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Yael Dreznik

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Yael Dreznik's path to medicine was far from traditional. Initially dreaming of a career in economics, she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees and began working at the Ministry of Finance. Despite her professional success, she felt a growing pull toward a different path—one that combined her desire to make a tangible impact with her passion for helping others.

At the age of twenty-eight, Yael made the decision to leave her established career and pursue medicine. Drawn to surgery's challenges and inspired by the resilience of young patients, she specialized in pediatric surgery, a field she found profoundly meaningful.

Today, Yael is a senior pediatric surgeon at Schneider Children's Hospital. During her residency, she began documenting Yael Dreznik's path to medicine was far from traditional. Initially dreaming of a career in economics, she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees and began working at the Ministry of Finance. Despite her professional success, she felt a growing pull toward a different path—one that combined her desire to make a tangible impact with her passion for helping others.

At the age of twenty-eight, Yael made the decision to leave her established career and pursue medicine. Drawn to surgery's challenges and inspired by the resilience of young patients, she specialized in pediatric surgery, a field she found profoundly meaningful.

Today, Yael is a senior pediatric surgeon at Schneider Children's Hospital. During her residency, she began documenting her experiences, leading to the acclaimed trilogy Surgeon’s Life, which offers readers a rare glimpse into the world of surgery through her eyes.

Yael is married and the proud mother of two daughters—one a combat soldier in the army and the other a high school student.

Books by Yael Dreznik:

1. The Trilogy "Surgeon's Life": in march 2022 Yael's first book "And the night has yet to come" was released in Hebrew, quickly becoming a bestseller in Israel. The book chronicles the life of a general surgery resident, hour by hour, with each chapter representing an entire hour during a shift, based on real-life events. About a year later, she decided to translate it into English and self-published it on Amazon. In September 2023, her second book on pediatric surgery, titled "Children of a bold god", was released. This book portrays twelve months where each month details a unique case in pediatric surgery, associated with a virtue or quality based on the 12 virtues of Aristotle. The book also includes details of the history of medicine and specifically the history of pediatric surgery. The third book, "portrait of victory", contains 30 short essays from a blog written by Dr. Dreznik. It provides a window into the emotional, frightening, saddening, and unique events in the world of medicine, and particularly in the realm of surgery. The thirty pieces in this book are not ordinary tales recounting some story from the operating room or ward life. They are stories that convey a specific message about how we should shape our lives. About how we must embrace ourselves and move forward, realize our dreams, and do our very best. Because only then can we imagine our own "picture of victory". This is the third book that concludes the trilogy of the surgeon's life.

2. The Seventh of October Project is a project aimed at documenting medical, nursing, and rescue teams during the Hamas attack on the State of Israel on the seventh of October, 2023. In this project, dozens of different healthcare professionals were interviewed, including hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, and rescue personnel. The project's goal is to raise global awareness of the heinous crimes committed by Hamas against humanity and to tell the story of one of the largest mass casualty events in the world. This book was published in 2024.

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Murphy's Law is a popular adage that states that in any given situation, whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. For instance, if a slice of bread with Nutella falls on the floor, it will land with the Nutella side down. This will also happen, most likely, on the day we've just cleaned the floor.

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“Or in Mark Twain's paradoxical words, “Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.”
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