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Israel Medical Association (IMA), is a professional association of
The IMA has a world fellowship program open to physicians around the world. The current head of the Medical Association Chairman is Dr. Leonid Eidelman.
In 2007, Dr. Yoram Blacher, chairman of the IMA since 1995, was named president of the World Medical Association.
The association marked its centennial year in November 2011 with a symposium and exhibition at the European Union headquarters in Brussels. The events were organized by the Belgian Jewish Doctors’ Group, Bnai Brit International and the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
In January 2019, the Israel Medical Association banned members from performing
Official site
{{Authority control Medical associations based in Israel Organizations established in 1912
Israel Medical Association (IMA), is a professional association of physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
s in Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. History
The association traces its origins to the ''Hebrew Medicinal Society for Jaffa and the Jaffa District'', founded in 1912, which later became the ''Hebrew Medical Association in the Land of Israel (HMA)''. Dr. Moshe Sherman, the country's first otolaryngologist, founded the association together with five other physicians. In 1935, he was elected chairman of the Israel Medical Association and later served as its honorary president.
The IMA has a world fellowship program open to physicians around the world. The current head of the Medical Association Chairman is Dr. Leonid Eidelman.
In 2007, Dr. Yoram Blacher, chairman of the IMA since 1995, was named president of the World Medical Association.
The association marked its centennial year in November 2011 with a symposium and exhibition at the European Union headquarters in Brussels. The events were organized by the Belgian Jewish Doctors’ Group, Bnai Brit International and the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
In January 2019, the Israel Medical Association banned members from performing conversion therapy
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. In contrast to evidence-based medicine and cli ...
on patients.
Publications
The association publishes two journals: '' Harefuah'' (Medicine) in Hebrew with English abstracts and '' Israel Medical Association Journal'' (IMAJ).See also
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External links
Official site
{{Authority control Medical associations based in Israel Organizations established in 1912