APF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2020 ANNUAL NEWSLETTER Since 1951, APF has been providing grants to help gifted doctors come to the U.S. and Canada to conduct research and receive advanced training that isn’t available to them at home. When APF Fellows return, they enrich ’s collective reservoir of medical knowledge, becoming leaders in their fi elds.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT IN THIS ISSUE 2020-2021 FELLOWS FELLOW SPONSORS

Dear Friends and Supporters of Medicine in Israel, 1 Message from the President and Haggai Bar-Yoseph Gilad Sherman Mr. and Mrs. David and Tzilla Barone 2020 Highlights Microbiome Therapy/Nutrition Pediatric Infectious Disease Sharon, MA As APF celebrates 70 years of helping advance The University of British Columbia Boston Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA) 2 APF Members’ Impact in Israel (Vancouver, BC) Chaim Dr. Jeff rey M. Devries medical leadership and excellence in Israel, 2020 and the U.S. Rambam Health Care Campus Farmington Hills, MI Shira Sherman will go down as one of the more memorable ones. 3 Acknowlegements & Thanks Maya Heled Akiva Oncology Dr. and Mrs. Alan and Sheila Friedman Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA) Margate City, NJ My refl ections on the fi rst year of my presidency serve to 3 Board of Trustees McGill University Health Center (Montreal, Quebec) Dr. Martin Kornblum remind me that the daily challenges we’re facing and the sacrifi ces 3 2021-2022 Events Assuta University Hospital Fahmi Shibli Southfi eld, MI Neurogastroenterology and Motility we are making due to COVID-19 are, sadly, not unfamiliar to the 4 APF Fellowship Assi Milwidsky Metrohealth Medical Center (Cleveland, Dr. Gary Mann Cardiology OH) Thornhill, ON, Canada Israeli people. Every day in Israel, citizens must focus on both the Montefi ore Medical Center (NY, NY) HaEmek Medical Center Sourasky Medical Center Dr. Hilton Mirels essential tasks of daily living and survival. Nonetheless, they celebrate life to the fullest, knowing how Noam Shohat Rye, NY Michael Mimouni Orthopedic Surgery fl eeting it can be. And so we increasingly value the miracles of medicine and the gift of hope. Ophthalmology/Refractive Surgery Thomas Jeff erson University (Philadelphia, Dr. Joel Policzer Toronto Western Hospital (Toronto, PA) Parkland, FL Ontario) Assaf Harofeh Medical Center Rambam Health Care Campus Dr. and Mrs. Nancy and Richard Support Through the Pandemic its future. Today, you have a unique • Conduct the annual Dana Singer Harel Schmidt and Beyond opportunity to directly impact the Emergency and Disaster Assaf Moore Pediatric Emergency Medicine Bryn Mawr, PA Though we were disappointed that health and well-being of Israelis Management Course in Israel. Oncology The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, our Gala in NYC had to be canceled, through your support of APF. • Bring experts and leaders Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Ontario) FOUNDATION SPONSORS APF’s 70th-Anniversary Virtual Gala from Israel to the U.S. for (NY, NY) Schneider Children’s Hospital took place on November 8th and Your contributions help: meetings and seminars. Rabin Medical Center was a great success. We heard • Provide Fellowship Grants to Gidon Test Cheryl Spencer Memorial Foundation fi rsthand from B.G. Dr. Tarif Bader, Israeli physicians to study at There is so much more I want to Barak Ringel Pediatric Emergency Medicine Former Surgeon General of the the fi nest institutions in the U.S. accomplish during my presidency, Oncology The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Clara J. Szekely Foundation, Inc. IDF, and Prof. Ofer Merin, Director and Canada and return to Israel but I cannot do it without your help. Northwell Health Cancer Institute (NY, NY) Ontario) General of Shaare Zedek Hospital as experts in their fi elds. Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Soroka University Medical Center Jewish Community Board of Akron, Inc. and Commander of the IDF Military • Maintain the Emergency On behalf of APF, I thank you in Field Hospital, about their successes Medical Volunteer Program advance for your generous support Haggai Schermann Daniel Umansky Kirsh Foundation Holdings Limited and challenges serving the people (EMV) with the Israel Ministry in securing the health and well- Orthopedic Surgery Peripheral Nerve Surgery of Israel during this pandemic. of Health, which sends North being of the Israeli population! Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta) Legacy Heritage Fund American medical professionals MA) Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center If this global crisis has taught to Israel to respond to Sincerely, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Louis H. Gross Foundation, Inc. us anything, it is the critical catastrophic events. importance of expert medical care. • Provide grants to advance Robert and Michelle Diener Foundation APF is the one organization that has essential medical research in consistently created programs to Israel. Nancy E. Schmidt RN, BSN Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation help ensure excellence throughout • Fund mass-casualty trauma President of the APF the Israeli medical system and training and other advanced develop leaders who will help steer studies for Israeli nurses. American Healthcare Professionals and Friends for Medicine in Israel (APF) 2001 Beacon Street, Suite 210 phone: (617) 232-5382 email: [email protected] Boston, MA 02135 fax: (617) 739-2616 APF MEMBERS’ IMPACT IN ISRAEL AND THE U.S. 2020 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

President & Executive Board Gary M. Mann, MD APF EMERGENCY MEDICAL VOLUNTEER (EMV) Nancy E. Schmidt, RN Program Chief, Department of REGISTRY, ACTIVATION DRILL Orthopedic Oncology Nurse Emergency Medicine For the fi rst time since the activation of the APF’s Private practice, Bala Cynwyd, PA Ajax and Pickering General Emergency Medical Volunteer Registry during the Yom Hospital, Ajax, ON, Canada Kippur War in 1973, we were prepared to activate our Treasurer & Executive Board volunteers to go to Israel and assist in providing care for David Barone Hilton Mirels, MD all people in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. While Principal Orthopedic Surgeon all countries are struggling, Israel is unique in that unlike Boston MedTech Advisors, Inc., Montefi ore New Rochelle Hospital, other nations, it faces the additional burden of military Dedham, MA New Rochelle, NY preparedness every single day. REMEMBERING NORTON J. GREENBERGER, MD Immediate Past President & Richard G. Schmidt, MD (1933-2020) We thank all our EMV Registry volunteers for their Executive Board Orthopedic Oncology Surgeon Physician, Educator, APF Past President participation in this drill. The Registry wasn’t needed; Jeff rey M. Devries, MD, MPH Private practice, Bala Cynwyd, PA Last year, we honored Dr. Norton Greenberger (z”l) for his that said, it was vital to test our registry and deployment Associate Dean for Graduate 25 years of service on our Board. In 2020, we announced capability for current or future events. Medical Education and Professor Executive Board 2020 SOLOMON HIRSH ISRAELI NURSES the establishment of the APF’s Norton J. Greenberger of Pediatrics Jonathan Siegal, MD EDUCATION FUND Memorial Fund. Honoring our past president, this fund will Oakland University William Vice-Chairman, Department of In February, APF sponsored three Chief Nursing Offi cers help ensure that Israeli postdocs get the support they need Beaumont School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine and the Director of Post Basic Education and Curriculum to conduct crucial medical research and receive advanced Rochester, MI New York-Presbyterian Queens in the Israeli Nursing Division, Ministry of Health for a two- training in North America. May his memory always be with us. IMPORTANT 2021-2022 EVENTS Hospital, Flushing, NY week observation course with the goal of adding the Family Executive Board NP role to the Israeli Primary Care Clinics. The delegation Michael Frogel, MD Deanna Sykes, NP visited the University of Pennsylvania and Lankenau Chief General Pediatrics, Family Medicine and Functional Medical Center and spent a week at the Cleveland Clinic. Schneider Children’s Hospital Medicine Specialist November 6-11, 2021* Associate Professor Pediatrics, Cardston, AB, Canada APF’S 70TH-YEAR VIRTUAL GALA APF’s Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Course Albert Einstein College of This November, participants from North America and in Israel. *After Shabbat Medicine, Bronx, NY Executive Board beyond took part in a virtual celebration of APF’s 70th Jerome B. Tichner, Esq. anniversary. We heard fi rsthand from our esteemed guest May 6-15, 2022 Sherwood Gorbach, MD Partner speakers about the challenges faced by Israeli soldiers, APF’s Third Podiatry Scientifi c Missions in Israel Professor of Public Health, McDermott Will & Emery, Boston, reservists and permanent staff . These vital personnel Medicine and Microbiology MA have been responsible for rescuing and providing Tufts University School of medical treatment to thousands in the 29 international Medicine, Boston, MA Marvin Wayne, MD humanitarian aid missions conducted by the IDF. Their Clinical Associate Professor, ethos, like the State of Israel’s is that “human life comes Executive Board University of Washington fi rst.” They fi rmly believe that medical relief knows no Robert J. Kelman, MD, FAAEM EMS Medical Program Director, borders. And they are ready to provide help to the needy, Emergency Medicine Specialist Bellingham/Whatcom County, WA whether it be Syrians that cross the border seeking medical Ascension Macomb-Oakland help or in nations far away such as Haiti or Nepal where ACKOWLEDGEMENTS Hospital, Warren, MI Nikolaj Wolfson, MD NEW BOARD MEMBER DR. GARY MANN natural disasters have taken over. Orthopedic Surgeon This year, we welcomed Dr. Gary Mann to our Board & THANKS Richard Klitzberg Wolfson Orthopedics, San of Directors. A graduate of the University of Louisville We also heard an extensive presentation about Principal Francisco, CA School of Medicine, Gary completed his surgical training management of COVID-19 in Israel. It encompassed the Klitzberg Fund Solutions, Boca at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Affi liated challenges as well as the opportunities presented. Israel’s Raton, FL Hospitals. He also trained in Emergency Medicine, which population, healthcare system, patients, healthcare he has been practicing full-time at the Ajax and Pickering personnel and research all are aff ected. Lessons learned We would like to recognize the hundreds of APF members Hospital for the past 38 years, the past 14 of which he has were shared, including the importance of creating: trust, and supporters across North America. Your annual served as program chief. One of Gary’s goals is to grow mechanisms for rapid and eff ective decision-making, memberships and generous support are critical to our the presence of APF in Canada and specifi cally in Ontario, proactive measures to prevent staff burnout and ways to continued eff orts in 2021. where he serves on the Board and is a member of Temple cope with numerous ethical dilemmas. Emanu-El in Toronto.