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Hadassah Dedicates Irma and Paul
Milstein Heart Center at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem –
Israel’s Most Sophisticated Cardiac Care Unit
October 18, 2018
– JERUSALEM, ISRAEL –
Hadassah unveiled the Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center at
Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem on Friday, October 12th in
Jerusalem, announced Ellen Hershkin, National President,
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
(HWZOA). New York entrepreneur and real estate developer
Howard Milstein made the dedication in honor of his parents,
whose $10M donation was earmarked for the center, along with
his wife Abby Sniderman Milstein. The
Milsteins were joined by Ellen Hershkin, HWZOA Executive
Director / CEO Janice Weinman, who presided over the event,
Israel Deputy Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman and Hadassah
Medical Organization (HMO) Director General Prof. Zeev
Rotstein. Milstein’s mother, Irma, is a long-time Hadassah
member and supporter of HMO which celebrates its 100th anniversary
this year.
In attendance
were former Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem Director Generals
Prof. Avi Israeli, Prof. Avigdor Kaplan, Prof. Esti
Domenicini, Prof. Schlomo Mor Yosef and Prof. Tamar Peretz
and Hadassah National Past Presidents Marcie Natan, Nancy
Falchuk and Marlene Post along with a large delegation of
American Hadassah supporters and Israeli health leaders.
The new center,
which occupies the entire third floor of the Sarah Wetsman
Davidson Hospital Tower at Ein Kerem, makes use of the
world's most sophisticated cardiac technology and more than
doubles the department’s previous capacity to treat heart
patients. The unit includes 11 intensive care private rooms
plus 11 post-catherization beds and another 32 beds in the
cardiac ward.
Prof. Chaim Lotan,
Director of the Heart Institute at HMO, states, "The new
center, which catapults us 50 years into the future and is
the most advanced cardiac intensive care unit in Israel,
includes four of the most advanced catheterization labs in
the world and another two more catheterization labs are
planned.”
The new cardiac
care center also features giant high-resolution screens
connected to the imaging equipment which display all the
patient's vital data. The catheterization labs include one
room that operates a bi-plane system providing
three-dimensional imaging of the heart from two cameras at
the same time.
Lotan adds, "Our
experts use these imagines in real time for maximum
accuracy. In a hybrid room, we can switch from
catheterization to open heart surgery if necessary without
moving the patient and losing valuable time. The 2019
dual-camera system is among the first installed in the
world. There are inner-aortal cameras and numerous other
technological advances that were considered science fiction
not long ago."
In making the
dedication, Milstein states, “My father, Paul, of blessed
memory, and my mother, Irma, saw Hadassah’s mission
statement as the highest expression of the founding ideals
of the State of Israel: to forge ‘links between patients of
all nationalities, races and religion who come to its doors
for healing.’ Translational medicine undergirds all our
commitments to medical research. At
HMO, all patients – Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druse,
secular and religious – receive dignified care from a
top-flight team of equally diverse medical workers. As
such, Hadassah is a ‘bridge to peace.’ Witness the Syrian
children who, during a horrific humanitarian crisis, have
recently been brought to HMO for treatment of congenital
heart defects. The Hebrew bible contains the word ‘heart’
827 times. What better way
to celebrate this heritage than opening a heart center at
Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, the heart of Jerusalem!”
Rotstein states,
“This facility is a tremendous gift to the people of Israel
and will insure that HMO’s cardiac research and treatment
will save more lives every day.”
Weinman notes, “ HMO’s
world-class cardiac research and care unit brings the most
sophisticated heart research technology to the people of
Israel while also providing the facilities to teach heart
professionals from around the world who have come to HMO to
learn from Hadassah’s cadre of experts and innovators. This
optimizes our mission of ‘Practical Zionism.’”
Hershkin adds,
“The Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center represents the
exemplary commitment of Irma and Paul Milstein to support
and advance the most sophisticated state-of-the-art
cardiology research and patient care available in the
world. We are grateful
for their commitment and dedication to the field of heart
treatment at HMO.”
Irma and Paul
Milstein, whose generous contribution enabled the
establishment of the center, have long contributed to health
and medicine. In addition, the Milstein Family supports the
arts,Education and scientific research in New York and in
countries abroad, including the Milstein Building at
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. The Milstein
Family values the combination of “lab bench to bedside,”
translational approach to medical research and treatment
that is the hallmark of HMO.
Milstein
concludes, “We couldn’t be prouder of what you have done
here. On behalf of my wife
Abby, our son Michael and the entire Milstein Family, thank
you for honoring us in this way. May
you go from strength to strength.”
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
(HWZOA) is the largest
Jewish women’s organization
in the United States. With 3 0 0,000
members ,
associates and supporters Hadassah
brings Jewish women together to effect change and advocate
oncritical issues such
as medical care and research and women's empowerment. Through
the Hadassah Medical Organization's two hospitals, the
world-renowned trauma center and the leading research
facility in Jerusalem, Hadassah supports the delivery of
exemplary patient care to over a million people every year.
HMO serves without regard to race, religion or nationality
and earned a Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
in 2005 for
building “bridges to peace” through equality in medical
treatment. For more
information, visit www.hadassah.org .
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