Hadassah On Call: New Frontiers in Medicine takes you behind the headlines with Hadassah Medical Organization doctors and specialists, patients and nurses. Listen and be amazed.
Brought to you by Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America.
We're thrilled to welcome Maayan Hoffman to our Hadassah On Call team! A savvy, insightful American-Israeli journalist, today she is running a Jerusalem-based strategic communications company. Among her clients is The Jerusalem Post, where she serves as head of conferences. Previously, she served as news editor, head of strategy and senior health analyst covering the COVID-19 pandemic.
A third-generation Hadassah member, mother and wife living in Jerusalem, Maayan has held several senior journalism positions and written about health, innovation and more for publications including The Washington Post, The American Spectator, The Hill and Roll Call.
Dec 3, 2017
Cystic fibrosis, a fatal genetic disease, causes a thick mucus buildup in the lungs and other organs that leads to breathing difficulty and increases susceptibility to life-threatening infections. More than 10 million Americans carry a faulty CF gene, many unknowingly. In this podcast, Dr. Eitan Kerem, Head of the Division of Pediatrics at the Hadassah Medical Organization, discusses important information for Jewish couples when they are considering genetic counseling before having children. His latest breakthroughs offer new hope to Cystic Fibrosis Patients.