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Annual Gala

The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine sponsors an annual celebration, which raises money in support of many of the Partnership's activities; an outstanding member of the international community is honored each year.

2012 Gala

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This year's annual gala will take place on May 2, 2012 at the Doubles Club in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel. This year we are delighted to be honoring Mr. Harold Burson, Founding Chairman and Co-Founder of Burson-Marsteller, which is known as one of the largest public relations agencies in the world today.

Described by PRWeek as "the century's most influential PR figure,"Harold Burson has spent more than fifty years serving as counselor to and confidante of corporate CEOs, government leaders and heads of public sector institutions. While he is known mostly for the company he founded and the numerous industry honors he has received, he is also a generous supporter of organizations and charities. We look forward to honoring him not only for his contributions to The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine, but also for his extensive philanthropy in the nonprofit sector. .

To find out more about this event, or to request an invitation, please call The Foundation for Gender Specific Medicine at 212-737-5663. We hope to see you there!

2011 Gala

Last year’s annual gala was held on May 4, 2011 at the Doubles Club in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel. We honored Dr. Vivian Pinn for her tremendous work as Associate Director of Research on Women’s Health and Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health. Click on "Gala Photo Gallery" to see this year's celebration.

2010 Gala

Our 2010 benefit was held at the Doubles Club in New York City on May 5, 2010 and honored Ms. Sharon Baum and Dr. Marek Glezerman.

Sharon Enloe Baum--2010 Gala Honoree

Sharon Enloe Baum was our honoree for our annual benefit in recognition of her extensive philanthropic activity, particularly in her generosity to children through her support of the Madison Boys and Girls Club. A graduate of Randolph Macon College, Ms. Baum was in the first class at the Harvard Business School to accept women and earned an MBA from that institution in 1965. She was the first woman to hold the position of vice president at the Chemical Bank. Prior to that, she served as the director of the women’s market at PanAmerican airlines.

She is currently one of the most successful real estate brokers in Manhattan. She is enormously generous to many organizations and individuals; many of her very significant contributions to the public good are made anonymously.

Marek Glezerman, M.D.--2010 Gala Athena Award Recipient

The Foundation chose Dr. Marek Glezerman for the Athena Award of 2010 because of his passionate and consummately effective support of the science of gender medicine in Israel and throughout Europe. He has galvanized and united many of the leading scholars in the new science into an effective team, giving structure and a cogent mission statement to the newly formed International Association for Gender-Specific Medicine. His two international conferences on Gender-Specific Medicine are outstanding for their world class faculty and the caliber of attendees. He is a valued collaborator and adviser to the Partnership.

Professor Marek Glezerman is the incumbent of the Emma Fein Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tel Aviv University and chairs currently the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Beilinson and Sharon Hospital which together form the Rabin Medical Center. He also serves as deputy director of the Rabin Medical Center, which is one of the largest tertiary Health Care Centers in Israel. In the past he has chaired the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheba ( 8 years) and Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel (8 years).

He is the founding President of the Israel Society of Gender Medicine, member of the executive committee of the International Society for Gender Medicine, Chairman of the Israel National Steering committee of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Maccabi Health Sick Fund, member of three National Councils at the Israel Ministry of Health (Obstetrics, Gynecology; Women's Health; Surgery) and is on the FIGO advisory boards for Andrology and Gyne-Oncology.

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