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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 O V THE PRIDE OF ISRAEL WITH 1,000,000 PATIENTS ANNUALLY ARIAN 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 Clinic was created to serve patients with a high risk of cancer at Rabin Medical Center’s as a supreme value. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin & P 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 ROSTATE 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 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. CARE & AWARENESS 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 afrmc.org AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORED BY Happy Father’s Day! www.afrmc.org 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,