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| Curriculum Vitae | |
| RUTH STEINITZ | |
| (27.11.1907 - 17.12.1995) | |
| 1907 | Born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland). The daughter of Oscar and Agnes Aber. |
| 1927 | Graduated from high school (at the Augustaschule) in Breslau |
| 1927-1933 | Studied medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Breslau, the Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg and Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Berlin. |
| 1933 | Married Heinz Sigismund Steinitz. Following the onset of the Nazi regime in Germany, immigrated to Palestine. The medical studies were discontinued in the final practical year. |
| 1933-1948 | The British authorities of the Palestine Mandate refused permission to practice medicine. |
| 1951-1952 | Resumed medical practice. Worked at the Bikur Holim hospital in Jerusalem, in the Department of Internal Diseases with Prof. Zondek, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology with Dr. Rosenberger, and in the Department of Pediatrics with Dr. H. Kagan. |
| 1953-1954 | Participated in a training program for school health, community health center services and cardiac care of children, held at the Department of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Became familiar with the American Cancer Registry Program during her training at Yale University. |
| 1954-1956 | Worked in Hadassa Hospital as a pediatrician and family physician in Beth Shemesh and the immigrant villages of the Jerusalem corridor. |
| 1957-1959 | Pediatrician of Tipat Halav (mother and child care) and family doctor in the Nachlaot quarter of Jerusalem. |
| 1959 | Started to work with Dr. Sieman and Dr. Zilberstein in the Tuberculosis Registry, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem. |
| 1960 | Establishment of the Israel Cancer Registry at the Ministry of Health, Jerusalem. Served as Head of the Israel Cancer Registry. Continued her work and activity at the Cancer Registry until March 1994. |
| 1996 | Took part in the International Meeting of Cancer Registries I Tokyo, Japan |
| 1970 | Participation in the 10th International Cancer Congress, Houston, USA. |
| 1972 | Participation in the 9th International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, Jerusalem, Israel. |
| 1975 | Took part in the 11th International Cancer Congress, Florence, Italy. |
| 1978 | Took part in the Perugia Quadrennial International Conference on Cancer, Perugia, Italy. |