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Holds a PhD in nursing from Haifa University and a master’s degree (with honors) from the Department of Public Health and Healthcare Administration. Her doctoral dissertation studied the factors related to unique cultural properties and to medical treatment activities during transfer from treatment in a hospital setting to treatment with a general physician, how these factors influence the duration it takes the patient to be ready to be transferred from the hospital, and later how these factors will influence the patient’s return to the hospital within 30 days from discharge. Dr. Rayan-Gharra received a prestigious annual grant from the Council for Higher Education for outstanding doctoral students from the Arab sector. Published several articles, the most important of which was recently published in the prestigious journal BMJ Quality & Safety, where it was ordered by the journal’s editor, in order for the recommendations of her research to be implemented by American health organizations. Has also participated in several conferences, some local and some international. Currently employed as a lecturer and a scholar in the Department of Nursing at Haifa University.

A registered nurse, holder of a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and master’s degree (with honors) in public healthcare and health organization management (MHA – Master of Healthcare Administration) from Haifa University. Since 2008, Mr. Ziyad has been the head nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine at Carmel Medical Center, which is affiliated with Clalit Supplementary Healthcare Services, and has been working as a nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine for 31 years, mostly in the field of geriatrics and gerontology. In 1996 Ziyad won an outstanding employee’s award for his work as a nurse, and under his management the Department of Internal Medicine won first place in the award for best department in Israel twice over the last five years.

A graduate of the University of Pavia in Italy, specializing in internal medicine at Rambam Health Care Campus. Completed his specialization program in geriatrics at Fliman Geriatric Hospital in Haifa. Works as a consultant physician on geriatrics at Clalit Supplementary Healthcare Services in Haifa and the Western Galilee, where he diagnoses and treats delirium and especially Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety and depression, and several other diseases related to old age. Dr. Maher is also the director of two large geriatric centers and has received an award of excellence from the Ministry of Health for raising the medical standards in both, in terms of quality of treatment.

A lecturer in the Department of Nursing at Haifa University. Holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Tel Aviv University, and a PhD in geriatrics and nursing from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Through her work in internal medicine wards, she gained work experience in caring for the elderly in hospitalization. Over the last few years she has been studying the health consequences of acute and chronic diseases in the elderly and these diseases’ impact on their quality of life. Her studies seek to improve the quality of treatment that the elderly receive in the general healthcare system, from community-based medicine to medical establishments, with an emphasis on short term hospitalization in hospitals.

Holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a PhD in medicine from the Technion. Specializes in internal medicine at Bnai Zion Medical Center and in geriatrics at Fliman Geriatric Hospital in Haifa. Was the founder and director of the Geriatrics Consultancy Unit at Bnai Zion Medical Center and is currently the head of geriatrics in Haifa and the Western Galilee district at Clalit Supplementary Healthcare Services. Also works in teaching medical and nursing students, trainees and interns. Is particularly interested in complications during hospitalization among the elderly, especially in all that pertains to delirium, clinical processes and progressive dementia.