NBA player Omri Caspi signing a basketball which was presented to Dr. Eyran Halpern, CEO of RMC
The Israeli National Basketball team recently visited Rabin Medical Center where they underwent their annual medical checkup at the hospitals First Class Institute. Among the team members was Omri Caspi, who in 2009 was the first Israeli to be selected in the first round of the NBA draft and the first to play in an NBA game. Today he is a successful NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Other players came from Europe as well and between their medical tests the team members had a chance to talk basketball and exchange ideas for their upcoming games.
Dr. Eyran Halpern, CEO of Rabin Medical Center welcomed the team, where he received an autographed basketball signed by players and said that he takes great pride in the countries wonderful basketball team.
A generous donation by the Eli and Dalia Horowitz Family Fund to Rabin Medical Center will support a three component program in Infectious Diseases. This system is vital response to a report of Israel‘s state comptroller warning that 4,000-6,000 people die in Israel each year from severe infections.
The Third International Advisory Board Meeting and Symposium of the Raphael Recanati Genetic Institute was recently held at Rabin Medical Center.
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC) held its
Second Annual charity Golf Tournament on May 5, 2008, at the
prestigious Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York, under
the outstanding leadership of Stephen Siegel, the global chairman
of CB Richard Ellis, and AFRMC Board President.