Israel Medical Convention
Hadassah’s annual convention on issues of medicine and society
In cooperation with the Israel Medical Association and sponsored by Ha’ir
Monday, July 2, 2007
Binyaney Ha Uma
PROGRAM
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Registration and Refreshments
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Greetings
Mr. Ya’akov Ben-Yizri, Minister of Health
Mr. Uri Lupolianski, Mayor of Jerusalem
Dr. Yoram Blachar, Director General, Israel Medical Association
Amos Schocken, Publisher, Ha'aretz; CEO, Schocken Newspapers Chain
Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Director General, Hadassah UIniversity Medical Cernter, Jerusalem
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Opening Lecture
Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef – Global Medicine : Positioning Israel as a Destination forIinternational Medical Tourism.
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
First Session – Between the Dollar and the Stethoscope: About Medicine and Economics
Chair: Prof. Avinoam Reches, Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Medical Center; Chair, Ethics Committee, Israel, Medical Association
Prof. Avinoam Reches – Physicians' Daily Dilemma.
Prof. Yehoshua Shemer – Director General, Maccabi Health Services – How the Health Fund Guards the Funds
Dr. Yoram Blachar, Director General, IMA – Ethical Dilemmas in Determining the Health Basket
Gabi Bin-Nun, Deputy Director General for Health Economics, Ministry of Health – Economic Considerations in Decision Making by the Major Players Within the Israeli Health System.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch break
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Second session – The Future Is Already Here – Science and Technologies Reshape Medicine
Dr. Eyal Mishani, Department of Medical Biopsis & Nuclear Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, – Personal Medicine – Imaging Guided Treatment
Prof. Iri Liebergall, Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah University Medical Center - Computer Guided Surgery
Prof. Avi Rivkind, Chairman, Department of General Surgery; Head, Trauma Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem – Emergency Medicine in the
Palm of Your Hand
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Third session – Is the media good for our health? The complex relationship between the media and medicine
Chair: Prof. Mayer Brezis – The Hadassah center for quality & safety
Prof. Mayer Brezis
Mr. Nachman Shai, Senior Vice President, UJC; Director General, UJC Israel;
Mr. Ran Reznick – Ha’aretz
Mr. Yair Amikam, Dep. Dir. Gen., Information & International Relations, Ministry of Health
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Closing lecture
Prof. Ya’akov Naparstek – Chairman, Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein – Kerem, Jerusalem - From the Hippocratic oath to personal medicine: Trends in the 21st century medicine
* Lectures will be delivered in Hebrew