Annual Report 2006

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Children's Medical Center, initiated the invitation
of Prof. Ching-Hon Pui of St. Jude Children's
Hospital Research, Memphis Tennessee,
United States, to lecture at a Symposium on
Childhood Leukemia in memory of the late
Prof. Zaichov;
• Dr. Yehudit Zendbenk initiated the invitation
of Prof. Jonathan Said of Los Angeles,
United States to lecture at the Association
of Pathologists conference;
• Dr. Yehiel Ziv and Prof. Shlomo Valfish initiated
the invitation of Prof. Harry Cooper of
the Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia,
United States, to lecture at the conference of
the Israel Colorectal Surgery Society.
Summer Grants
The ICA continues its summer grants program
for medical students at oncology institutes. This
year’s grant recipients were:
• Yehoshua Shroeder, Shaarei Tzedek Medical
Center
• Tzofia Levi, Rambam Medical Center
• Elad Waldman, Rambam Medical Center
• Chen Tzadikov, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical
Center
• Vered Marinko, Soroka Medical Center
• Eli Muchtar, Soroka Medical Center
WHO Summer Grants for
Students in Gronigen, Holland
For the past ten years, the World Health Organization
(WHO) under the auspices of the
International Union against Cancer (UICC), has
been holding an international course for medical
students in the field of oncology; the course
is delivered at Gronigen University in Holland,
and lasts two weeks. During the course the
students learn about subjects that are related
to oncology studies, and an emphasis is placed
on principles of prevention, early detection and
palliative care. The ICA deems physicians'
involvement in these fields of engagement as
most important, and therefore this year as well,
it was decided to award 6 grants to medical
students studying at various institutes of higher
education so that they may participate in this
course in Holland.
This year's grant recipients were:
• Shraga Schwartz, School of Medicine, Tel
Aviv University
• Tal Elkan, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
• Orit Ben Dov, School of Medicine, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
• Maimon Ofra, School of Medicine, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
• Vershavsky Nina, School of Medicine,
Technion, Haifa
• Einat Ofek, School of Medicine, Technion,
Haifa.
Awards
The Israel Cancer Association awarded annual
awards to physicians and nurses who care for
cancer patients and demonstrate professionalism
in their work while excelling in human relations
with the medical staff and with their patients.
The relevant professional unions select the award
recipients and the award is presented to them
at the union's annual conference.
This year's association award winners for 2006
were:
• The Israel Pediatric Oncology Association:
Dr. Van Dan Acker, Pediatric Hemato-Oncology
Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva.
• The Israel Hematology and Blood Transfusion
Association:
Dr. Hosem Guti, Hematology Ward, Wolfson
Medical Center, Holon
• Oncology Nursing Advancement Association:
Ms. Tzippi Dana, Pediatric Hemato-oncology
Ward, Schneider Children's Medical Center,
Petach Tikva.