Israeli physicians and researchers living in U.S. to gather in Florida

Israeli physicians, researchers, medical students, and other healthcare professionals who have left Israel and now live across the United States will gather on Thursday, January 16, in the Miami area for the ScienceAbroad Conference.

Hundreds are expected to attend the gathering, which will address the growing outflow of researchers and scientists from Israel.

ScienceAbroad is a global network uniting thousands of Israeli scientists worldwide and working to bring Israeli scientists and physicians back to Israel’s research and healthcare systems. Its first conference in the Miami area will be part of the 10th IAC (Israeli American Council) National Summit, taking place January 15-18 at the Diplomat Beach Resort & Hotel in Hollywood, Fla.

The conference is led by ScienceAbroad in partnership with the Sheba
Research Authority (Tel HaShomer), the Israeli Medical Association, and Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Scheduled speakers at the conference include:

• Brig. Gen. Dr. Zivan Aviad-Beer, IDF chief medical officer

• Prof. Joel Mokyr, Nobel Prize-winning economist, Northwestern University

• Prof. Itai M. Pessach, MD, PhD, MHA, associate director general, Sheba Medical Center; CEO, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital

• Prof. Shlomi Codish, CEO, Soroka Medical Center

• Dr. Zeev Feldman, chairman, State Physicians Organization; vice chair, Israeli Medical Association

The ScienceAbroad conference begins at 8 a.m.; for more information, go to medicaltrack.scienceabroad.org.il/iac-summit.

— ScienceAbroad