Ellyn Brooks, left, and Finette Winer look at a scrapbook chronicling the Chattanooga chapter of Hadassah.If You Go
* What: 100th Anniversary of the Chattanooga Chapter of Hadassah. * Where: Waterside Ballroom, Embassy Suites, Hamilton Place, 2321 Lifestyle Way. * When: 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17. * Admission: $60 per person. * Contact: Millie Lander at millander523@gmail.com or 423-802-9117.
Hadassah’s work includes:
* Created a Center for Cystic Fibrosis that is a world leader in research and multi-disciplinary holistic treatment. * Developed a treatment for men with HIV that enables them to father healthy children. * Pioneered a virtual reality system called “VirHab” which helps stroke victims to recover movement of their limbs, relieves migraine and tension headaches and fights chronic pain. * Pioneering a treatment for brain aneurysm by building an artificial artery inside the aneurysm. * Established Israel’s first Nursing Research Center to generate hospital-wide clinical research studies. * Developed a laser lens to treat glaucoma. * Invented the fetal kinetocardiogram which enable doctors to diagnose cardiac arrhythmia in a fetus. * Opened first center in Jerusalem to treat victims of sexual abuse. Source: Hadassah Hadassah gave Israel its first: * Modern health facility * University hospital * Bone marrow clinic * Comprehensive cancer center * Embryonic stem cell research center * Liver unit * Organ transplant unit * Skin bank * Trauma unit Source: Hadassah
Hadassah gave Israel its first:
* Modern health facility * University hospital * Bone marrow clinic * Comprehensive cancer center * Embryonic stem cell research center * Liver unit * Organ transplant unit * Skin bank * Trauma unit Source: Hadassah Hadassah’s work includes: * Created a Center for Cystic Fibrosis that is a world leader in research and multi-disciplinary holistic treatment. * Developed a treatment for men with HIV that enables them to father healthy children. * Pioneered a virtual reality system called “VirHab” which helps stroke victims recover movement of their limbs, relieves migraine and tension headaches and fights chronic pain. * Pioneering a treatment for brain aneurysms by building an artificial artery inside the aneurysm. * Established Israel’s first Nursing Research Center to generate hospital-wide clinical research studies. * Developed a laser lens to treat glaucoma. * Invented the fetal kinetocardiogram which enable doctors to diagnose cardiac arrhythmia in a fetus. * Opened the first center in Jerusalem to treat victims of sexual abuse. Source: Hadassah
When it came to keeping busy, Jenny and Rose Winer had the same go-to.
Hadassah.