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Participate in a rare visit by Prof. Itai Pessach, the Director of the Lily and Edmond Safra Children’s Hospital, ranked among the World’s Best Hospital for five years in a row.
Hear the dramatic story of one IDF soldier’s near-fatal injury and his road to recovery – he is one of thousands of brave men and women who have been rehabilitated at Sheba Medical Center.
Enjoy cocktails and hors d’ouvres (kosher dietary laws observed) and celebrate Israel and Sheba’s 75th anniversaries with elected officials and local university leaders in the elegant Art Museum Fort Lauderdale on picturesque Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Under Prof. Pessach’s care, the region’s most comprehensive children’s hospital is centrally located on Sheba’s vast campus and treats the sickest children from Israel, the greater Middle East, and international patients from all over the world.
Dr. Pessach completed his residency in Pediatrics at Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center and specialized in Immunology and Allergy at the Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Following his return to Israel, he specialized in Pediatric Intensive Care at Safra where he continues to practice as a senior pediatric intensive care physician. Read More
Dr. Pessach completed his residency in Pediatrics at Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center and specialized in Immunology and Allergy at the Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Following his return to Israel, he specialized in Pediatric Intensive Care at Safra where he continues to practice as a senior pediatric intensive care physician.
Prof. Pessach is member is a of the Talpiot Medical Leadership Program for locating and developing new leadership in Israeli medicine and is also the chairman of the Resuscitation Committee of the Sheba Medical Center. He is a renowned researcher and a consultant to start-up companies developing unique technologies in the field of intensive care, and consultant to start-up companies that work to advance unique technologies for intensive care.
“Being a pediatrician is the most beautiful profession in the world,” says Dr. Pessach. “The ability to cure and help a sick and suffering child is the greatest satisfaction.”
“Dr. Pessach is the future of public medicine in Israel,” says Prof. Yitzhak Kreis, Director of Sheba Medical Center. “He is constantly exploring innovative treatments and cutting-edge technologies, and he cares tirelessly and compassionately for all children who need medical treatment. There is no more worthy leader for the hospital than Dr. Pessach.”
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