BUMC Provost Guest Lecture: “Extending a Hand: Dr. Salman Zarka on the humanitarian treatment of Syrian casualties in Israel”
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Wednesday, Dec. 9
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Hiebert Lounge
Presentation followed by luncheon
Salman Zarka, MD, MPH, Director General of Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel
Prior to his position at Ziv Medical Center, Dr. Zarka served as a Colonel in the Israel Defense Forces for 25 years in a variety of positions, the last of which was as Commander of the Military Health Services Department. Prior to this position, Dr. Zarka was the head of the Medical Corps of the Northern Command and Commander of the Military Field Hospital for the Syrian casualties in the Golan Heights.
Dr. Zarka graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa in 1988. He received a master’s degree in Public Health from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, as well as a master’s in Political Science from the University of Haifa.
Dr. Zarka will be accompanied by Jennifer Sieber, Director of Academic Affairs, Consulate General of Israel to New England.
