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Hadassah Ketura Installs 2025 Board

The Jan. 5 meeting also featured information about how gender bias in Israeli and American emergency rooms may impact treatment.

Newly installed 2025 Hadassah Greater Atlanta Ketura Group Board, board advisors and attendees, from left: (front row) Rosalie Agrow, Suzy Wilner, Fran Redisch; (second row) Gail Vanovitch, Joan Solomon, Ellen Weinberger, Leora Wollner; (third row) Terry Nordin, Gerry Taratoot, Susan Adair; (back row) Simone Wilker, Dale Millman, Rhonda Wise. Not pictured – Arlene Glass
Newly installed 2025 Hadassah Greater Atlanta Ketura Group Board, board advisors and attendees, from left: (front row) Rosalie Agrow, Suzy Wilner, Fran Redisch; (second row) Gail Vanovitch, Joan Solomon, Ellen Weinberger, Leora Wollner; (third row) Terry Nordin, Gerry Taratoot, Susan Adair; (back row) Simone Wilker, Dale Millman, Rhonda Wise. Not pictured – Arlene Glass

Hadassah Greater Atlanta (HGA) installed Rosalie Agrow as the 2025 Hadassah Ketura Group president as well as the new Ketura Group board at a festive lunch at the home of Dale Millman.

Simone Wilker, advocacy chair for Hadassah Greater Atlanta, presented information about a new study by Hadassah researchers that highlights how gender bias in the Israeli and American emergency rooms impacts treatment. “Women are viewed as exaggerating or hysterical, and men are viewed as more stoic when they complain of pain,” explains Dr. Alex Gileles-Hillel, a physician at the Hadassah Medical Organization.

Scientists at Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Hadassah Medical Center and Ben Gurion University, both in Israel, and the University of Missouri and Marshall University in the U.S., analyzed more than 21,851 discharge notes of patients who came into the ER, with non-specific pain complaints without a clear underlying cause, such as headaches.

The analysis found that women were 10 percent less likely than men to have a recorded pain score, ranging from 1 to 10, that helps to inform physicians about the severity of pain. After initial assessment, women waited an average of 30 minutes longer than men to see a physician and were less likely than men to receive pain medication. One might think that a female doctor would see things differently than her male counterpart, but the gender of the physician did not matter. Males were more likely to be prescribed medication for pain, even if they were treated by a female doctor.

Wilker added, “Hadassah strongly supports women’s health. Sex bias has no place in medicine. Adequate pain treatment is critical for patients’ mental and physical health. Therefore, I am encouraging our Hadassah members to be strong and advocate for themselves when they enter the ER.”

Agrow explained, “I will continue to lead our Hadassah women in supporting Israel, fighting antisemitism and standing up for women’s health. I am so proud that Hadassah conducted this study which addresses the bias as to how women’s pain is perceived and treated in emergency care settings.”

For more information about Hadassah, go to www.hadassah.org.

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