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Dr. Odeda BENIN-GOREN, R.N C.E.N Ph.D.- CEO, Founding, and Director. 

Odeda is an Emergency Nurse and Senior Consultant for Emergency Preparedness, Assessment, and Coordination in Disasters. Odeda has been involved with disaster preparedness projects worldwide, including establishing and overseeing the operation of the hospital's emergency departments and trauma and intensive care units and training medical and nursing staff in various clinical settings.

Outside the field of Hospital and Emergency Medicine, Odeda is a trained senior government officer in Disaster Preparedness and has been involved with humanitarian and relief activities at the international level as a United Nations Disaster and Assessment Coordinator (UMDAC) under the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affair (OCHA) - UN. 

As a senior adviser for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Odeda cooperates with the WHO and international NGOs (JICA). Odeda is also the Academic Coordinator of the International Emergency Preparedness Workshop at the Center for Emergency Response Research (PREPARED) at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel.  

She also served as a member of the World Association of Disaster & Emergency Medicine (WADEM) board. These days, Odeda is the chair of the Nursing Special Interest Group (S.I.G) of WADEM.

Odeda's professional experience includes, among other capacities, serving as Director of Nursing at the Emergency Department of the Tel Aviv Medical Center (TAMC), Director of Emergency Preparedness (TAMC), Special Projects Manager (TAMC), and founder of the training center (TAMC).

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Dr. Ronen LIBSTER, MD

Ronen is Chair of the Emergency Department at Mayaney Hayeshua Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel. Ronen is a senior emergency medicine consultant specializing in emergency medicine in a unique orthodox community.

Ronen is currently involved with clinical education for nurses & physicians working with minorities representing unique cultural aspects.

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Prof. Limor AHARONSON-DANIEL 

Limor is Vice President for Global Engagement at Ben Gurion University (BGU). Limor is the former Head of the Recanati Department for Emergency Medicine at The Leon and Matilda Recanati School for Community Health Professions in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Limor's research interests are Disaster preparedness, Community Resilience, Injury Epidemiology, Research methods, Disaster & Emergency Medicine, EMS (Emergency Medicine Services), trauma research, coding and classification, and ICD-9-CM.

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Prof. Pinchas HALPERN, MD

Pinchas is board-certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Emergency Medicine and is especially competent in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine.

Pinchas's Clinical Experience includes Working in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine between 1979 and 1984, Practicing Intensive Care and Anesthesiology between 1984 and 2003, and practicing in the Emergency Department since 2003.

Pinchas' Academic Experience includes being a Senior Lecturer in Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University;

Pinchas is academically active and has numerous publications and memberships in Professional Societies.

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Dr. Amiram LEV, MD

Amiram (Ami) has been the head of the General and Pediatric Intensive Care Units at the Ha-Emek Medical Center in Israel for over 24 years.

Ami is a specialist in internal, pulmonary, and intensive care medicine.

Ami studied medicine in Israel and the US, served as a field medical officer in the IDF special units for four years, and has extensive experience transporting patients, even very complex patients.

Ami involves the Israeli Defense Forces Medical Corp with many medical relief operations due to disasters. 

 

Mr. Ram NECHEMIA 

Ram is an Advocate with a bachelor's Degree in Law, L.L.B, from the University of Essex, England. As of October 2015, EMPH, Executive Master of Public Health, specialty in Emergency & Disaster Management, Tel Aviv University, School of Public Health, Medical Department. MCIL, Master Coach Israel.

Ram is the CEO of Shoonra—Thinking & Management Skills. He develops Strategic and tactical organizational management skills. Ram specializes in designing thinking and behavioral skills. He works with medical and paramedical organizations in routine situations and cases of crisis, emergency, and disaster.

 

​Mr. Aviram (Avi) HIRSCH 

Avi brings over ten years of medical management and entrepreneurship experience with vast international experience in various projects in the Emergency Medicine field. Avi was chief of medical affairs at Israel's biggest telemedicine and emergency medicine firm. Avi is a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ben-Gurion University and is a senior lecturer in five medical centers. Avi is involved in various Bio-Tech and Medical Devices businesses.

 

Dr. Przemysław (Przemek) GULA, MD, PhD  

Przemek is an Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in Trauma, Disaster Medicine, and crisis management. Przemek works as a senior Dr. in the military institute of medicine in Warsaw, Poland.

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​Miss. Evelyn COHEN 

Evelyn is a licensed rescuer and firefighter from Asombomb, Guatemala. Evelyn serves as a volunteer member of an emergency brigade in Guatemala. Evelyn is a board member of JICohen Company in Guatemalan with a history of over 50 years dedicated to distributing pharmaceutical and high-quality agricultural products. It has operations in pharmacy channels, hospitals, supermarkets, convenience stores, and institutions of the state, ensuring coverage throughout the republic. The company partners, represented by Pharmaceutical Research Companies, guarantee the quality and safety of products distributed in the Guatemalan market. A JICohen agency continually invests in its human resources and technology to provide fast & efficient service to its customers and suppliers.

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Dr. Albrecht BECK, PhD

Albrecht has long-standing experience in leading positions in international disaster management. He is a United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team member (thirteen international missions). He has held the position of Global Mass Evacuation Coordinator at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) until recently. Before this post, he was active as a Disaster Preparedness Expert for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). Albrecht is an expert in mass evacuations, community preparedness, and disaster risk management in general. Albrecht focuses on disaster risk diplomacy, where he has gathered extensive knowledge and experience, for instance, as the founder and project manager of the Jordan-Israel-Palestine Preparedness Project. Albrecht is a professor at the University of Murcia, Spain, and a guest lecturer at the United Nations University.

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Dr.Adi NIV-YAGODA, PhD

Adi is an Advocate, Bachelor's Degree in Law, L.L.B, and  Master's Degree from Tel Aviv University.

Adi specialized in Human Rights and Public Law. Adi is the former head of the Association's Legal Department for the Rights of the Individual. Adi serves as a faculty member of the medical and law faculties at Tel Aviv University and the Netanya Academic College, as well as the faculty of law at the Academic Center of Law and Business. Adi serves as the head of the Risk Management Unit of student health services, a member of the board of the Israel Association for Palliative Care, Academic Director of the project "Leadership" in the unit's Youth Activities Tel Aviv University & served as a member of the "Germann Committee" in the Israeli MOH.​

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