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Speech by the Director of the Jerusalem Down Syndrome Center

October 16, 2014
On October 30, 2014, the conference “Everything Under One Roof—Our Down Syndrome Center in Jerusalem” was held at ORT Centro, presented by Dr. Ariel Tenenbaum, Director of the Down Syndrome Medical Center at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. The speaker presented the Down Syndrome Center in Jerusalem, which features a multidisciplinary team offering evaluation, treatment, consultations, preventive measures, and follow-up care. The event was organized by the Down Syndrome Association of Uruguay, the Israeli Embassy, and the Uruguayan Medical Association.

Dr. Tenenbaum is Co-Director of the Adoption Service Unit and Director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Evaluation Center, a professional service of the Ministry of Social Affairs at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.

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