WELCOME ADDRESS
Y. Blachar
President, Israeli Medical Association, Israel

WELCOME ADDRESS
I. Siev-Ner
Chairman, IMA World Fellowship, Israel

ISRAEL MEDICAL COLLABORATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
S. Peres
Israel Vice Prime Minister, Israel

FUTURE CHALLENGES OF HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES
M. Shani
Director, Gertner National Institute for Health Services Research, Israel

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE
R. Beyar
Director General, Rambam Medical Center and Department of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

ROBOTICS IMPLEMENTATION IN MODERN MEDICINE
M. Shoham
Associate Professor, Robotics Laboratory, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

CURRENT ISSUES IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
M. Rabinovich¹, J. Shemer²
Maccabi Healthcare Services, and School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel¹
CEO, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel²

TO SMELL THE SLE-CNS INVOLVEMENT
Y. Shoenfeld
Head of Internal Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center - Tel Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

HPV VACCINE: THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR CERVICAL CANCER
J. Bornstein
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Western Galilee Hospital, and Bruce & Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

IS DIAGNOSTIC COLONOSCOPY OVER?
S. Bar-Meir
Director, Gastroenterology Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center - Tel Hashomer, Israel

DIAGNOSING DISEASE BY MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL SKIN IMPEDANCE: A NOVAL TECHNIQUE
E. Zimlichman, Y. Shoenfeld
Department of Internal Medicine B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

THE HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
A. Ohry¹, N. Levy²
Director, Section of Rehabilitation Medicine, Reuth Medical Center, Tel Aviv, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel¹
Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel²

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRCA 1 AND BRCA 2 MUTATIONS AMONGST WOMEN FROM THE DIFFERENT JEWISH COMMUNITIES; AN EXERCISE IN GENETIC GENEALOGY
M. Baum
The Portland Hospital - University College London, UK

FRONTIERS OF STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION MONITORING: CAPTURING GRAFT DYNAMICS THROUGH ROUTINE LONGITUDINAL TESTING
D. Kristt¹, J. Stein², T. Klein³
Molecular Pathology, Rabin Medical Center, Israel¹
BMT Unit, Schneider's Childrens' Medical Center, Israel²
Histocompatibility Lab, Rabin Medical Center, Israel³

MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (MSC) FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES ISOLATED BY FIBRIN MICROBEADS (FMB) AS A PLATFORM FOR CELL-BASED TISSUE REGENERATION
R. Gorodetsky, A. Ben-Ari, L. Zangi, R. Rivkin, I. Kasis, L. Levdansky, E. Gaberman, G. Marx
Sharett Institute of Oncology, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, and Hapto Biotech Ltd., Israel

COLLAGEN SPONGE COATED WITH HAPTOTATIC PEPTIDES (HAPTIDES) AS A BIOACTIVE DRESSING FOR TISSUE REGENERATION
G. Marx¹, R. Gorodetsky², I. Siev-Ner³
Hapto Biotech Ltd., Israel¹
Sharett Institute of Oncology, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, and Hapto Biotech Ltd., Israel²
Orthopedic Rehabilitation Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel³

PERIODONTAL CARE MAY IMPROVE ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
E. Front¹, M. Mashiach Eizenberg², K. Kryuger¹, F. Vigder¹, Z. Laster¹, A. Blum¹
"Baruch Padeh" Poriya Medical Center, Israel¹
Emek Yesrael College, Israel²

NEW BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR IMMUNE MONITORING OF RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
M. Israeli¹, A. Yussim², B. Sredni³, T. Klein², E. Mor²
Rabin Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, and CAIR Institute, Goodman Faculty of Life-Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel¹
Rabin Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel²
CAIR Institute, Goodman Faculty of Life-Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel³

THE APPLICATION OF THE ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING METHOD FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE UTILIZATION OF RADIOFREQUENCY THERMOABLATION TECHNIQUE IN THE TREATMENT OF FOCAL HEPATIC LESIONS
G. Mortara, P. M. Katz, C. Montaperto
San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Italy

RENAL - ARTERY STENTING AND TRANSPLANTATION OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS RECEIVED WITH NUCLEUS TRANSFER METHOD, AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUE IN RENAL AND VERTEBRAL ARTERIES IN PATIENTS WITH 10 - YEAR ATHEROSCLEROTIC ISCHEMIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND SEVERE HYPERTENSION
A. N. Kharlamov¹, Y. Gabinskiy², M. Freydlin², O. Smolenskaya³, O. Novoselova⁴, O. Novoselova⁴
Department of Internal Medicine #3, Urals State Medical Academy, Russia¹
Clinical & Diagnostic Centre “Cardiology”, Russia²
City Clinical Hospital #41, Russia³
Urals State Medical Academy, Russia⁴

LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL HYDATID CYSTS
M. R. Diaconescu, I. Costea, M. Glod, S. Georgescu
IVth Surgical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr T Popa”, Romania

QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER MINILAPAROTOMY CHOLECYSTECTOMY COMPARED TO LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
J. Harju¹, M. Paakkonen², M. Eskelinen²
Kuusankoski District Hospital, Finland¹
Kuopio University Hospital, Finland²

THE EVOLUTION OF THE "ZENITH" ENDOLUMINAL GRAFT-FOCUSED TECHNICAL INNOVATION OF A SUCCESSFUL MODEL
M. Goodman
Mount Hospital, Perth, Australia

ADVANCES IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOCRINE SURGERY
B. P. White
Minimally Invasive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

MASSIVE OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFTS AROUND THE KNEE
O. Safir, D. Backstein, A. Gross
Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN SPINE SURGEONS
D. Shapiro¹, L. Forst²
Northwestern University Medical School, USA¹
University of Illinois Medical School, USA²

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED UROLOGIC SURGERY: SAFETY AND FEASIBILITY IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION
J. Stock
Children's Hospital of New Jersey, USA

TRANSCANALICULAR LASER - ASSISTED CONJUNTIVO DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY (LESTER JONES)
C. H. Plotkin
Ophthalmologic Society Buenos Aires, Argentina

INSULIN PUMP THERAPY FROM THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS OF TYPE 1 DIABETES
H. Anhalt¹, N. Ramchandani², S. Ten², N. K. Maclaren³, A. Finklestein⁴, S. Sinha²
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Saint Barnabas Health Care System, USA¹
Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, and Infants’ and Childrens' Hospital of Brooklyn, USA²
BioSeek Endocrine Clinics, and Department of Pediatrics, Weill College of Medicine at Cornell University, USA³
Animas Corporation, USA⁴

CHARACTERISTICS OF USERS OF CONTINUOUS SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN INFUSION (CSII) IN MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES MEMBERS, 2006
B. Silverman
Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel

OCCASIONS OF UNSUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF OBESITY. THE FOLLOW-UP STUDY.
T. Gusov, O. Vinogradskaya
Moscow Medical Academy by Sechenov, Russia

BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS & 6-MONTH OUTCOMES OF HEALTHY LIFE: A FAMILY-BASED, SELF-PAY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR LONG TERM PEDIATRIC WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
H. Anhalt, D. Gill, S. Nealy
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, USA

INNOVATIONS IN HEART FAILURE MEDICINE. FROM BENCH TO PATIENT HOME.
M. H. Pitzalis
Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, USA

MINIMALLY INVASIVE FOOT SURGERY AS A PREVENTIVE STRATEGY IN THE DIABETIC FOOT
I. Goldstein
New York College of Podiatric Medicine, USA

QUANTUM THERAPY IN THE DIABETES MELLITUS COMPLEX TREATMENT IN CHILDREN
A. Kuselman, A. Yerusova
Pediatrics Department, Ulyanovsk State University, Russia

ERGONOMIC ALTERNATING PRESSURE RELIEF SEATING SYSTEM FOR THE REHABITATION OF PATIENTS WITH DECUBITUS ULCERS
G. Leisman¹, A. Ezra², L. Jacknow³, T. Pobre⁴, L. Weiss⁵
F. R. Carrick Institute of Leeds Metropolitan University, and University of Haifa, USA & Israel¹
F. R. Carrick Institute of Leeds Metropolitan University, State University of New York at Farmingdale, and Calquhoun Center for Rehabilitation Research and Technology, USA²
Calquhoun Center for Rehabilitation Research and Technology, USA³
Nassau University Medical Center, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA⁴
F. R. Carrick Institute of Leeds Metropolitan University, Nassau University Medical Center, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA⁵

NEW USES FOR ANCIENT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE INTEGRATIVE TREATMENT OF PAIN
B. Berman
University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES IN NORTH AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS TO INCORPORATE COMPLEMENTARY, ALTERNATIVE AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
A. Haramati¹, M. Lumpkin¹, B. Berman²
Georgetown University School of Medicine, USA¹
University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA²

INTEGRATION OF CAM SERVICES IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING IN ISRAEL
D. Gamus¹, S. Pintov²
Chaim Sheba Medical Center - Tel Hashomer, Israel¹
Asaf Harofeh Medical Center, Israel²

COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE IN CANCER CARE
M. Frenkel
Integrative Medicine Program, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA

FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES IN CONDUCTING EVIDENCE-BASED CAM RESEARCH
O. Caspi
Recanati Center for Medicine & Research, and Integrative Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

COMBINED MORPHOLOGICAL AND CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF VOIDED URINE SAMPLES MAY REPLACE ROUTINE CYSTOSCOPY IN THE DETECTION AND FOLLOW-UP OF TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER (TCCB)
M. Daniely¹, R. Rona², T. Kaplan¹, S. Olsfanger¹, L. Elboim¹, Y. Zilberstien¹, A. Friberger¹, D. Kidron², E. Kaplan¹, S. Lew², I. Leibovitch²
Bioview Ltd., Israel¹
Meir Medical Center, Israel²

HPV AND CERVICAL CANCER: THE FACTS
A. Benshushan¹, D. Mintz², E. Lipsit²
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel¹
Hadassah, Women’s Zionist Organization of America, USA²

PATIENT ORIENTED, TARGETED CANCER THERAPY: FROM THE BENCH TO THE PATIENT
P. Ohana¹, I. Leibovitch², S. Ayesh³, I. Matouk³, T. Birman³, A. Mizrahi³, J. Galula¹, T. Schneider³, D. Amit¹, O. Gofrit⁴, A. Sidi⁵
Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Biocancell Therapeutics, Ltd., Israel¹
Meir Medical Center, Israel²
Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel³
Hadassah University Hospital, Israel⁴
Wolfson Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel⁵

DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER USING A NOVEL COMBINED MORPHOLOGY AND KINETIC BASED SYSTEM BREAST MRI SYSTEM
A. Penn¹, R. Brem², S. Thompson¹
OnCAD, USA¹
Breast Imaging and Intervention, The George Washington University, USA²

BREAST MRI: CLINICAL INDICATIONS
W. Lemish
Freemasons Medical Center, Australia

MSCT AND MRI OF EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: THE ROLE OF IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS, STAGING, AND TREATMENT OF BILIARY CANCER
J. Szklaruk
MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

A STEPWISE APPROACH TO THE RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: WHAT THE RADIOLOGIST CAN AND CANNOT TELL YOU FROM THE MRI AND MSCT EXAMINATION
J. Szklaruk
MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

WHAT ARE THOSE NODES CALLED? A RADIOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC NODAL STATIONS
J. Szklaruk
MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY CT SCORING OF CT PERFUSION IN EARLY STROKE VISUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT
R. Aviv, D. Gladstone, G. Tomlinson, S. Malham, A. Fox, S. Symons
Department of Radiology, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Canada

PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, A HOLISTIC WAY TO FACE THE END OF LIFE
M. Bercovitch
Palliative Care Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, and Palliative Medical Society, Tel Aviv University, Israel

EVALUATION OF CENTRAL VEIN CATHETER THROMBOSIS IN ICU PATIENTS
M. Bahar, A. Ekinci, I. Haci, D. Egeli, O. Korkmaz
Department Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, VKV American Hospital General, Istanbul University, Turkey

PERIOPERATIVE CARE OF THE ELDERLY: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW BUT WERE TO AFRAID TO ASK
M. Lewis
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA

MANAGEMENT OF THE SUBACUTE PHASE, THE MAIN MEDICAL CHALLENGE IN THE TREATMENT OF ELDERLY
Y. Berner
Meir Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

INTRATYMPANIC GENTAMICIN FOR MENIERES DISEASE
M. Page, M. L. Gordon
Monash University Medical Centre, Australia

AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Z. Herschman, Y. Herschman
Center for Pain Management, USA

PLASMID-BASED GENE TRANSFER FOR TREATMENT OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND OVERACTIVE BLADDER: RESULTS OF A PHASE I TRIAL
A. Melman¹, K. Davies¹, A. McCullough², N. Bar-Chama³, G. Christ⁴
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA¹
NYU Medical Center, USA²
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, USA³
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, USA⁴

VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) FOR ENHANCING REHABILITATION
I. Siev-Ner¹, Y. Bahat², A. Toledano³, O. Elion³
Orthopedic Rehabilitation Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel¹
Virtual Reality Lab, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel²
Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel³

HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND EFFICIENT COMPUTER-ASSISTED SYSTEM FOR ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
A. Chalfine¹, W. C. Lin¹, M. D. Kitzis², N. Calvo-Verjat³, J. Carlet⁴
Infection Control Unit, Hopital St Joseph, France¹
Microbiology Laboratory, Hopital St Joseph, France²
Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Hopital St Joseph, France³
Infection Control Committee, Hopital St Joseph, France⁴

INTERNET SURGERY
M. Brygel
Masada Medical Centre, Australia

IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS IN PRIMARY PHYSICIANS PRACTICES: REPORT OF AN INITIATIVE TO CREATE QUALITY OF CARE STANDARDS
B. Wollschlaeger
University of Miami, Department of Family Medicine, USA

THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY ON THE LEARNING OF SURGICAL SKILLS
D. Backstein¹, W. Gofton², F. Tabloie¹, A. Dubrowski¹
University of Toronto, Canada¹
University of Ottawa, Canada²

A CONTINUOUS, COMPLIANCE INDEPENDENT NOCTURNAL MONITORING DEVICE FOR CHRONIC PATIENTS
J. Ben-Ari¹, I. Pinhas², A. Halperin², D. Lange², E. Sprecher², S. Kivity³
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Dana Children's Hospital, and Asthma and Allergy Center, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Israel¹
EarlySense Ltd., Israel²
Dana Children's Hospital, and Asthma and Allergy Center, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Israel³

STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPLICATIONS TO FACILITATE A KOHEN TO LEARN EAR SURGERY WHILE AVOIDING CONTACT WITH CORPSES
M. A. Cohen¹, P. Garcia²
ENT Fellow, The Royal Children Hospital Melbourne, Australia¹
Engineer, ATA, Chile²

“FROM HEKDESH TO HIGHTECH” THE JEWISH HOSPITAL BERLIN OF TODAY
R. Stern
Heart Failure Center, Jewish Hospital Berlin, Germany

THE IMPACT OF NEW MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES ON HEALTH EXPENDITURES IN ISRAEL 2000-2007
M. Rabinovich¹, J. Shemer², F. Wood³
Maccabi Healthcare Services, and School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel¹
Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israeli Center for Technology Assessment in Health Care, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel, Israel²
Department of Health Economics, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel³

BALANCED SCORECARD AND STRATEGY BALANCE
P. M. Katz¹, C. Montaperto²
San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Italy¹
Programme and Control Department, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Italy²

RAMBAM UNDER ATTACK- HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION AT A WAR ZONE
R. Beyar
Director General, Rambam Medical Center and Department of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE ON CAM INTEGRATION IN PRIMARY CARE- AN ISRAELI-AMERICAN COLLABORATION PROJECT
E. Ben-Arye¹, M. Frenkel²
The Complementary and Traditional Medicine Unit; The Department of Family Medicine; Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.; Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Gali, Israel¹
Integrative Medicine Program, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA²

LBP – ARE NSAIDs THE ONLY OPTION? BUILDING AN ALGORITHM FOR NON PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF LBP
L. Schachter
Complementary Medicine‏, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel

PROLOTHERAPY (SCLEROTHERAPY) IN COMPREHENSIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT OF MUSCULO-SKELETAL DISORDERS
E. Polukhin
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Minnesota, USA

INTRODUCTION TO META-ANALYSIS
E. Manheimer¹, A. Haramati², B. Berman¹
University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA¹
Georgetown University School of Medicine, USA²

INSULIN TREATMENT OF HYPERGLYCEMIA IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
A. Samokhvalov¹, R. Farah¹, Y. Horn¹, F. Zveibil², N. Makhoul²
Internal Medicine Department, Western Galilee Hospital - Naharya, Israel¹
General Intensive Care Department, Western Galilee Hospital - Naharya, Israel²

A TRUE HERO OF MEDICINE. OLE SECHER
M. Lewis, A. Avramovitch
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA

EXTRA HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN ANEURYSM CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
R. Al-Mahfoudh, M. Raraty, D. O'Reilly
Department of Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK

AIRBORNE PROTECTION STRATEGY FOR PATIENT ISOLATION IN A NEGATIVE PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT USING A NEW TECHNOLOGY
A. Chalfine¹, J. Carlet¹, F. Goldstein¹, N. Laudinet², V. Bergeron³
Saint Joseph Hospital, France¹
AirInSpace, France²
ENS de Lyon, France³

DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR IN-HOSPITAL TRACKING OF PATIENT LOCATION DURING MULTIPLE CASUALTY INCIDENTS
S. Einav¹, S. Shif², S. Goldberg³, M. Hersch¹, R. Spira⁴, T. Zalut³, W. Schecter⁵
ICU Dept., Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel¹
Information Technology Dept., Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel²
Emergency Medicine Dept., Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel³
General Surgery Dept., Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel⁴
Dept. of Surgery, University of California, and San Fransisco General Hospital, USA⁵

PREVALENCE OF UNDETECTED HIGH RISK FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY
B. Wollschlaeger
Department Family Medicine, University of Miami, USA

PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY (PAT) INDEX AS A NEW MARKER OF ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN THE 7TH GRADE CHILDREN
A. Bhangoo, S. Sinha, S. Shelov, L. Altshuler, S. Ten
Infants' & Children's Hospital at Maimonides, USA

PLATELET AGGREGATION AS METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION „RESPONDERS” PATIENTS TREATED WITH THIENOPYRIDINES AFTER CORONARY STENTING
D. Ostroveanu, M. V. Uscatescu, R. Stoia, O. Georgescu, R. Gologan, B. O. Ionescu, E. Chiriac, V. Taru
Fundeni Clinical Institute, Romania

COMMUNITY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING ADICTION, NUTRITION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUENOS AIRES CITY
C. Cosman¹, T. Kirszner¹, C. Brener¹, S. Kirszner², Y. Meresman², J. Litvak²
Dr. Abel Zubizarreta Hospital-Buenos Aires, Argentina¹
Hillel Argentina, Argentina²

EFFECT OF CONSTANT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN GAMBIA.
M. Chukwuma¹, E. Alabi², N. Harison³, H. James¹, M. T. Ejiofor¹
Biji-lo Medical Center - Hospital, Gambia¹
St. Hannah Hospital, Ghana²
Research Dept., Urban Rural Medical Center, Gambia³

RABBIS AND PHYSICIANS-DIALOGUE OR CONFRONTATION?
S. Glick
Ben Gurion University, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel

THE TERMINAL PATIENT IN JEWISH SOURCES AND IN MODERN ISRAELI LAW
A. Steinberg
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel

INTEGRATION OF JEWISH MEDICAL ETHICS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
B. Gesundheit¹, R. Or¹, A. Rubinov², T. Peretz³, E. Razin⁴, A. Steinberg⁵, A. Carmi⁶, H. ten Have⁷, S. Sofer⁸, A. Jotkowitz⁹
Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cancer Immunotherapy & Immunobiology Research Center, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Israel¹
Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Israel²
Department of Oncology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Israel³
Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Israel⁴
Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel⁵
Faculty of Law and International Center for Health, University of Haifa, and UNESCO Chair of Bio-Ethics, Israel⁶
Director, Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO, Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, Israel⁷
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel⁸
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel⁹

CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION – TECHNOLOGY AND HALACHIC DILEMMAS
M. Gordon
Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System, and Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, Canada

PREVENTION IN HALAKHA
M. Weingarten
Tel-Aviv University, and Rosh Haayin Community Health Centre, Clalit Health Services, Israel

INTRODUCTION TO THE JEWISH HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
S. Kutner
Jewish Healthcare International, USA

CURRENT TREATMENTS FOR LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES AS A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR ORPHAN DISEASES
R. J. Desnick
Professor and Chairman, Department of Human Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, USA

MEDICAL ETHICS IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES (IDF)
C. Levi
Chief Surgeon, Israeli Defense Forces, Israel

MEDICAL ETHICS IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
A. Jotkowitz
Soroka University Medical Center, and Faculty of Health Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

THE ETHICS OF AN UNAVOIDABLE DEATH
A. Reches
Chairman of the Ethics Committee, Israeli Medical Association and Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN MODERN HUMAN GENETIC AND REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
M. Revel
Weizmann Institute of Science, and Chairman, Israel National Bioethics Council, Israel

ETHICAL ISSUES ARISING FROM PATIENT ACCESS TO THE INTERNET FOR HEALTH INFORMATION
B. Brenner
University of Otago, New Zealand

END OF LIFE ATTITUDES OF FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES OF CHRONICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS
E. Marcus¹, S. Sviri², I. Stav², Y. Garb², A. Rubinow³, D. Linton², Y. Caine¹
Chronic Ventilation Unit, Herzog Hospital, Israel¹
Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel²
Reumatology Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel³

ETHICAL DILEMMAS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
H. Gold¹, L. Gillam¹, F. Levin²
Clinical Ethics Service, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia¹
Rabbi, Brighton Hebrew Congregation Melbourne, Australia²

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Y. Barak¹, S. Shasha²
Director - Psychogeriatrics, Abarbanel Hospital, B, Israel¹
Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel²

MEDICINE AND THE HOLOCAUST - A GENERAL OVERVIEW
A. Ohry¹, S. Shasha²
Director, Section of Rehabilitation Medicine, Reuth Medical Center, Tel Aviv, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel¹
Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel²

THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN REMEMBRANCE: THE AMA HOLOCAUST LECTURE SERIES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS