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Eli Y. Adashi
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Haifa, Israel
NationalityIsraeli, American
EducationThe Tel Aviv University School of Medicine (MD, 1973) The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (MS, 2005)
Alma materThe Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
AwardsPresident's Achievement Award, Society for Gynecologic Investigation (1989)
SRI-Pardi Distinguished Scientist Award, Society for Reproductive Investigation (2015)
Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2018)

Eli Y. Adashi (born 1945) is an American physician and scientist who served as the Fifth Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University. Adashi is presently a tenured Professor of Medical Science with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Association of American Physicians (AAP). Adashi is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Hastings Center Ethics Research Institute, and the Royal Society of Medicine.

Early life and education

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Adashi was born in Haifa, Israel (British Mandate Palestine) in 1945, the only child of German-speaking professionals who departed Europe in the mid-1930s.[citation needed] Adashi’s mother, an Austrian national by birth, was a highly successful kindergarten teacher. Adashi’s father, a Czech national by birth, was an engineer whose lifelong career was spent with the Nesher Cement Factory in Haifa. A member of the first graduating class of the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Adashi received his Medical degree in 1973. Following a Rotating Internship at the Meir Medical Center, Adashi relocated to the United States for Residency Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine.[1] Adashi received training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, respectively.[2]

Appointments

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Adashi's first faculty appointment was as an Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.[3]

Upon the passing of M. Carlyle Crenshaw, Jr., Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Adashi was appointed Acting Chair, a role he served in through 1996. In 1996, Adashi became the John A. Dixon Endowed Presidential Professor and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. He founded the ovarian cancer program in 1999 at the Huntsman Cancer Research Institute. In 2004, Adashi was appointed as the Frank L. Day Professor of Biology and the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University.[4][5]

Adashi was elected to the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academia of Medicine) in 1999 wherein he served on multiple committees.[6][7][8][9][10]

A former Franklin fellow and Senior Adviser on Global Women's Health to the Secretary of State Office of Global Women's Issues (1st term of the Obama Administration),[11] Adashi is a member of the Advisory Council of The Hastings Center,[12] a member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University,[13] and the chair of the Medical Executive Committee and the Medical Advisory Council of the Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine.[14]

Adashi is a former member of the Board of Directors of Physicians for Human Rights and of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Agenda Council on Population Growth of the World Economic Forum, and the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Adashi is also a former advisor to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[15] A former Examiner and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), Adashi served as President of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI; 1998–1999), the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI; 1999–2000),[16] and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS; 2002–2003).[17]

Awards and recognition

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  • USPHS Research Career Development Award (RCDA), NICHD, NIH (1986–1991)[18]
  • The President's Achievement Award, Society for Gynecologic Investigation (1989)[19]
  • Annual Research Award, Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) (1996)[20]
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) (1999)
  • Fellow ad Eundem, The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) (2000)
  • President d’Honneur à titre Etranger, The Societé Francaise de Gynécologie (2001)
  • Franklin Fellow, US Department of State, Office of Global Women's Issues (2009–2010)[21]
  • W.W. Keen Award for Outstanding Contributions to Medicine, Brown University (2010)[22]
  • SRI-Pardi Distinguished Scientist Award, The Society for Reproductive Investigation (2015)[19]
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, The Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland (2016)[23]
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (2018)[24]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2018)[25]
  • Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Members of US Congress (Sponsor: James R. Langevin) (2018)
  • Honorary Member, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (2019)[26]
  • Elected as a Fellow of The Hastings Center Ethics Research Institute (2020)

Personal life

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Adashi is married to Toni Sach-Silberman, an actress. They have one son, Judah, a composer and a member of the Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute Faculty.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society". American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society - AGOS. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  2. ^ "Adashi, Eli". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-26.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.
  3. ^ "American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society". agosonline.org. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. ^ "04-058 (Eli Y. Adashi)". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  5. ^ Adashi, Eli Y. (September 2007). "Growing Into Our Vision For an Academic Health Center in Rhode Island: The Impetus of the Warren Alpert Foundation Gift" (PDF). Medicine & Health/Rhode Island. 90 (9): 264–265.
  6. ^ Science, Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Antiprogestins: Assessing the; Donaldson, Molla S.; Dorflinger, Laneta; Brown, Sarah S.; Benet, Leslie Z. (1993-01-01). COMMITTEE ON ANTIPROGESTINS: ASSESSING THE SCIENCE. National Academies Press (US).
  7. ^ Behrman, Richard E.; Butler, Adrienne Stith (2007-01-01). Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes. National Academies Press (US).
  8. ^ Council, Institute of Medicine and National Research (2010-05-26). Final Report of the National Academies' Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee and 2010 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. doi:10.17226/12923. ISBN 9780309156004. PMID 24983031.
  9. ^ Medicine, Institute of (2010). Front Matter | Women's Health Research: Progress, Pitfalls, and Promise | The National Academies Press. doi:10.17226/12908. ISBN 978-0-309-15389-8. PMID 24983027.
  10. ^ "Front Matter | Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Indonesia: Saving Lives, Saving the Future | Joint Committee on Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Indonesia". The National Academies Press. 2013. doi:10.17226/18437. ISBN 978-0-309-29076-0. PMID 24851304.
  11. ^ "Dr. Eli Adashi - U.S. Department of State". careers.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  12. ^ "Advisory Council - The Hastings Center". Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  13. ^ "Program Members of The Board Of Governors - Tel Aviv University". www1.tau.ac.il. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  14. ^ "Medical Executive Committee - The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine". jonesfound.org. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  15. ^ "Adashi, Eli". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  16. ^ "SRI Presidents | Society for Reproductive Investigation". www.sri-online.org.
  17. ^ "American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society" (PDF).
  18. ^ Adashi, Eli Y.; Resnick, Carol E.; Hernandez, Eleuterio R.; May, Jeffrey V.; Knecht, Michael; Svoboda, Marjorie E.; Van Wyk, Judson J. (1988-04-01). "Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I as an Amplifier of Follicle- Stimulating Hormone Action: Studies on Mechanism(s) and Site(s) of Action in Cultured Rat Granulosa Cells". Endocrinology. 122 (4): 1583–1591. doi:10.1210/endo-122-4-1583. ISSN 0013-7227. PMID 2831034.
  19. ^ a b "SRI Awards | Society for Reproductive Investigation". www.sri-online.org. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  20. ^ "Society for the Study of Reproduction". 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  21. ^ "Dr. Eli Adashi - U.S. Department of State". careers.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  22. ^ "Past Award Winners and Honorees | Alpert Medical School". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  23. ^ "Honorary degree for prof. Eli Y. Adashi | Poznan University of Medical Science". pums.ump.edu.pl. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  24. ^ "Convocation". UGME. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  25. ^ "ASRM Lifetime Achievement Award | ASRM". asrm.org. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  26. ^ "Professor Eli Y Adashi Receives Honorary Membership of ESHRE | Jones Foundation". Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  27. ^ "Judah Adashi". peabody.jhu.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
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