American Friends of Soroka Medical Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the outstanding medical care and breakthrough research at Soroka Medical Center, the leading medical center in Israel and the only major hospital in southern Israel, the country's fastest-growing and most diverse region.
Located in Be’er Sheva in the country’s most diverse and fastest-growing area, Soroka Medical Center is Israel’s leading medical center and one of its largest and most strategic institutions. The sole major medical center for the entire Negev region, Soroka serves over 1.2 million residents, including over 400,000 children, in an area that comprises 60% of Israel’s land. Home to Israel’s newest comprehensive Cancer Center, The Legacy Heritage Oncology Center & Dr. Larry Norton Institute, Soroka Medical Center represents peaceful coexistence in action, providing world-class healthcare for all.
Jay Selman, MD
President
Caroline Freidfertig
Secretary
Hillel Caplan
Treasurer
Ruth C. Steinberg
President Emeritus
Miriam Arond
Board Member
Henri Boll
Board Member
Deborah Cherki
Board Member
Ran Daniel
Board Member
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Jr.
Board Member
David Faramarz Kimiabakhsh
Board Member
Cheryl Fitzer-Attas, PhD
Board Member
Julie Ratner, EdD
Board Member
Angela Retelny
Board Member
Therese Rosenblatt, PhD
Board Member
Rachel Heisler Sheinfeld
Executive Director
Pazit Levitan
Development Director
Debbie Goz
Office Manager & Gala Coordinator
Cristina Marzullo
Liaison to Evangelical Community
Kim Amzallag
Development
Consultant
Eliza DeSola
Development
Consultant
Sharon Plaue
Volunteer
Coordinator
Jay E. Selman, MS, MD
Chair of the AFS Medical Advisory Board
Columbia Uaniversity Medical Center
Child Neurology
Shimon Glick, MD
Founding Chair of the Dept. of Medicine
Soroka Medical Center
Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
Anesthesiology
Rebecca Amaru, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Paul Applebaum, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Psychiatry
Craig Blinderman, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Adult Palliative Medicine
Igor Branovan, MD
Private Practice
Otolaryngology
Abraham Chachoua, MD
NYU Langone Hospitals
Medical Oncology
Cheryl Fitzer-Attas, PhD MBA
Senior Medical Director
Medical Affairs
Gerald Friedland, MD
Yale New Haven Hospital & School of Medicine
Epidemiology
Yitzchak A. Glick, MD
Founder of Efrat Emergency Medical Center
Emergency Medicine
Howard Goodman, MD
Northwell Health
Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Oncology
Nelly Huppert, MD
NYU Langone Health
Radiation Oncology
Gal Ifergamen, MD
Private Practice
Neurology
Arielle N.B. Kauvar, MD
New York University Medical Center
Dermatology and Laser Surgery
Heakyung Kim, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
Oscar Lebwohl, MD
Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
Gastroenterology
Wallace B. Lehman, MD
Hospital for Joint Diseases
Pediatric Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Martin B. Leon, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center
Interventional Vascular Therapy
Kenneth Prager, MD
Professor at Columbia University Medical Center
Director of Clinical Ethics
Lynne M. Quittell, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Pediatric Pulmonology
Jesse Roth, MD
Northwell Health: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Diabetes Research
Linda T. Vahdat, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering and Norwalk Hospital
Oncology: Breast Cancer
Jonathan Waitman, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine in New York
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Marc K. Rosenblum, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Neuropathology and Autopsy