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Israeli doctors in Congo to aid burn victims get slammed for occupation Baby saves mother from blood clot, at Sheba Israeli doctors are first foreign specialists to treat victims of Congo oil blast Sheba's Prof. Eli Schwartz pens new book on travelers and tropical diseases Sheba scientists: Teen-age Boys Have Greater Risk Than Girls Of High Blood Pressure As Adults Sheba's Prof. Achiron Preempts Multiple Sclerosis Sheba doctors: Experimental treatment successful in half of melanoma cases Houston forges cancer research links with Israel Israelis find MS signs that appear years before symptoms Israeli team reports on return from 10-day Haiti mission Sheba Proposes Establishment of Haitian-Israeli Rehabilitation Center in Haiti Born-again Zionist supermodel British Medical Journal Discrimnates Against Sheba Sheba and M. D. Anderson Sign Cooperation Agreement in Cancer Treatment and Research Sheba Medical center teams up with University of Texas Sheba's Colonel Dr. Itzik Kreiss Commands the Israeli Field Hospital in Haiti Five Sheba Doctors on Humanitarian Mission in Haiti Sheba Medical Research Offers New Hope for Treating Childhood Leukemia

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Israeli medical team saves sight in Myanmar Prof. Jacob Lavee's New Organ Donor Prioritization Plan Adopted into Law, and Draws International Attention Sheba's Prof. Raphi Walden Awarded the French Legion of Honor Israeli Researchers Make Significant Progress in Heart Tissue Engineering Sheba's Dr. Jacob Kuint and colleagues find that postpartum depression negatively affects infant development Sheba's Dr. Shai Izraeli discovers novel alternative to chemotherapy for children with leukemia Sheba, NYU researchers to draw genetic map of wandering Jew A new school of thought: A plan to open the country's fifth medical school brings opportunities to re-think doctor training Sarah Ferber of Sheba in Israel shows that potentially, patients with diabetes can be donors of their own therapeutic tissue Study shows why simple carbs are bad for you Study traces high carb link to heart attacks In pursuit of a happiness gene Using PlayStation to heal severe burn trauma Israel, PA and Jordan cooperate as flu threat grows Babies given transfusions in the womb do well Decrease In Sense Of Smell Seen In Lupus Patients Sheba Doctor Publishes Inflammatory Breast Cancer Drug Advance Sheba's Prof. Mordechai Shani to be Awarded Israel's Top Award: "The Israel Prize" for Lifetime Achievement The Last Soldier Goes Home Keep on giving: U.S. donor not deterred by financial downturn Israel's first center for child abuse victims opens at Sheba Medical Center Innovative cardiac valve prosthesis developed at Sheba Higher A1C Levels Linked to Lower Brain Function: Study Published by the American Diabetes Association Suggests Lowering A1C Levels Could Reduce Decline in Cognitive Function Gaza War Update II from Sheba Medical Center IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi at Sheba: "I Thank Sheba for its Remarkable and Irreplaceable Work on Behalf of the Nation and its Soldiers!"Medical Update on the Gaza War 'Not all Israelis are bad': Eight-year-old Palestinian cancer patient treated near Tel Aviv grateful to Israeli doctors

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Collected stories from around the world... Paralysed man walks again thanks to Robocop-style exoskeleton Dogs may help lower children's blood pressure War Between The Sexes Begins Before Twins' Birth, Sheba Researcher Says SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN features Sheba's Prof. Yoni Leor: Repairing Hearts with Seaweed Burnt "Miracle Girl" Undergoes Unique Skin Growth Treatment at Sheba Police commander who lost leg visits wounded Sderot boy Sheba study links protracted cellphone use with tumors Dr. Siegal Sadetzki of Sheba: Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked To Cancer New York Times: 2 Boys, 2 Sides, 2 Beds in an Israeli Hospital Ward (Sheba)Injured Sderot Boys Transferred to Sheba for Treatment MDA enters Ramallah to save Palestinian baby

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Sheba Hematologist Prof. Uri Seligson awarded the Prestigious Robert P. Grant Medal from the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Laughter Therapy at Sheba: Laughter is Contagious — Cancer Isn't The Way the Wheel Turns An Unsimulated Success World Leading Cancer Researcher Prof. Steven Rosenberg Visits the Sheba Cancer Center The BioLineRx Drug Development Company Seeks to Begin Clinical Trials of an Implant Developed at Sheba to Treat Damaged Heart Tissue Sheba inaugurates lipid treatment center Sheba Dedicates the New Bert W. Strassburger Lipid Center Sheba Doctor says: Type 2 Diabetes Takes Toll on Teens Founder of medical simulation center receives Humanitarian Award Bronfman Prize-winner Dr. Amitai Ziv from Sheba honored in New York Israeli founder of simulation center changing the nature of medical training

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Sheba's Prof. Raphi Walden Awarded the French Legion of Honor

Date12/07/2009

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The Republic of France has awarded its highest honor, the Legion of Honor Award, to Prof. Raphael Walden, a Deputy Director of the Sheba Medical Center. Prof. Walden received the prestigious award in recognition of his leadership in the Israeli NGO, Physicians for Human Rights, and for his concrete contribution to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, a close friend of Prof. Walden's, personally insisted on bestowing the "Officer of the Legion" award himself, during Kouchner's recent visit to Israel. Kouchner himself was one of the founders of the international NGO, Doctors without Borders.

Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, participated in the November 18 ceremony which was held at the French ambassador's residence in Jaffa. Prof. Walden is personal physician to Mr. Peres, while Peres is Walden's father-in-law. Former Israeli deputy foreign minister Yossi Beilin was also similarly awarded at the recent ceremony.

Prof. Walden is a vascular surgeon who for years was chief of surgery at Sheba. He is a professor at Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine, and has been a visiting professor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and at Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. He joined Physicians for Human Rights in 1992 and been one of its leaders ever since.

Sheba CEO Prof. Zeev Rotstein said that "We are all tremendously proud of Prof. Walden and thrilled to congratulate him on this most exalted award."