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Prof Eidelman - Valedictory Speech<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Leonid Eidelman
\nValedictory Speech
\nWorld Medical Association, Tbilisi, Georgia
\nOctober 2019
\nHonorable Ilia Nakashidze,
\nProf. Lobzhanidze,
\nDistinguished guests,
\nA warm thank you to our hosts here in Georgia for your warm hospitality in this
\nwonderful city of Tbililsi.
\nMy dear friends and colleagues,
\nIt is an honour to address you here and to thank you once again for the
\nopportunity to serve you, the World Medical Association and physicians
\nthroughout the world. I am sure that the WMA is an essential organization in the
\nmodern world and should be visible, active and presented in important forums.
\nThe purpose of the WMA is to serve humanity by endeavoring to achieve the
\nhighest international standards in Medical Education, Medical Science, Medical
\nArt and Medical Ethics, and Health Care for all people in the world.
\nSince having been inaugurated I have represented the WMA in different
\nmeetings. The first one was the Global Conference on Primary Health Care in
\nAstana, Kazakhstan. Universal health coverage is absolutely necessary to achieve
\nsustainable development goal number 3. Primary health care that includes
\nprevention, acute and chronic care is an indispensable platform for Universal
\nHealth Coverage.
\nThere are many challenges for Primary Health Care, the most important of them:
\nabsence of strong political commitment; difficulties in integration of health goals
\ninto non-health sector planning; and lack of intention for physician-led
\nteamwork.
\nDuring the meeting, it was noticeable that many participants didn\u2019t think the
\nPrimary Health Care model should have the physician at the helm of leadership.
\nThe conference focused on other health care providers, traditional ones, such as,
\nnurses, pharmacists and social workers and new professions, like, community
\nhealth workers and healthcare assistants. We should continue to promote the
\nteam approach in Primary Health Care and the leading role of physicians.
\nUniversal Health Coverage was one of the central issues at the Japan Medical
\nAssociation Ceremony and Medical congress and this was continued at The
\nHealth Professional Meeting (H20) 2019 Road to Universal Health Coverage in
\nTokyo, Japan.
\nDuring his tenure as president of the World Medical Association, Dr Yoshitake
\nYokokura considerably promoted UHC.
\nI also stressed the importance of physician leadership during the WHO Global
\nCoordination Mechanism meeting on Prevention and Control of
\nNoncommunicable Diseases in Geneva. I took the opportunity to visit the WMA
\nheadquarters and express my appreciation to all the WMA staff.
\nDuring the ceremony of the German Medical Profession Marking the Withdrawal
\nof the Medical Licenses of Jewish German Doctors 80 years ago, I emphasized the
\nphysicians\u2019 moral responsibility according to the WMA\u2019s Declaration of Geneva,
\nrecently updated due to the immense contribution of the German Medical
\nAssociation, which states that physicians must never use their medical
\nknowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties, even under threat.
\nAnother opportunity to stress the importance of the physician\u2019s professional
\nobligation to the patient and the highest ethical standards was at the CPME
\nGeneral Assembly, where the main topic was health care in danger.
\nDuring the Swedish Medical Association Annual Meeting, I learned about how
\nSwedish physicians tackle language limitations and cultural differences when
\ntaking care of the large number of refugees.
\nThe global issue of violence in the health sector that negatively impacts our
\nability to treat patients was addressed at the meeting in Mumbai, India.
\nThe future developments in medicine was in center of our meeting at the
\nAmerican Medical Association Headquarters. We discussed: augmented
\nintelligence; environmental intelligence; what physicians want to know about
\ntechnology; healthcare economy and what is on the horizon.
\nIn attempt to encourage the preparation for the future changes and the new
\nchallenges of a constantly evolving profession, the WMA and Israeli Medical
\nAssociation organised the Physician 2030 meeting, that was attended by over
\n100 physicians worldwide. It served as a platform for discussions in multiple
\nareas and dimensions of physicians’ activity. Issues of the validity of models and
\npredictors in health system, healthcare models and medical workplace in 2030,
\npatient-physician relationship, medical education-how it should be changed and
\ntechnology- where it can take us, were addressed.
\nI believe that we must continue to look to the future and be prepared.
\nPhysician burnout is one of the most acute challenges of contemporary medicine
\nand endangers physicians as well as the quality of healthcare. There is a need for
\nstudying preventive and treatment solutions. The International College of
\nPerson-Centered Medicine has decided to organize meetings on physician
\nburnout and wellbeing every year.
\nDuring my presidency year, I visited many physician meetings. You can see them
\nin my report but here I would like to give some specific examples of such
\nmeetings.
\nAt the British Medical Association Annual Representative Meeting in Belfast,
\namong others, there were votes on the issue of assisted dying and the BMA\u2019s
\nmembership in the WMA. The representatives endorsed the continued
\nmembership of the BMA in the World Medical Association, for the opportunity it
\nprovides to support and influence the development of global health policy.
\nDr. Chaand Nagpaul, BMA chair of council, stated the BMA\u2019s opposition to Brexit,
\ndue to potential damage to the national health service.
\nThe other meeting was CONFEMEL the Spain, Portugal, Latin American and
\nCaribbean Medical Confederation. There were discussions about the specific
\nchallenges facing doctors in their respective countries, some of which demanded
\nthe WMA intervention. We sent letters to the governments of Honduras, Bolivia
\nand others demanding a change of attitude towards physicians.
\nAnother example was a letter that we sent to the Sudanese Government
\ncondemning the use of lethal force against physicians and protesters.
\nDuring the European Forum Medical Association annual meeting in Montenegro,
\none of the presentations was of particular interest to me, because it reflected
\nattitude of young physicians that will definitely influence the workforce in
\nhealthcare in the years to come. The European Junior doctors presented the
\nsituation of part time employment of junior doctors in Europe and stressed the
\nimportance of this possibility to the new generation of doctors.
\nWhile attending the 34th CMAAO General Assembly we had the opportunity to
\nvisit a palliative care centre supported by the Indian Medical Association. I was
\nmuch very impressed by great work undertaken by the extremely dedicated staff
\nin this facility.
\nThe climate crisis is on the agenda of the World Medical Association. The
\nprofessional role of physicians in the fight against climate change was suggested
\nin our paper in Fortune Journal.
\nThe greatest media attention we received was our position against the decision
\nof the International Association of Athletics Federation in the case of Caster
\nSemenya. Our position was based on strict ethical considerations, that a medical
\ntreatment is only justified when there is a medical need. Medical treatment for
\nthe sole purpose of altering the performance in sports is not permissible.
\nFinally, I am glad to thank two chairs of council I was privileged to work with,
\nboth Dr. Ardis Hoven and Prof. Frank-Ulrich Montgomery. I am grateful to the
\nSecretary General, Dr. Otmar Kloiber and his fantastic team who have supported
\nme throughout my presidency. My deepest appreciation to the leaders from
\nmore that one hundred countries that make the WMA so important and so
\ninfluential across the globe. I am confident that the WMA will continue to be a
\nbeacon for doctors all over the world, to light the way in medical ethics and
\ncontinue to serve as a voice of doctors, as well as, supporting NMA\u2019s and doctors
\nin times of need.
\nI thank my predecessors and wish great success to the incoming president Dr.
\nMiguel Jorge.
\nThank You<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

Prof Eidelman – Valedictory Speech Prof. Leonid Eidelman Valedictory Speech World Medical Association, Tbilisi, Georgia October 2019 Honorable Ilia Nakashidze, Prof. Lobzhanidze, Distinguished guests, A warm thank you to our hosts here in Georgia for your warm hospitality in this wonderful city of Tbililsi. My dear friends and colleagues, It is an honour to address […]<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"file","mime_type":"application\/pdf","media_details":{},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prof-Eidelman-Valedictory-Speech.pdf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13297"}]}}