Professor of Medicine Moses Elisaf, was the first mayor of Jewish origin to be elected in Greece – His parents were Holocaust survivors
The mayor of Ioannina passed away on Friday at the age of 69, after an uneven battle with cancer Moses Elisaf. The Municipality of Ioanniton announced that the mayor was facing a health problem and was in a hospital in Athens. The funeral of Moses Elisaf will take place on Sunday at 13:00 at the Holy Synagogue of Ioannina.
Professor of Medicine Moses Elisaf was the first mayor of Jewish origin to be elected in Greece.
Politician, academic and doctor, Moses Elisaf was born in 1954 in Ioannina. His parents were Holocaust survivors. They managed to escape to the Middle East, but their families perished. His grandparents and 10 relatives did not return from Auschwitz and Birkenau.
Mayor of Ioannina elected in June 2019, as the head of the multi-collective combination “Yiannena Nea Epochi”, which was framed by officials of the Center Left and the N.D.
Moses Elisaf was for many years a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Israeli Council. For two years he was secretary general of the Board of Directors, while for 2 decades, he was president of the Israeli Community of Ioannina.
Immediately after his election as mayor of Ioannina, in June 2019, the KISE, in a statement, stated, among other things:
“For Greek Jewry, the success of Moses Elisaf marks a milestone in the history of the Jewish presence, both in the city of Ioannina and in Greece, since for the first time a Greek of the Jewish faith is elected mayor. A success that causes admiration, but also emotion.”
Moses Elisaf graduated from the Medical School of the University of Athens in 1979. He worked at the Institute of Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (1993-1994).
He was professor of Pathology at the School of Medicine of the University of Ioannina and director of the 2nd Pathology Clinic of PGNI. He was also in charge of the Lipid Metabolism and Obesity Outpatient Clinics where numerous patients are followed.
He was an active member of 27 Scientific Societies, while he was repeatedly president of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society and member of the Board of Directors. He was also vice-president of the Board of Directors. of the Study, Research and Education Institute for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases and Vice-President of the Board of Directors. of the Hellenic Society of Pathology of Northwest Greece.
The deceased served as editorial director and member of the editorial board of 47 internationally recognized medical journals, as well as a reviewer in 118 international medical journals. He has 772 foreign language publications in authoritative international scientific journals in basic and clinical research, in the subject of hypertension, lipids, atherosclerosis, as well as acid-base balance and electrolyte disorders. He has published 2 books on acid-base and electrolyte disorders, as well as dyslipidemias. He has organized numerous conferences and symposia on hypertension, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular risk factor management, and acid-base balance and electrolytes.
He was Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Satellite Meeting on Secondary Dyslipidemias of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS), in 1999.
He has participated in many international multicenter clinical studies related to the treatment of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes and other risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.
He was repeatedly a municipal councilor and was the president of the Non-profit Enterprise for Culture, Environment, Youth and Sports of the Municipality of Ioannita from 2011 to 2014.
He was a founding member and vice-president of the Board of Directors. of the Political and Social Problem Group of Ioannina.
His death constitutes a huge loss for the city of Ioannina, which he served as a doctor, as a university teacher, but also as mayor from 2019, without however having time to complete his term, but also to claim one more, as was his wish, to see his work to be completed. The Romanian Jewish community of Ioannina is losing a prominent member, who for a number of years was its president, highlighting its historical journey to the ends of the earth.
AMPE – agon.gr
Source: Skai
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