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(Left) Through the program Best Face Forward 2.0, Megan, a cancer patient in the Dallas area, was able to get a wig and microblading for her eyebrows. (Provided by JTA) (Right) Bailey Kramer was able to keep most of her hair during chemotherapy treatments using a method called cold-capping in which a specially fitted cap freezes the hair follicles during treatment, preserving the strands. (Courtesy of Bailey Kramer via JTA)
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Program Helps Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors with Mental Health and Self-Image

JTA

Best Face Forward 2.0, run by Sharsheret, the Jewish breast cancer and ovarian cancer organization, offers qualifying women funding for certain non-medical services considered critical to the healing process but not usually fully covered by health insurance. 

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Located in the Bronx, New York, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, was founded by Yeshiva University in 1955. In 2015, Yeshiva University transferred ownership of Einstein to New York’s Montefiore Medical Center. Einstein and Yeshiva are still closely affiliated.
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Baltimorean Dr. Ruth Gottesman Donates $1 Billion to Einstein College of Medicine

JMORE Staff

The gift — which will be tuition-free for the indefinite future — is intended to attract a range of students to the medical school in New York.

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Ira Ackerman
Ira Ackerman: "I enjoyed what I did because it was rewarding. So many people counted on you, whether it was in cardiac surgery, the intensive care unit, or labor and delivery. Doctors repair patients and we repair the equipment they use to repair patients." (Provided photo)
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Sinai Employee Ira Ackerman Retires After 45 Years at Hospital, Becomes Professional ‘Tinkerer’

Anna Lippe

A Northwest Baltimore native and resident, Ira Ackerman has invented a game called Gridiron Golf that incorporates the rules of football for scoring with miniature golf.

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Dr. Scalea and Ellen Lightman
Pikesville resident Ellen F. Lightman is escorted by Dr. Thomas M. Scalea, Shock Trauma’s physician-in-chief and distinguished professor of trauma surgery and director of the program in trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. (Provided by the University of Maryland)
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Pikesville Resident Ellen Lightman Pays Tribute to Shock Trauma and First-Responders

JMORE Staff

Lightman was among the 1,000 people in attendance at the annual Shock Trauma Heroes Celebration on Nov. 18 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

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