"Soul & Body—Judaism, Modern Medicine
& Cloning"
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Bio |
| Tobiy R. Gurvich was born in Riga, Latvia, and graduated from the Riga Medical Institute and became a clinical researcher in 1977. Since 1980 he has been assistant professor of the Chair of Internal Diseases of the Riga Medical Institute (renamed the Medical Academy of Latvia in 1990). He specializes in internal medicine and cardiology. Dr. Gurvich has published more than ninety scientific papers, mainly in cardiology, clinical diagnostics, adolescent medicine, medical ethics, medicine in Torah, and medicine in fiction. In 1976 he won the gold medal for the best student research paper in the USSR. In 1978, 1980 & 1985 he received awards from the Riga Medical Institute for scientific achievements. In 1992 he graduated from the Free Jewish University in Riga. He is a member of the editorial board of Gesharim, the monthly newspaper of the Riga Jewish religious community. He is also a member of the Latvian Medical Society Bikur Holim and its auditing commission. Dr. Gurvich holds free reception hours as an internist and cardiologist at the Asvata Medical Center of the SHAMIR Foundation of the Riga Synagogue.
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