Medical Scholarships and fellowships

Medical fellowships are a key aspect of Hadassah's mission to promote treatment of diseases and up-skilling of medical professionals. Hadassah Australia arranges sub-speciality medical fellowships at a cost of $30,000 per annum per fellowship.

In 2018 Dr Mohammed Majed Rabee Skafi from Hebron was awarded the two-year fellowship for residency in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. In 2019, Dr Khadra Salami, senior paediatrician at Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem, will begin her two-year Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation specialisation training at Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, bringing her expertise back to the children’s cancer ward at Augusta Victoria and enabling the transplantation surgery to be
undertaken without the need to transfer children to Hadassah.

Medical Fellowships Appeal

Medical fellowships are a key aspect of Hadassah's mission to promote treatment of diseases and up-skilling of medical professionals.

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A personal reflection on the coming new year

5790 and 2019 might appear to be random numbers, but both tell powerful stories about us as individuals and as a community. Hadassah Australia Executive Director, Ruth Ramone Rosen, reflects on the meaning behind the numbers.
Hadassah Hospital: An Oasis of Peace

JERUSALEM — To many, the term “Middle East peace” represents the impossible dream, if not the ultimate contradiction in terms. But there is a place in the region where Jews, Muslims, and Christians meet peacefully every day on the basis of shared concerns and a sense of humanity. It’s not a country, though it is older than many of the nations in the vicinity. Nor is it a mirage, though the desert is within view. It’s the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Medical clowning proven beneficial for kids with autism

A breakthrough Israeli study published in the European Journal of Pediatrics shows that group therapy delivered by a medical clown to young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) led to significant improvement over time in word production, play reciprocity and amount of social smiles as compared with other interventions.
Unique Supportive Care at Hadassah for Kids with Chronic Diseases

Sima Levy gave birth unexpectedly at home during the 26th week of a troubled pregnancy. The baby, weighing just 1.9 pounds (861 grams), was rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus. It took six months before the newborn, whom she named Rivky, was finally able to leave the hospital. “I came to understand that...she was a baby with chronic and complex medical challenges.” Mrs. Levy says.

HA-UIA Partnership Will Help Heal Israel’s Ethiopian Community

Barely 11% of Ethiopian Jewish students reach university in Israel, compared to 42% of their counterparts in the general population. This worrying statistic is behind a ground-breaking agreement between Hadassah Australia and the United Israel Appeal.
Helping Ethiopian Israeli Find Careers in Nursing

With Ethiopian Israelis typically scoring 25 percent lower than the general Jewish population, Israel’s psychometric test is an impassable barrier for the majority of the youth of this community of 135,000. Only 11 percent of 22- to 35-year-old Ethiopian Israelis have an undergraduate degree, compared with 42 percent of all Israeli Jews of the same age.
Scholarships: "Nursing" our Ethiopian Brethren to a Better Life

The world marvelled at Israel’s daring as it brought thousands of Ethiopians stranded in their war-torn country to Israel. Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991) were emblematic of Israel’s commitment to Jews in distress. But recent events have overshadowed these achievements as Ron Finkel wrote in an Opinion Piece published in the Australian Jewish News. Hadassah Australia has created a nursing fellowship for young Ethiopians, raising funds for 20 scholarships.
Ethiopian nursing scholarships

The Ethiopian nursing scholarship program plays a vital role in ensuring the future of the nursing profession in Israel. Hadassah is facilitating the training of nurses from underprivileged Ethiopian communities and ensuring ethnic and cultural representation in the field of nursing.