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Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has announced that American-Israeli health care journalist Maayan Hoffman as the new host of its podcast, **“**Hadassah On Call: New Frontiers in Medicine.”
Through interviews with doctors from the Hadassah Medical Organization, Hadassah’s medical center in Jerusalem, Hoffman, a third-generation Hadassah member, will bring listeners the latest medical breakthroughs from the people who develop and deploy them.
A specialist in global health issues, Hoffman is a senior correspondent for the Geneva-based health website Health Policy Watch and The Jerusalem Report. She worked with The Jerusalem Post from 2015 to 2022, including serving as the media outlet’s health reporter and analyst during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was recently named the company’s director of conferences.
Now in its fourth year, “Hadassah On Call: New Frontiers in Medicine” explores medical solutions like stem cell harvesting and corneal transplantation; new treatments for cancer, cardiac disease and other often life-threatening illnesses; myriad aspects of COVID-19; chronic conditions like joint pain, sleeplessness and headaches; physical and emotional trauma, including sexual abuse and PTSD; and issues connected to sexuality, infertility and menopause, to name just some of the topics the podcast has addressed over the course of almost 60 episodes.
Said Naomi Adler, CEO of Hadassah, “Maayan’s knowledge of medicine and ability to break down complex medical and scientific concepts ensures that listeners can act on the often life-changing information our doctors impart during the ‘Hadassah On Call’ podcasts.”
“Hadassah’s hospitals are known for their breakthroughs in treatment, surgical techniques and clinical research,” said Hoffman. “It will be a privilege to help the medical center’s doctors share their expertise with a public looking for medical information they can trust.”