37 Doctors Join The IDF
On July 23, 2018, a ceremony was held to welcome several doctors to the IDF’s Medical Corps. In recent years, there have been an increasing number of doctors who have chosen to change their career paths in order to serve in the IDF. The length of service for the new physicians was recently changed from a year and a half to two years, allowing for more meaningful service.
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At the ceremony, 37 doctors were given officer ranks, a step taken to empower the doctors and to increase their motivation to remain in the army after their compulsory service. From 2012 to 2017, there was a 65% increase in the recruitment of physicians to the IDF and more are expected to join this year.
The ceremony was held at the Air Force House in Herzliya, with the participation of Chief Medical Officer, Brigade General Dr. Tarif, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Head of the Operational Medicine Department, Colonel Dr. Haggai, and other senior officers and medical doctors serving in the Medical Corps.
Dr. Gennady, who last served as the Divisional Medical Officer in the 80th Division, is now leading the project in the Medical Corps. He volunteered for the Medical Corps at the age of 33, and for the last decade has been involved in the project to recruit doctors to the IDF. “I’m excited to know that the doctors who received the ranks this evening will be part of the next generation of doctors in the Medical Corps,” said Dr. Gennady.
