Thursday, April 4: Friends of Sheba Medical Center Celebrates Annual Women of Achievement Luncheon in Los Angeles
Friends of Sheba Medical Center is hosting its annual Women of Achievement Luncheon on Thursday, April 4th in Los Angeles and is inviting members of the media to attend. The luncheon will benefit Israel's first pediatric laser burn center at Sheba Medical Center.
LOS ANGELES, March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Friends of Sheba Medical Center in Los Angeles invites members of the media to attend the Women of Achievement luncheon on Thursday, April 4, 2019. The event will honor the achievements of powerful women and will benefit Sheba Medical Center's new pediatric laser burn center – the first of its kind in all of Israel.
WHO:
Friends of Sheba Medical Center
WHAT:
Women of Achievement Luncheon: An annual and prestigious event that convenes a strong group of women in Los Angeles to honor accomplished women and support Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel's largest and most comprehensive medical center.
Honorees:
Rosalie Zalis, 2019 Women of Achievement Award
Highly successful in business, politics and education, Zalis has used her leadership roles to support Israel, the Jewish people and the global work of Sheba Medical Center.
Yafa Hakim, 2019 Marjorie Pressman Legacy Award
A successful businesswoman and philanthropist of Iranian descent, Hakim has been instrumental in building relationships between Sheba Medical Center and the Persian Jewish community.
Speakers:
Prof. Josef Haik, MD, Director of the National Burn Center at Sheba Medical Center and Active Director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Moti Harats, Plastic Surgeon, Senior Consultant at the National Burn Center at Sheba Medical Center
Host:
Brittany Hopper Bloch, Reporter for CBS 2/KCAL 9.
WHEN:
Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:
The Four Seasons Hotel
300 South Doheny Drive,
Los Angeles, CA 90048
R.S.V.P.:
This event is sold out to the public. Press is invited to register in advance with Jodie Singer at [email protected] or call (202)-597-5477.
The event will begin with a reception and silent auction at 11 a.m., followed by the luncheon at 11:45 a.m.
This year's luncheon will support the first pediatric laser center in all of Israel. As part of Sheba Medical Center's National Burn Center, this state-of-the-art facility will transform the lives of children suffering from severe burns by treating their painful scars with painless, groundbreaking pediatric laser technology.
The Friends of Sheba Medical Center Women of Achievement Luncheon is hosted by Luncheon Chairs Judy Shapiro and Lynn Ziman, along with Décor Chair Beverly Cohen and Honorary Chair Carrie Sherman. The luncheon committee also includes Marianne Berman, Helene Boston, Jennifer E. Cohen, Sorelle Cohen, Parvin Djavaheri, Judy Flesh Rosenberg, Aviva Harari, Adrian Miller, Melody Pakravan, Jeannine Sefton, Ruth Steinberger, Deedee Sussman and Inna Tuler.
About Friends of Sheba Medical Center
Friends of Sheba Medical Center is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness and philanthropic support for Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Friends of Sheba Medical Center is dedicated to raising awareness and philanthropic support for Sheba Medical Center's compassionate clinical care, cutting edge research and comprehensive educational training. To learn more, visit: http://www.friendsofsheba.org.
About Sheba Medical Center
Born together with Israel in 1948, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer is the largest and most comprehensive medical center in the Middle East. Sheba is the only medical center in Israel that combines an acute care hospital and a rehabilitation hospital on one campus, and it is at the forefront of medical treatments, patient care, research and education. As a university teaching hospital affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University, it welcomes people from all over the world indiscriminately. For more information, visit: eng.sheba.co.il
SOURCE Sheba Medical Center
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