The Neuroscience Institute held its second series of events in Northern California

The Neuroscience Institute at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center held its second series of events and programs in Northern California.  The program kicked off on December 3 with a dinner and presentation for over seventy local Israeli and Jewish community leaders. 

Addressing the group were two honored speakers, Professor Gabi Barbash MD, Director General of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Professor Talma Hendler.

The evening was followed up with a series of meetings with business and community leaders including the President and CEO of Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Dan Amir Robin, and the Consulate General of Israel in San Francisco, Akiva Tor.   Prof. Barbash was also honored as a special guest at the annual AIPAC event, at the Fairmont Hotel San Jose and interviewed by the J Weekly Journal for a recently published article.

During his visit Professor Barbash discussed the state of medicine in Israel and the US today, and how recent protests by Israeli doctors impact innovation in medicine.

Professor Hendler demonstrated an extraordinary combination of basic research and clinical neuroscience have advanced methods of brain mapping.  She shared how brain mechanisms regulate emotions and how these processes are modulated by our life-experiences and culture.