Background
Menczel, Jacob was born on April 23, 1923 in Cernowitz, Rumania. Arrived in Israel, 1949. Son of Moses and Blima Menczel.
hospital administrator medical researcher physician medical educator
Menczel, Jacob was born on April 23, 1923 in Cernowitz, Rumania. Arrived in Israel, 1949. Son of Moses and Blima Menczel.
Doctor of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1951.
Resident and chief physician Hadasaah Missouri Ejn Karem, Jerusalem, 1951-1961. Fellow, visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1961-1963. Eleanor Roosevelt fellow Hines (Illinois) Veterans Administration Hospital, 1963.
Chief metabolic unit Hadassah Ejn Karem, Jerusalem, 1963-1967. Chairman department medicine Shaare Zedek Hospital, 1967-1973. Director general Ministry of Health, 1974-1978.
Chairman department medicine Hadassah, Mount Scopus, 1979-1991. Director general, chairman department geriatrics Herzog Hospital, 1991-1995, chairman executive board, combined project, since 1991, chairman department geriatrics, since 1995. Director geriatric services Maccabi health maintenance organization, 1995—1999.
Chairman national board geriatrics Ministry of Health, Israel, since 1995. Jerusalem Regional Geriatrician Maccabi health maintenance organization, since 1999. Director Institute Osteoporosi, Herzog Hospital, since 2001, chairman Helsinki committee, since 2003.
Served to lieutenant Israeli Army, 1951-1953. Member Alumni Association Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School (chairman 1995-1997).
Married Lilly Simons.