Celebrating 20 years of Solidarity with Israel’s Rabin Medical Center

cancer care & brca awareness 20 Medical and Nursing Education YEARS leader in cardiology 20 YEARS OF AFRMC ACHIEVEMENTS securing rabin medical center’S FUTURE 2016 ANNUAL REPORT Israel’s Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, named after former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Is the pride of Israel with 1,000,000 patients annually

We have always viewed the sanctity of life as a supreme value. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

American Friends of Rabin Medical Center mission American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1995. This national charity based in New York supports innovative medical treatment and healthcare at Israel’s Rabin Medical Center. Partnering with the hospital, we promote the best care, research and technology to reach new frontiers in global medicine. We facilitate international medical fellowships with individual and corporate support for the hospital.

Our mission focus: • To educate the American public and encourage visitation of the hospital. • To publically promote the hospital throughout the United States. • To create joint ventures with medical institutions, foundations, corporations, and individuals. • To raise funds through a variety of programmatic efforts throughout the United States.

Rabin Medical Center Mission Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, Israel is a state-of-the-art medical center offering advanced medical services and a staff dedicated to patient care and preservation of patient dignity. Rabin Medical Center is the Middle East’s preeminent center for healthcare and research with centers of excellence including the Davidoff Cancer Center, Recanati Genetics Institute, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, and the Jusidman Emergency Room20 and Trauma Center. AFRMC Board of Directors AFRMC Honorary Board Phyllis Arnold Cong. (Ret.) Tony Beilinson Ben Ashkenazy Dolores Beilinson YEARSRichard Chera Aline Davidoff Claudia Davidoff Alan Dershowitz, Esq. Dawn Effron Joel Frankel, M.D. Peter Riguardi Yoron Cohen Joshua Plaut Beth Miller Eidman Zvi Fuks, M.D. Chairman President Exec. Director Bilha Fish, M.D. Sherwood D. Goldberg, Esq. AFRMC Executive Board Robert J. Ivanhoe, Esq. Hon. Henry Kissinger Peter Riguardi CHAIRMAN Joseph Kahan Maestro Zubin Mehta Yoron Cohen PRESIDENT William Marth Halina Peabody Stephen Siegel PRESIDENT EMERITUS Jonathan L. Mechanic, Esq. Miriam Romm, 1ST EXEC. DIRECTOR Stephen Flatow, Esq. TREASURER/ SECRETARY Henry Nordhoff Daniel S. Shapiro, Esq. Jacalyn Barlia Florin Yvette Cohen Pomerantz Hon. George P. Shultz Lawrence Magid ASST. TREASURER Raquel Ramati Neil Simon Robert Scheinman David Schwartz, Esq. Congressman Henry A. Waxman Arlene Strelitz Phyllis B. Trobman Walter Weiner, Esq. Ofer Yardeni Michael Steinhardt FOUNDER EMERITUS Professor Elie Wiesel Mortimer Zuckerman FOUNDER EMERITUS Peter Yarrow Abraham E. Cohen z’’l CHAIR 2000-2012 Joshua Eli Plaut, Ph.D., Rabbi EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Andrew C. Freedman, Esq. GENERAL COUNSEL

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER 636 Broadway Suite 218 New York NY 10012 www.afrmc.org Editorial Committee: Rabbi Joshua E. Plaut, Ph.D., Sarah Haas, Adrienne Barlia, Ilana Smith Design: Julie Meridy Design BREAST ,

Israel’s Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, BRCA GENE SCREENING RABIN’S EARLY MANAGEMENT CLINIC named after former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Is P ROSTATE & O V ARIAN the pride of Israel with 1,000,000 patients annually Israel’s Rabin Medical Center has established the only special clinic in Israel to We have always viewed the sanctity of life perform genetic screening to treat and prevent cancer. The BRCA Multidisciplinary as a supreme value. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Clinic was created to serve patients with a high risk of cancer at Rabin Medical Center’s Davidoff Cancer Center. Since its commencement in 2011, the clinic has served thou- sands of women. Women who carry the BRCA gene mutation have up to an 80% chance American Friends of Rabin Medical Center mission of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer. More than 200 mutations have been identi- American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1995. fied, three of which are typical to Ashkenazi Jews. There is a 2.5% risk of carrying this This national charity based in New York supports innovative medical treatment and healthcare at Israel’s mutation. One out of every forty Jewish Ashkenazi women is a carrier and has a high Rabin Medical Center. Partnering with the hospital, we promote the best care, research and technology to probability of developing ovarian and/or breast cancer. At the Rabin Medical Center BRCA care & awareness & care CANCER reach new frontiers in global medicine. We facilitate international medical fellowships with individual and Clinic, patients receive counseling, screening and follow-up care. With breast cancer at corporate support for the hospital. such a high rate in Israel, affecting about 31% of women suffering from malignant diseases, Our mission focus: the BRCA Multidisciplinary Clinic is essential to saving lives. • To educate the American public and encourage visitation of the hospital. The BRCA Multidisciplinary Clinic also treats men with prostate cancer. Research • To publically promote the hospital throughout the United States. data indicates that men carry mutations in the BRCA 1 and 2 genes, similar to the syn- • To create joint ventures with medical institutions, foundations, corporations, and individuals. drome for breast and ovarian cancer in women. Three thousand new cases of prostate • To raise funds through a variety of programmatic efforts throughout the United States. cancer are diagnosed in Israel annually, with four hundred fatalities. Rabin Medical Center Mission Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, Israel is a state-of-the-art medical center offering advanced medical services and a staff dedicated to patient care and preservation of patient dignity. Rabin Medical Center is the Middle East’s preeminent center for healthcare and research with centers of excellence including BREAST and OVARIAN the Davidoff Cancer Center, Recanati Genetics Institute, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, and the CANCER FACTS Genetic Jusidman Emergency Room and Trauma Center. Counselling FACT: 1 in 7 women in Israel will be First Visit diagnosed with breast cancer, and one third of these women will not survive. Administration Radiology Unit 20 Coordination Mammography AFRMC Board of Directors AFRMC Honorary Board FACT: In 10% of all breast cancer Phyllis Arnold Cong. (Ret.) Tony Beilinson cases, a BRCA mutation is present and BRCA Ben Ashkenazy Dolores Beilinson 80% of these carriers have a chance of Multidisciplinary Clinic Richard Chera Aline Davidoff YEARS developing breast and/or ovarian cancer. Rabin Medical Center Breast Risk Reducing Surgery Claudia Davidoff Alan Dershowitz, Esq. Mastectomy/ Oncologist Dawn Effron Joel Frankel, M.D. FACT: 10% of Israeli women with breast Salpingo-oophorectomy Follow-up Peter Riguardi Yoron Cohen Joshua Plaut Beth Miller Eidman Zvi Fuks, M.D. cancer receive treatment at the Davidoff Chairman President Exec. Director Bilha Fish, M.D. Sherwood D. Goldberg, Esq. Cancer Center, which partners with Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center AFRMC Executive Board Robert J. Ivanhoe, Esq. Hon. Henry Kissinger Gynecology Pelvic Peter Riguardi CHAIRMAN Joseph Kahan Maestro Zubin Mehta and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Oncologist Ultrasound Yoron Cohen PRESIDENT William Marth Halina Peabody Follow-up Examination FACT: 2% of the Israeli population Stephen Siegel PRESIDENT EMERITUS Jonathan L. Mechanic, Esq. Miriam Romm, 1ST EXEC. DIRECTOR carries the BRCA gene. Stephen Flatow, Esq. TREASURER/ SECRETARY Henry Nordhoff Daniel S. Shapiro, Esq. Jacalyn Barlia Florin Yvette Cohen Pomerantz Hon. George P. Shultz Lawrence Magid ASST. TREASURER Raquel Ramati Neil Simon Robert Scheinman David Schwartz, Esq. Congressman Henry A. Waxman Arlene Strelitz Phyllis B. Trobman Walter Weiner, Esq. Rabin’s Davidoff Cancer Center is the leading Ofer Yardeni Michael Steinhardt FOUNDER EMERITUS Professor Elie Wiesel oncology center in Israel and the Middle East, treating 50,000 Mortimer Zuckerman FOUNDER EMERITUS Peter Yarrow Abraham E. Cohen z’’l CHAIR 2000-2012 annually. The Davidoff Cancer Center includes six units and Joshua Eli Plaut, Ph.D., Rabbi EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR clinics as well as seven departments. A major expansion will Andrew C. Freedman, Esq. GENERAL COUNSEL add six new floors to accommodate more patients by 2017. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER 636 Broadway Suite 218 New York NY 10012 www.afrmc.org Editorial Committee: Rabbi Joshua E. Plaut, Ph.D., Sarah Haas, Adrienne Barlia, Ilana Smith Design: Julie Meridy Design

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The Fifth Annual Cheryl Diamond NYC 5k SCHLEP Run/Walk for Breast & Ovarian Cancer in Battery Park on June 21, 2015 directly benefits the BRCA Gene Multidisciplinary Clinic, serving women at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer. It also funds research for cancer cures at Rabin’s Davidoff Cancer Center, a world-class facility for treatment and prevention of cancer. The NYC 5k SCHLEP also supports a nutritional intervention study to determine if nutrients in cruciferous vegetables can decrease breast cancer in BRCA gene mutation carriers. The event was co-sponsored by American Self Storage, Central Synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El, El Al, Genetech, 14th Street Y, JLL, IDB Bank, Shiboleth, Shleppers Moving & Storage, StorageBlue, and Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue. AFRMC thanks all of the runners, walkers, sponsors, teams, and Miss New York US, Iman Oubou.

Remembering my Mother: Breast and Ovarian Cancer AWARENESS By Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut, Ph.D, AFRMC Executive Director

When my father, Rabbi Walter H. Plaut, died of colon can- cer in 1964, my mother, Hadassah Yanich Plaut, uprooted our family from Great Neck to Jerusalem to start a new life. In 1972, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was fifty-one. I was fifteen. My mother had a radical mastectomy. The removal of lymph nodes left my mother, a pianist, with a lymphodermic arm. Radiation treatments burnt her lungs, causing a life-long bronchial cough. Years later while on a visit to America, breast cancer reappeared and my mother had a second mastectomy.

My mother’s illness never defined her; it simply became part of her life experience. She was public about her illness, even though women of her generation chose to be silent. Her illness occurred before the creation of support groups, reconstruc- tive surgery, and partial lumpectomies. Breast cancer caused my mother to feel isolated, but she did not let cancer beat her down.

After my mother’s passing in 2003, her illness and my professional life merged. I responded to a new calling: charitable work at American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC). I realized that charity work on behalf of Israel could unite Jews in America. AFRMC has created annual events to rally support for Israel’s Rabin Medical Center. In April 2011, around the time of my mother’s birthday, I created the NYC 5K Schlep: Run/Walk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer awareness to honor my mother and realize her dream for excellent Israeli healthcare. Each year, we schlep to raise funds and awareness for cancer patients and Rabin’s BRCA Gene Multidisciplinary Clinic.

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The Dina Nursing School, located at Israel’s Rabin Medical Center, offers significant educational opportunities to academically successful students, including Israelis born in Ethiopia and Russia, from low socioeconomic backgrounds. For these students, studying for a nursing career is a stepping-stone towards personal empowerment and social mobility. This year, AFRMC provided 15 scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds based on merit to become professional nurses with a promising career.

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Hewan Elias moved to Israel from Ethiopia with her family through Sudan and experienced many tragedies, losing her mother and sister due to the lack of medical treatment. Hewan joined the army in Israel before studying human resources and sociology in college. She is fulfill- ing her dream to become a nurse by April 2016.

Racheli Adgeh made aliyah to Israel from Ethiopia with her brothers in 1984, facing many difficulties along the way. Racheli joined the army for two years while volunteering at a clinic. She realized her dream of becoming a nurse in 2015 with the help of an AFRMC scholarship.

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Nursing Certification Tuition 1 year: COST $3,500 Nursing Certification Diploma Tuition 2.5 yearS: COST $7,000 Nursing Certification & Bachelor’s Degree Tuition 4 years: COST $14,000

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RABIN MEDICAL CENTER: A GLOBAL LEADER IN CARDIOLOGY

The Cardiology Department at Rabin Medical Center is the largest clinical and academic cardiology program in Israel and is recognized worldwide as a leading institution. Associated with the largest healthcare organization in Israel, Clalit Health Services, the Department of Cardiology at the Rabin Medical Center is the largest referral center for the densely populated central region of Israel, offering consulta- tions to patients nationwide.

The leading services of the Rabin Cardiology Department are the intensive cardiac care unit (ICCU), the noninvasive imaging institutes (e.g. echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI), the interventional cardiology institute, the heart failure institute and the electrophysiology and pacemaker units.

Rabin Medical Center’s ICCU is a state-of-the-art medical facility aimed at treating the most complex and severe cardiac patients. Improved catheter-based techniques for diagnosis and proper manage- ment of heart disorders will yield a major beneficial impact upon the health of the treated patients. The Interventional Cardiology Institute of Rabin Medical Center is the largest in the country, treating annually some 10% of the Israeli cardiac population that are in need for catheter-based interventions.

CARDIOLOGY FACTS

FACT: Rabin treats about 10% of the total number of cardiac patients in Israel.

FACT: 4,000 patients are hospitalized per year in the ICCU and cardiac ward.

FACT: 35,000 patients visit the outpatient cardiology clinics annually. SAVE-A-LIFE: DONATE HEART EQUIPMENT FACT: 5,000 cardiac catheterization procedures are performed per year Hospital Bed (coronary, valves, electrophysiology, COST: $1,000 pacemakers, adult congenital heart Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitor disease, heart biopsies). COST: $2,500 FACT: The Department of Cardio- Cardiac Defibrillator with Pacemaker thoracic Surgery, the most advanced COST: 6,000 facility in Israel performed 1,252 surgeries Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit Monitor using the most sophisticated technology. COST: $12,500

FACT: Rabin offers 24/7 coverage Cardiothoracic Department Respirator COST: $17,500 for cardiac emergencies and is a national referral center for all of Israel. Contact: 212.279.2522 or [email protected]

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Rabin Medical Center is home to the most advanced Cardiology Department in Israel with the largest number of cardiac procedures, catheterizations, surgeries, heart transplants, imaging, and heart failure management. It also has the largest number of professors, academicians, and the most extensive research activity.

RABIN MEDICAL CENTER CARDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT Annual SUMMARY

Catheter-based Valve Cardiology Electrical procedures Cardiac Implantations Hospitalizations and pacemakers Catheterizations (TAVR and MitraClip) (CCU and Intermediate Care) 824 4,019 106 4,243

Cardiac Nuclear Cardiology Heart Failure Outpatient Visits Echocardiography Imaging Exams Examinations in Cardiology Clinics Examinations 6,797 5,932 36,792 27,205

Cardio-Oncology Cardiac MRI Cardiac CT Imaging Adult Congenital Visits and Examinations Examinations Heart Disease Consultations 189 712 1,999 582

Cardiac Cardiac Women Health Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Holter EKG Cardiology Visits For Heart Failure Activity monitoring 314 Patients - 504 Patients - 3,390 2,800 Training Sessions - 1,290 Training Sessions - 39.600

meet DR. RAN KORNOWSKI DIRECTOR of RABIN MEDICAL CENTER’S CARDIOLOGY DEPartment

Ran Kornowski, MD, FACC, FESC, is Director of the Cardiology Department and the Institute of Interventional Cardiology at Rabin Medical Center. He is a full Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. He served as the Chairman of the National Working Group on Interventional Cardiology on behalf of the Israel Heart Society and is the current President of the Israel Heart Society. A world-renowned cardiologist and scholar, Prof. Kornowski established a cardiovascular research institute within the Cardiology Department conducting multiple clinical trials and translational research designated towards the best patient diagnosis and care. This research involves novel therapeutic techniques, cardiac imaging modalities and innovative therapeutic strategies.

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ANNUAL BROADWAY LUNCHEON honoring board mem- AFRMC AT YANKEE STADIUM President of the New bers Phyllis Arnold and Dawn Effron, at the Russian Tea York Yankees, Randy Levine and his wife Mindy Levine

Room, followed by a bone marrow drive and Broadway hosted AFRMC supporters at Yankee Stadium on June 9. F UNDRAISING ANNUAL performance of Doctor Zhivago. Proceeds benefit Acute Proceeds benefit the Rabin Medical Exchange Program Myeloid Leukemia research at Rabin Medical Center. and the ER & Trauma Center.

ANNUAL MAY QUAKER RIDGE GOLF OUTING hosted FIFTH ANNUAL AFRMC CHERYL DIAMOND NYC 5k by Steve Siegel, Bobby Scheinman, and Gadi Peleg at SCHLEP RUN/WALK on Father’s Day, June 21, attracted & E V ENTS the Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York to runners, walkers, and donors for the BRCA Multi- benefit prostate cancer treatment and Rabin Medical disciplinary Clinic for breast and ovarian cancer treat- Exchange Fellows. ment and research at Rabin Medical Center. TI M ELINE

JLL ANNUAL NY CELEBRATION OF REAL ESTATE AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: MERGING INDUSTRIES an FINANCE hosted by Peter Riguardi and Ron Cohen exclusive bi-annual breakfast series, sponsored by at One World Trade Center, with 250 guests honoring AFRMC, for CEO and business leaders for high-level Cushman & Wakefield and Durst Organization award networking. Recent speakers have included Professor recipients. The event benefits the Rabin Fellows Program Alan Dershowitz and Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor. and the Emergency & Trauma Center. The event benefits the Rabin Fellows Program.

AFRMC ANNUAL GALA honoring Jonathan Mechanic, November 23, 2015, at Cipriani 42 Street, NYC with Master of Ceremonies Charlie Rose interviewing the Honorable Henry A. Kissinger. The Gala marks the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the founding of AFRMC. Proceeds benefit medical equip- ment, cancer projects, and the Rabin Fellows Program. Jonathan Mechanic Charlie Rose Henry A. Kissinger

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1936 Beilinson Hospital is founded by Kupat Holim HMO 1964 Beilinson performs first donor kidney transplant in Israel 1973 Hospital treats Yom Kippur War wounded soldiers 1989 Dr. Dan Oppenheim, Hospital CEO 1995 Beilinson & Hasharon Hospitals merge into Rabin Medical Center American Friends of Rabin Medical Center established Events: NYC, LA, Washington, Philadelphia, Florida, Phoenix, Charleston Miriam Romm, Founding Executive Director Senator Howard Metzenbaum, AFRMC’s Founding Honorary Chairman 1996 Charles E. Trobman Oncology Data Management Center established Woody and Danny Goldberg; AFRMC President and Executive Director NYC Broadway evening honoring Leah Rabin and Gour Shasha 1998 Kidney cross-transplantation between two couples, Arab and Israeli Gour Shasha Hospitalization Tower opens 1999 Burton Lazarow, Executive Director 2000 Abraham Barry Cohen, AFRMC Chairman First Alisa Flatow Study Fellowship at Rabin to Tracy Porter 2001 AFRMC headquarters move from Washington D.C. to NYC First NYC Gala funds emergency needs at Rabin Medical Center Prime Minister Ehud Barak, NYC Gala speaker 2002 President Bill Clinton at NYC Gala; Larry King, Master of Ceremonies 2003 Senator Hillary Clinton and Prime Minister John Major at NYC Gala Partnership agreement with Larry King Cardiac Foundation 2004 Dr. Joshua Eli Plaut, Executive Director 2005 Stephen Siegel, AFRMC President Davidoff Comprehensive Cancer Center opens First Women’s Luncheon benefits breast cancer research at RMC Trobman Data Center event, Cherry Hill, New Jersey AFRMC 540k Israeli bike-a-thon 2006 First New Circle Young Professionals NYC Real Estate event David Barouk Family Davidoff20 Oncology Floor dedicated 2007 Dr. Eyran Halpern, Hospital CEO Raphael Recanati Genetics Institute opens NY Quaker Ridge Golf OutingYEARS launches for prostate cancer care 2008 War in Gaza, soldiers receive life-saving medical equipment from USA 2009 Charlie Rose, NYC Gala Master of Ceremonies 2010 Rabin Fellows Program launches in Las Vegas 2011 First Annual Cheryl Diamond NYC SCHLEP 5k Run/Walk 2012 Peter Riguardi, AFRMC Chairman & Ron Cohen, AFRMC President Global Connections: Merging Industries CEO Breakfast 2013 Chugai funds Abraham Cohen Cardaic Intensive Care Unit 2014 Jusidman ER & Trauma Center opens at Rabin Medical Center War in Gaza with Hamas, AFRMC funds burn unit equipment 2015 Helmsley Trust funds Rabin Transplantation Center 20th Anniversary of AFRMC and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin Henry A. Kissinger at NYC Gala AFRMC NY Yankees event benefits ER and Rabin Fellows 2017 Davidoff Comprehensive Cancer Center expansion to be completed New Transplantation Center to open at Rabin Medical Center afrmc.org SECURE

SUPPORT RABIN MEDICAL CENTER’S ONE MILLION PATIENTS F UTURE T H E President William Jefferson Clinton: The Rabin Medical Center has had a long and distinguished history of providing care to the people of Israel and beyond. By supporting the medical center and its commitment to humanity without borders, you are helping ensure that first-rate medical care continues to be available to all those in need, regardless of background. O F Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut, Ph.D., AFRMC Executive Director:

We stand by Israel as it faces adversity. Because of our urgent help, Israel’s M EDICAL RABIN Rabin Medical Center stands as a pillar of strength with its recently opened Emergency and Trauma Center, the largest in the Middle East, which handles war casualties and everyday emergencies, serving 200,000 patients annually. We must fund new emergency and burn unit medical equipment and support urgent projects. Together we will ensure the future survival of Israel and Rabin Medical Center. Thank you to all our friends. CENTER

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Capital Gifts & naming opportunities Planned Giving Provide funding for construction, renovation, or purchase Planned giving encompasses a variety of philanthropic of medical equipment that enables patients to receive strategies that help you provide for charity while also the most advanced and comprehensive care. Naming advancing your own financial and personal objectives. opportunities are available for research programs, scholarships, buildings, wings, rooms, and laboratories, Charitable Gift Annuities or equipment. Transfer assets in any form and in return we will pay you a fixed amount for a lifetime! Foundations & Family Trusts Private and corporate foundations and family trusts BEQUESTS support the hospital’s efforts to foster the most brilliant Create a lasting legacy by naming American Friends researchers and innovative medical care in the Middle of Rabin Medical Center in your will. Bequests are East and beyond. made primarily through gifts of cash, securities, personal property, and real estate. Jewish Federations Annual funding is awarded from Jewish Federations Give the following sample bequest text to your across the United States for specific projects at Israel’s lawyer and estate planner: I give and bequeath Rabin Medical Center. the sum of $_____ (or ____% of my residuary estate) to American Friends of Rabin Medical CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AND Center, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit tax-exempt orga- MATCHING GIFT PROGRAMS nization, whose primary offices are currently at Your corporation can join the list of corporations that make annual commitments of over $5,000 or more to 636 Broadway, Suite 218, New York, NY 10012 provide funding for the hospital. Our organization also (Federal ID# 52-1903777), to be used in support of participates in matching gift programs. its general charitable commitments.

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Rabin Medical Center ranks #1 in patient SATISFAcTION IN FIRST EVER Israeli health ministry survey IN 2015

Thanks to the ongoing generous Israeli Medical Firsts support from Israel and abroad, we at Rabin Medical Center are able to continue our legacy as a renowned medical facility, offering 1938 Blood Bank advanced medical treatment to all citizens of Israel. 1953 Heart Institute Dr. Eyran Halpern CEO, Rabin Medical Center 1963 Dialysis Machine 1964 Kidney Transplant

1968 Heart Transplant vital statistics this year 1975 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at rabin medical center 1995 Implantation of an artificial heart

1,000,000 Annual Patient Visits 1996 LIVING-DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 170,000 Emergency Room Admissions 2001 Robot assisted coronary surgery 35,000 Surgical Procedures Brain catheterization 10,000 Births 2004 Mobile artificial heart IMPLANTATION 4,500 Staff Members 2005 Gene implantation to treat heart disease 1,300 Patient Beds 2007 Living-related lung lobe transplantation 1,100 Heart Operations 2010 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) 202 organ Transplants Domino cross-match kidney transplant 75 Bone Marrow Transplants 2012 Israeli Research Center for Gender MEDICINE 50 Research Laboratories 2014 Small intestine transplant