Research Day: “To learn, investigate and innovate”

On Research Day, which was held this week at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, several prominent studies selected by a committee headed by Cardiology Division Director and Chairman of the Research Committee, Prof. Ariel Roguin, were presented. The studies related to a variety of fields, including arrhythmias, implications of the COVID-19 vaccine on myocarditis among young men, transport of lab tests by drone, development of a new diagnostic tool for fertility issues, hip fracture injuries in dialysis patients and more.

Dean of the Technion's Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Ami Aronheim praised the strong connection between the hospital's management and the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, and the desire for productive collaboration in promoting research between the two institutions. This was reiterated by Dr. Mickey Dudkiewicz, HYMC Director General, who spoke about the importance and need for integration of research activity alongside ongoing medical work, and the significance of academia and research for the hospital and its patients.

Management of the medical center and Research Committee members together with Prof. Aaron Ciechanover on Research Day at Hillel Yaffe

Later, Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Aaron Ciechanover gave a fascinating lecture on bioethics and the personalized medicine revolution.

The hospital’s numerous publications were compiled in a special research book prepared by the director of Hillel Yaffe’s Scientific Library, Ms. Julia Kuperberg. The number of scientific publications in leading international journals is very large and covers all areas of medicine.

Chairman of the hospital’s Research Committee Prof. Ariel Roguin said, “Research is an integral part of our work as physicians and health care practitioners and helps provide better treatment. Research Day is a day on which we stop to appreciate the important academic work at the hospital, of which we are very proud.”