MEDMENT - Someone to Run With

The Tel Aviv University Alumni Organization, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine Students Union, launched the mentoring program for clinical year students at the faculty, in an event held at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History.

Karen B. Avraham, Ph.D., the Managing Partner at Team8 VC  Fund, and Professor of Medicine in the field of epidemiology at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, gave a lecture on the topic of “Innovation and Progress in the World of Medicine”. She noted, “In the world of innovation, one must constantly look far ahead while doing current work. Looking at the stars and keeping one’s feet on the ground. Innovation is a way of life”.

Prof. Karen B. Avraham, Ph.D.

Sigalit Ben Hayoun, the Co-Founder and the Head of the Tel Aviv University Alumni Organization, thanked Prof. Karen Avraham for her support of the joint initiative for the mentoring program of the Alumni Organization and the Faculty of Medicine Students Union led by Din Ben Hayoun - a sixth-year student at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine.

Din Ben Hayoun

Afterward, Sigalit Ben Hayoun invited famous speakers from the medical world to give their lectures in various fields of medicine as a preparation for the attending students, as they are about to complete their sixth year of studies and before they begin their internship.

Photo by Yael Tzur

Prof. Varda Shalev, a managing partner at Team8 foundry, professor of medicine in the field of epidemiology at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, gave a lecture on the topic of “Innovation and Progress in the World of Medicine”. Among other things, she noted that “In the world of innovation, one must constantly look far ahead while doing current work. Looking at the stars and keeping one’s feet on the ground. Innovation is a way of life”.

Prof. Varda Shalev

Dr. Osnat Levtzion- Korach, General Director of the Shamir Medical Center, and an alumna of the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University gave a lecture on the topic of “Career and Family Planning”. When speaking of choices, she mentioned that “the choice should be rational on the one hand, but on the other hand, the decision should be based on gut feelings”.

Dr. Osnat Levtzion- Korach

Prof. Nir Giladi MD, a Chairman of the Neurological Institute in Ichilov, Tel Aviv, Member of the Israeli National Academy of Science in Medicine, gave a lecture on “Research and Academia – Why and How?” and noted that “Integrating research into my work as a physician has significantly improved me as a physician/clinician, greatly enriched my professional and personal life, and brought great satisfaction in contributing to global knowledge. The key to the correct integration of science and medicine is a field of research that corresponds well with the field of specialization and expertise on the one hand, and combining forces with researchers who are not physicians on the other hand. Engaging in research takes a lot of time and significant personal and family-related resources, but in retrospect, it’s worth every minute and every effort or sacrifice I chose to make”.

Prof. Nir Giladi MD

Dr. Yael Dreznik, a Pediatric Surgeon at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Author of “Twenty-Six”, and an alumna of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tel Aviv University, gave a lecture about “Financial Planning in Medicine – Advice You’d Like to Hear” and mentioned, “it’s important to know another language besides the medical language, with an emphasis on financial education and familiarity with the economic aspects of the medical world”.

Dr. Yael Dreznik

After the speakers’ lectures, the students at the Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences gave short lectures on their various initiatives.

Ori Hadad, head of the Faculty of Medicine Students Union