The formation of an American Medical Advisory Committee for Kupat Holim, the Workers’ Health Insurance Fund in Israel, was announced here today by Dr. H. M. Zimmerman, Chief, Laboratory Division of the Montefiore Hospital, who heads the committee. The aims and purposes of the committee, as formulated and approved by a conference attended by leading American and Israeli physicians, are:
1. To advise and assist the board of directors of Kupat Holim in all matters relating to scientific research, postgraduate studies, training of personnel, and the problems and standards of medical work.
2. To advise and assist in the procurement of fellowships for postgraduate studies and training of personnel.
3. To represent Kupat Holim in medical and scientific matters before governmental and other agencies in the United States.
4. To advise in the development and improvement of medical care in pace with the advance of modern medicine.
5. To establish closer relations between Kupat Holim and medical institutions in the United States, through the exchange of information, publications and research data.
Serving with Dr. Zimmerman on the advisory committee are other prominent medical scientists, including Dr. David Gluck, Dr. Albert B. Sabin, Dr Sidney Farber. Dr. Leonard T. Kurland, Dr. Leona Baumgartner, Dr. Jack Masur, Dr. George Reader and Dr. Elvin A. Kabat.
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