Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases Dedicated

Prof. Yehuda Shoenfeld (left) and Prof. Zeev Rotstein (right) with Poju and Anita Zabludowicz

The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases was dedicated in November, in the presence of the donors, Poju and Anita Zabludowicz of Britain. Celebrations were also held to mark the significant contributions of three additional donors to the center: Mr. Victor Changuiz, Mr. Leon Shaller, and Mr. Itshak Rasin - each of whom is over 90 years of age.

The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases centralizes under one roof at Sheba all aspects of autoimmune research and treatment, and bringing together physicians and researchers from multidisciplinary fields such as internal medicine, clinical immunology, autoimmunity, rheumatology, ophthalmology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology. The center is headed by Prof. Yehuda Shoenfeld, one of the leading clinical immunologists and experts in rheumatology and allergy.

Among the prominent public personalities who participated in the dedication ceremony were the Israeli Deputy Minister of Health, Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, and Celia Gould, the wife of UK Ambassador to Israel Mathew Gould. Mrs. Gould read aloud a letter of congratulations from British Foreign Secretary William Hague.