Israeli Medical Inventions and Discoveries Parts I & II

Dr. Jerry Katz M.D., BSc(Med.), C.C.F.P.(LM), A.C.F.P., CAAM, AAAM

 

WHEN: April 6, 13, & 27 (April 20 - NO SESSION)

TIME: 7:30 - 9pm CDT 

WHERE: Zoom (Registration Required)

The first two parts of this four part series will explore many medical conditions (heart disease, migraines, MS, brain tumors, blindness, etc.) and emphasize what Israel has contributed within the field of medicine including treatments, advancements in procedural techniques, and tools to fight these ailments and diseases. In addition, we will also explore what Israel has accomplished with respect to the fight against Covid-19 that has influenced many world countries in their approach to this viral disease.

 

Part I

• Making pure drinking water from air

• Helping the blind to see

• Pill-sized camera to diagnose intestinal disease

• Helping paraplegics to walk again

• Flexible stent for coronary artery disease

• A device that can smell disease

• Why is Israel capable of such medical technological advances?

Part II

• Burn the coronavirus as it enters the nose

• Face mask made with "Killer Cloth"

• Israeli coronavirus vaccine

• Emergency bandage for hemorrhage

• Chronic Migraine treatment without pills

• Less invasive surgical treatment for adolescent scoliosis

• Scalpel that cuts bone

• Freezing benign breast lumps

• Augmented reality for the surgeon