HAIFA, May 30-31, 2011 -- Dr. Donna E. Shalala, President of the University of Miami, and former US Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Clinton, was among six exceptional individuals presented by Rambam Health Care Campus (RHCC) with the prestigious Rambam Award for 2011. The longest serving HHS Secretary in US history, Dr. Shalala pioneered health and welfare reform and raised child immunization rates to their highest levels. In accepting the honor, she said, "At the end of fairy tales, children are saved by the woodcutter. Grandparents are the caring adults in fairy stories, and we are the caring adults in the real world. The investment in the health and education of all kids is the passion of my career." Also awarded this year's prize, which is conferred for outstanding contributions to medicine and humanity, were actress, film star, and author Ms. Gila Almagor Agmon; industrialist Mr. Nochi Dankner; the late philanthropist Mr. Joseph Fishman and his family; financier Mr. Harvey Krueger; and the Hon. Mrs. Laura Wolfson Townsley, Chairman of the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust. Presentation of the prize was the high point of this year's Rambam Summit: Putting Children's Health at Center Stage. The gathering took place in the Israeli Mediterranean port city of Haifa on May 30-31, 2011, and attracted healthcare professionals, medical researchers, members of the hospital's Board of Trustees and international Boards of Directors, and Friends of Rambam ...
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