David Applebaum
David Applebaum | |
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Born | 1952 |
Died | 2003 |
Occupation | Physician |
Academic background | |
Education | Medical College of Ohio |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Emergency medicine |
Institutions | Shaare Zedek Medical Center |
David Applebaum (
Biography
David Applebaum was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended high school at the
Bombing
Applebaum was killed along with his 20-year-old daughter, Nava Applebaum, on the eve of her wedding.[1][3] Applebaum had just returned from New York, where he addressed a symposium on terrorism marking the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States. He ended his remarks with: "From one moment to the next, we never know what will happen in the ER [emergency room], but it's in Jerusalem that real reality occurs."[4]
Applebaum's murder was described by The Lancet as a tragic irony: This victim of a suicide bomber was himself an "emergency room doctor who treated victims of dozens of suicide bombings in Israel."[2] In an incident in 1984, Applebaum rushed to aid a man shot in a clothing shop, operating on him while the shooting continued.[1] In 1986, the Israeli Knesset presented Applebaum with the Quality of Life Award for treating terror victims on King George Street in Jerusalem while bullets flew around him.[2]
Applebaum’s younger daughter, Shira, earned her paramedic degree from
Medical career
Applebaum pioneered the idea of immediate care clinics in Israel, to divert non-emergency cases from hospital emergency rooms while delivering faster care to patients who would have had long waits for emergency room staff.[6]
The
See also
- Nava Applebaum
- Health care in Israel
References
- ^ a b c Myre, Greg (September 11, 2003). "A Healer of Terror Victims Becomes One" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b c d "The Lancet," Volume 362, Issue 9389, 27 September 2003, Page 1083
- ^ Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Dr. David Appelbaum, 9 Sep 2003 Archived 20 July 2012 at archive.today ]
- ^ a b "Cafe Hillel". Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.
- ^ "Dr. David Applebaum's daughter starts medical career". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. November 23, 2006.
- ^ "Satellite News and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post". fr.jpost.com.
- ^ British Medical Journal 2003 September 20; 327(7416): 684.