memorial Scholarship recipient for 2009, returned from his clinical experience at the Hadassah Medical Center "impressed by the clear procedures put into place following a traumatic event, whether a terrorist attack or motor vehicle accident." He also admired "the staff's ability to work effectively with children and young people from so many different ethnicities and backgrounds."
In between finishing medical school and applying for residency, Joost Van Raalte, Chair of Young Hadassah Holland, makes it his priority to carve out time to lead a generation of enthusiastic young volunteers in their efforts to support the Hadassah Medical Center.
Young Hadassah International Volunteer and Immediate Past Chair of YHI Argentina, Dr. Romina Libster, witnessed the benefits of globally sharing her home country's experience with the H1N1 virulent 2009 flu virus, while working in a clinic at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
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