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Moshe Rachmilewitz

Moshe Rachmilewitz was an Israeli physician in internal medicine who researched blood diseases and won the Israel Prize in medicine in 1964.

1899 to 1985Research on blood diseasesInternal medicine at HadassahDean of Hebrew University medicinePhysician to Israeli leaders

Born: 2 September 1899, Mscislaŭ
Died: 13 October 1985, Jerusalem
Occupation: physician

Moshe Rachmilewitz was born in 1899 in Mscislaŭ

Rachmilewitz was born in 1899 in Mstislavl, in the Russian Empire, and grew up in Babruysk. His parents were Eliezer Lipman Rachmilewitz and Dvosha Zack. After high school he studied medicine in Germany.

In 1926 he moved to Mandate Palestine and worked at Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem. In 1927 he went to the United States for further training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. On his return he worked at Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus.

After Mount Scopus was cut off, his department moved to temporary facilities and in 1961 to Ein Kerem. He was the personal physician of Israeli leaders and served as dean of the Hebrew University medical school from 1958 to 1961. His research focused on blood diseases, and in 1980 he headed a committee on dental care in Israel.

He was married to Chava Pomerantz and had two sons, Daniel and Eliezer, both professors of medicine. He died of colon cancer in 1985. A street in Pisgat Ze'ev in Jerusalem bears his name.