Organization: FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC
Mission: THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER HAS SHOWN INCREDIBLE DEDICATION TO THE INNOVATIVE AND INTEGRATED MEDICAL CARE THAT SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES TO EACH AND EVERY PATIENT. OUR PARTNERSHIP HELPS SHEBA TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF MEDICINE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY BENEFITTING ISRAEL AND THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Activities: IN FEBRUARY OF 2019 FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER ESTABLISHED AN INTEGRATIVE IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY PROGRAM (I 2 O) AT SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER LED BY SHEBA'S PROFESSOR GAL MARKEL, MADE POSSIBLE BY A $1M GRANT FROM THE SAMUELI FOUNDATION. THE I 2 O WILL SERVE AS A CONCEPTUAL AND PRACTICAL PLATFORM FOR TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN REVERSE PERSONALIZED ONCOLOGY.IN AUGUST OF 2019 FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSTED ITS SECOND ANNUAL SOLD-OUT WOMEN'S COMMUNITY LUNCHEON OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. $68,597 WAS RAISED AT THE EVENT IN SUPPORT OF SHEBA'S PSYCHIATRY DIVISION, LED BY PROFESSOR MARK WEISER, SPECIFICALLY FOR SHEBA'S AT-HOME NURSING PROGRAM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TELEMEDICINE TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.FRIENDS OF SHEBA'S HUMANITY HEALS HUMANITY GALA IN NOVEMBER OF 2019 RAISED A RECORD-BREAKING $6M IN SUPPORT OF PANCREATIC CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH AT ISRAEL'S SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER LED BY DR. TALIA GOLAN, INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ONCOLOGIST, DOCTOR AND RESEARCHER.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Medical Research