Join us for the Spring semester series of Topics on Tap! Each Tuesday from February 2-March 2, we'll take an innovative look at a different Jewish topic, presented by talented educators from across Philly. No prior knowledge required. Grab a drink and enjoy great learning and discussion!
This week's topic:
The Ethics of Genetic Screening from a Jewish Perspective,
with Dr. Daniel Eisenberg of the Albert Einstein Medical Center
Click here to learn more about the Jewish Genetic Disease screening taking place in Center City this Thursday, February 4
Click here to learn more about Dr. Eisenberg and his work.
Co-sponsored by The Collaborative, Birthright Israel NEXT, and Moishe House Philadelphia
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg is with the Department of Radiology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA and an Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After an internal medicine internship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, he returned to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for his radiology residency and nuclear medicine fellowship.
Dr. Eisenberg is a noted lecturer in the area of Jewish medical ethics and is a member of the United Jewish Communities speakers bureau. He lectured yearly at the International Conference for Jewish Medical Ethics and served as a National Community Lecturer for the Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics in San Francisco. Dr. Eisenberg has served as the yearly medical ethics scholar-in-residence since 2001 for the New England Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and lectures yearly for the Schlesinger Institute for Medical Halachic Research at Shaarei Tzeddek Medical Center in Jerusalem. In 2007, Dr. Eisenberg presented the prestigious Chief Rabbi Jakobovits Memorial Jewish Medical Ethics Lecture in London.
