Hadassah Australia Board

Ron Finkel AM - President

Julian Gillis - Secretary

Phillip Zajac - Treasurer

Lynda Brest - Director

Latest

A Violet Revolution

It has taken many years, but Violet Y has transformed herself from a downtrodden woman facing physical and emotional challenges to a proud woman who manages her life and her health in a positive way. Violet attributes a good part of this change to the Hadassah Medical Organization’s Linda Joy Pollin Cardiovascular Wellness Center for Women.
First for Israel: Hadassah Opens Centre for Cardiogenetics

In tune with the rapidly evolving subspecialty of cardiogenetics through which cardiac specialists can identify the genetic basis for many heart problems, the Hadassah Medical Center’s Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center has opened Israel’s first Center for Cardiogenetics.
Devastating Diagnosis, But Options For Optimism

A 26-year-old woman we can call Miriam is a wife and a mother, with a lively toddler. One recent day, she noticed a small lump in her breast.
Hadassah Study Sheds Encouraging Light in Treating Liver Disease

The International Journal of Molecular Medicine has published a preclinical study led by Prof. Rifaat Safadi, head of the Hadassah Medical Center’s Liver Unit, that finds the oral drug Namodenoson induced significant anti-inflammatory, anti-steatotic (retention of lipids), and anti-fibrotic (scarring) effects caused by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).