One Hundred and Nine New Israeli Doctors

Congratulations to 109 new Israeli physicians who received their MD diplomas at a festive graduation ceremony last night (July 3, 2023) at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine campus in Safed.

With beautiful weather, a full moon rising after a stunning Galilean sunset - 70 graduates of the seventh four-year track and 39 graduates of the eighth three-year track  took the Oath of the Hebrew Physician (written by Prof. L. Heylprin) before being personally handed their diplomas.

Officially opening the festivities was Hadas Oren, Faculty Events Coordinator, who invited Noam David Reshelbach, Administrative Head of Faculty, to lead the evening.

After the procession, speakers greeting the crowd of family, friends, faculty members and clinicians, included the President of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Arie Zaban; Rector, Prof. Amnon Albeck; the new Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Orly Avni; Mayor of Safed, Mr. Shuki Ohana; parent representative, Gil Castel; and student representative, Lee Azoulay.

The evening included a touching tribute (picture below) to Prof. Amir Kuperman, a much-loved physician, researcher, and very dedicated teacher who passed away exactly a year ago. As his wife and children took to the podium, a short inspiring video of Prof. Kuperman describing his love of teaching, was projected.

Musical interludes were performed by the talented duet Tzili Yanko and Yaniv Lifschitz.

The formal ceremony culminated with the singing of HaTikva, and the traditional cap tossing.

To date, 846 doctors have graduated from the Faculty.

We wish success to our new doctors!

Some pictures of the event can be seen here.