Genetics, Judaism, and the 21st Century: 5th International Jewish Medical Ethics Conference 2013
Breast Cancer Genetics and the Jewish Woman – Dr. Ellen Warner, MD
Between Sages & Mendel: Genetics in the Talmud and Today - Rabbi Gideon Weitzman
Open & Shut: Genetic Testing in the Jewish Community - Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD
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Meet the speakers
Dr. Ellen Warner
Dr. Warner obtained her MD and internal medicine training at the University of Toronto and did a medical and radiation oncology fellowship at the Hadassah Ein Karem in Yerushalayim. Since 1993 she has been a staff medical oncologist at the Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre and she is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Warner’s clinical practice and research are devoted entirely to patients with breast cancer. She started the first genetic testing program in Toronto for…
Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman
Edward Reichman is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor in the Division of Education and Bioethics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, where he teaches Jewish medical ethics. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and writes and lectures internationally in the field of Jewish medical ethics.
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman is the Director of the Puah Institute in the US and the Head of the English Speaking Section of the Puah Institute for Fertility and Medicine in Accordance with Halacha in Israel. He was born in Britain and studied in Yeshivat Beit El, receiving Rabbinic Ordination from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. On completion of his studies, he founded the Kansas City Community Kollel and served as the first Rosh Kollel. On his return to Israel, he started working for…