MSIH Helps Students Cope with the Stresses of a Pandemic

“Being an American myself, and the wife of an American MSIH graduate really help me to understand what students are going through – so I’m in a unique position to help.” These are the words of Laura Stiebel, a clinical social worker who provides help to students in all years at MSIH. “Regular Israeli students […]

Connecting Isolated Patients With Their Families During Coronavirus Pandemic

Dr. Patrick Keller ’03 at Lincoln HospitalAt the height of the COVID-19 surge in New York City, Dr. Patrick Keller, MSIH class of ‘03, MPH, Flight Surgeon & Chief of Aerospace Medicine for the United States Air Force, was mobilized to Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx to work as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) attending. […]

What makes a Global Health Medical School Education Unique?

Today’s society is more globalized and connected than ever before. With increased access to the far reaches of the globe and increased migration, there is a growing need for physicians to understand new cultures and treat diseases they might have never before encountered. Training in a global health medical school can help doctors succeed in […]

Medical Ethics and Coronavirus by MSIH Director, Prof. Alan Jotkowitz

In a triage situation, sometimes medical practitioners need to save the people who are most likely to survive – a principle carried over from the battlefield. But in the days of a pandemic, among those in the ICU are people with disabilities whose chance of survival are less. Does that mean we let those with […]

Congratulations MSIH Class of 2020: Taking Virtual Graduation In Stride

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, this year’s MSIH graduation ceremony was a virtual event. On May 24th, the class of 2020 stood before their webcams, to have their MD degrees bestowed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.  Most of the students were already in the US preparing to commence residency – so in the background, […]

3 Reasons to Study Medicine in Israel in English

While searching for the perfect medical school, you might have thought about looking at schools abroad. Though it is a personal decision, you are likely weighing many factors, beyond just a list of courses. If you are passionate about studying to be a physician––especially one that focuses on a field such as global health–-you probably […]

Engineer and MSIH Alumnus, Dr. Tobin Greensweig designs a device to allow one ventilator to treat multiple COVID-19 patients

MSIH alumnus, Tobin Greensweig (class of 2014) was already an engineer before he started medical studies in 2010. His personal web site describes him as “Husband, Critical Care Doctor, Pilot, Engineer, Nerd.” For the duration of his four years in Beersheba, Tobin always found time to work on projects, sometimes only tangentially connected to his […]

2nd year MSIH student, Daniel Iluz-Freundlich part of a team that’s developing software to accelerate COVID-19 research trials

Daniel Iluz-Freundlich has been featured this week in several newspapers for his work in helping to solve the COVID-19 pandemic problem. In addition to being a student, Daniel is Vice-President of Refuah Solutions Ltd, based in Manitoba, Canada. The company’s software aims to cut down the time needed to recruit appropriate people for medical research […]

MSIH 2010 Alumnus, Dr. Colin Fields Evaluates COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine

As COVID-19 continues to affect communities worldwide, MSIH Alumni are working hard on the frontlines in hospitals and clinics, as well as in public policy and research settings to mitigate the effects of the disease.  Dr. Colin Fields, class of 2010, is a sub-investigator on a Phase 1 clinical trial at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health […]

MSIH Student Iris Kamenev Volunteers at a Negev COVID-19 Testing Center

by Iris Kamenev (pictured doing home test visit) It started with a story. Something on the news, far away; it would never concern us all the way over here. A different country, a different people. Irrelevant to our daily lives of walking to class, studying in the library, and sitting on the grass outside the […]