- Title: ISRAEL: First Arab female doctor heads department in Israeli hospital
- Date: 30th August 2009
- Summary: HAIFA, ISRAEL (RECENT) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF RAMBAM HOSPITAL SIGN READING IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH "RAMBAM HEALTH CARE" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ENTERING AND GETTING OUT FROM HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING INSIDE HOSPITAL SIGN READING IN ENGLISH "NEPHROLOGY" VARIOUS OF DOCTOR SUHEIR ASSADY, THE FIRST ARAB WOMAN HEAD OF A HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT IN ISRAEL, IN CORRIDORS OF HOSPI
- Embargoed: 14th September 2009 13:00
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Health,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
- Reuters ID: LVA74ODTZ0SYCWIGX6U5MNB0EWYH
- Story Text: Suheir Assady is the first Arab female doctor to become a director of a medical department in an Israeli hospital.
Suheir Assady was appointed as the Head of the Nephrology Department at Rambam Health care hospital in Haifa.
Assady is the first Arab female doctor to become a director of a medical department in an Israeli hospital.
The mid-aged doctor was born in the northern city of Nazareth in 1967. She completed her medical studies at Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem.
She began her work at Rambam directly after graduating in 1993. Her fellowship led her to fulfil the PHD in Medical sciences on the subject of characterization of differentiation pathways in human embryonic stem cells, an achievement reached by only 10 percent of doctors in Israel.
"It wasn't hard -- this is a normal circumstance to complete way after 17 years of hard work in this hospital. Since I finished my education I worked in this hospital. I finished the first specialisation in Internal diseases, then I finished my specialisation in Kidney diseases. It is normal circumstances for my hard work," said Assady in her office in Haifa.
Assady, who encourages females to reach high positions, said her feminity did not restrict her future.
She added, "I hope women will reach the position they deserve. In Medicine they choose us in a professional way. Being a woman is not the main case (to choose me), but as a professional doctor doing my work, which was the reason to reach this position."
Arab-Israelis barely interact with the majority in a state that defines itself as Jewish and are normally sidelined socially, economically and politically.
They are a community of around 1.6 million Muslims and Christians who account for nearly 20 percent of the population. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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