Three senior doctors, three life and profession teachers:
On the occasion of Israeli Doctor's Day, "Israel Today" invited Prof. Galia Rahav, Dr. Shlomi Kodesh and Dr. Efrat Baron-Harlev to remember the characters who accompanied them in the beginning - and helped them become who they are today. .
Prof. Galia Rahav, Director of the Infectious Diseases Unit at Sheba On the late Prof. Marvin Shapira
The encounter that opened my eyes - and changed my life
If I had not met the late Prof. Marvin Shapira, who was the director of the Infectious Diseases Unit at Hadassah Hospital, I would probably have remained a physician specializing in internal medicine.
He is the one who made me love the field of infectious diseases and influenced me to engage in it.
I met him in the corridors of Hadassah, sometime in the 1980s.
For a moment I did not think I would leave the inner, for I loved the care of the patient himself;
But Prof. Shapira showed me that the field of infectious diseases is reflected in neurology, both internally, and in fact in every field.
I thank him for bringing me into this field.
Along the way, I liked his exploratory approach, an approach that goes to the root of the problem.
The discussions with him were analytical and logical.
He was a doctor in every vein of his soul, who loved the sick and taught me not to take things for granted and to examine everything in depth.
He was a real and honest man, devoid of ego, qualities I loved very much.
Prof. Galia Rahav with the late Prof. Marvin Shapira, Photo: No credit
At first, when I was asked to choose a doctor who was a role model for me and influenced me the most, I intended to choose my father, the late Dr. Yosef Rakover, a Holocaust survivor who served as a doctor in a partisan unit. He was an amazing doctor, who influenced me to go to medicine - but he also reminds me of Marvin Shapira. Both, for example, have coined proverbs that doctors use to this day - for example "tissue is de ishiu", that is, taking a biopsy of tissue from the infected organ makes it possible to know which drugs should be given; Or "Won You Use It, You Lose It," designed to explain that overuse of antibiotics leads to bacteria becoming resistant to it.
The late Prof. Shapira was married to a physiotherapist who worked at Hadassah and the father of two daughters. He passed away about a year ago, and when I visited his family at seven I cried. He was something - a witty and smart epidemiologist, who volunteered for everything. He was one of the first doctors on the epidemic team, and he is sorely lacking during this period.
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Meital Yasur Beit-Or
Dr. Shlomi Kodesh, Director of Soroka Hospital | On the late Prof. Shaul Sukenik
A teacher and friend who supported me and raised generations of doctors
I first met the late Prof. Shaul Sukenik when I was a student in the fourth year of medical school, and I came to a round in internal medicine in the fourth department he ran. Later I also returned to the department in the sixth year round, Patient with polyarthritis (inflammation of multiple joints).
Dr. Kodesh, Photo: Soroka Spokeswoman
Saul influenced every significant juncture in his professional life over the course of 20 years, and was the most significant man in character design as a physician;
Not only professionally, but also - and most importantly - personally and humanly.
During the internship I debated between family medicine and internal medicine, and consulted with him about choosing a specialty.
In the end, I chose to specialize in internal medicine with him at Soroka.
During the internship he provided me with constant guidance, in a variety of avenues - in scientific writing (sorry Saul, I did not persevere enough), in contact with patients, in working in a multidisciplinary team - an area where the department excelled - and in fact, in every aspect related to medicine.
To this day I recognize in myself, as a physician and as a manager, characteristics that come from Saul.
When I finished my internship and was debating whether to travel for a period of study abroad, Shaul pushed and guided me, and helped me with letters of recommendation and advice on how to proceed. The period of study was a very important period for my professional development,
The late Prof. Sukenik, Photo: Soroka Spokeswoman
On my return, when I received an offer to join the hospital management, again Saul was the one who supported and assisted.
Later we worked together through complex periods in the Internal Medicine Division.
Shaul knew how to wonderfully integrate the teacher, principal, friend and teammate, without his various roles interfering with each other.
I strive to be as successful as he is in this special combination.
He has raised generations of students, interns and interns, who are currently throughout the medical system in Israel, and commemorate his memory and work in their excellent work.
It is an honor for me to be part of this group.
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Ilya Yagurov
Dr. Efrat Baron-Harlev, Director of the Schneider Center for Pediatrics About Dr. Tommy Sheinfeld
The man who taught me medicine, and especially listening
Dr. Tommy Sheinfeld, the founder and former director of the intensive care unit at the Schneider Center for Pediatrics, taught me to be an intensive care physician, but more than that, he taught me to think.
The obvious thing I learned from him is to take care of the most complex, most sick children.
The children, some of whom were healthy only a moment ago, and are now between life and death.
The obvious is to have very difficult, perhaps the most difficult, conversations with families who did not imagine getting into these complex situations in an intensive care unit with their children.
Sounds weird, but it's obvious.
Dr. Sheinfeld, Photo: Schneider Spokeswoman
But I learned meaningful and even deeper things from him.
In retrospect, since I am a physician who is a director and a director who is a physician, it is clear to me today the connection between the worlds;
The education I received from Dr. Sheinfeld connects them.
Dr. Sheinfeld taught me to listen attentively to many things: to listen to children, to listen to the monitor, to listen to the nursing nurses, to the young and older care teams, and to listen to the parents.
All this needs to be done not only to communicate more correctly and successfully, but to constantly gather a great deal of information that can prevent the next deterioration.
The preventive processes in child care exist everywhere, and of course in intensive care.
Listening and discourse evoke a deeper understanding, both on the part of the treating staff and on the part of the patients and their families.
Dr. Baron-Harlev, Photo: Schneider Spokeswoman
My understanding today as a manager is that these insights are also true when looking at an entire system.
The more in-depth and rigorous understanding that takes place in the discourse of all the factors involved, the more accurate the decision-making process will be, adapted to the situation, and most importantly - early enough to prevent future, immediate or distant damage.
That's why Dr. Tommy Sheinfeld is much more than an inspiring figure to me.
Is a person who taught me a lot of medicine, but mostly taught me to think fast and accurately, to listen - and then to apply.
Published by:
Yaron Doron
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