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Born on July 18, 1972 in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, the former Soviet Union, the youngest of three children, a brother to Felena and Lala, Leonid was an open, sociable and kind child, He graduated from the School of Education at the No. 5 School in Tashkent, where he graduated with honors, and his outstanding achievements earned him a silver medal, and in his youth he participated in enrichment classes in mathematics and biology and won the second place in biology, But on the other hand he was active in the Komsomol youth movement, which works for the community He helped the elderly in shopping and distributed flowers to World War II veterans on Victory Day (“D-Day.”) Leonid was blessed with a wonderful musical hearing and musical talent, and studied piano at a music school for seven years, The real thing was to be a doctor, or rather a pediatrician, who had always shown great interest in medicine and loved to treat people-it was a combination of his real inclination and his attraction to science with his love of man and his desire to find relief for their suffering. Saw them as little adults, used to talk to them with humor, and treated them as human beings with equal rights. When he was in the 10th grade, Leonid decided to apply for medical studies at the university, and in order to increase his chances, he volunteered to work in a pharmacy. By the way, he learned the secrets of pharmacy. In the years before the breakup of the Soviet Union, it was not easy for Jews to be accepted to medical studies at the prestigious Moscow University. In order to overcome the other candidates, Leonid had to exert himself twice as much, but Leonid was meant to be a doctor, and in his determination, he managed to overcome obstacles and be accepted. After completing high school, he went to Moscow and began his medical studies. During his two years of medical studies, Leonid managed to finish in Russia’s capital until he arrived in Israel alone, at the beginning of July 1991. When he arrived, he wasted no time and immediately began preparing for the psychometric exam and applying for medical studies. He bravely faced the absorption, language and acclimatization difficulties of the new country, and was accepted straight to the second year of the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, as part of the academic reserve. While studying, he began working as a lieutenant at the Levinstein Hospital. On May 23, 1993, Leonid was drafted into the IDF, where he was stationed in the air force, and at the beginning of his military career served as a doctor in the anti-aircraft battalion 66 which was based in Ramot Naftali. Leonid loved his job and the army very much, fulfilling his duties seriously to the satisfaction of his commanders, acquiring many friends, and although the vacations were few, every two or three weeks, he accepted it easily. During 1994, his father died. Leonid mobilized all his energies and with considerable effort dealt with the disaster. At the end of his regular service he decided to volunteer for the regular army, and continued to serve as a battalion doctor on the Lebanese border for almost a year. He then went on to a course for medical officers in the air force. Sports, we said, was not Leonid’s strong point, and here, in the officer’s course, he was particularly hard-his physical fitness was not one of the better, and the studies were intensive and demanding. But Leonid was ambitious, tolerant and enduring, and had successfully completed his officers’ course. At the end of the course, Leonid was appointed director of the “Syrkin Camp” clinic in Petach Tikvah and was happy to be close to home in Kfar Saba. At that time, on 8 November 2001, his two children, the twins Raz and Sapir, were born. Leonid, who always loved children, was a model father. In 2003, Leonid was appointed commander of the medical division at the Uvda Air Force Base in the NegevDistant Rum, and moved there with his family. In 2006, he graduated from the Meir Hospital in Kfar Sava and studied in the Internal Medicine Department. During his service, Leonid traveled to Poland with a delegation of “witnesses in uniform” of the Israel Defense Forces on a tour of the death camps following the Holocaust victims, and wrote down his impressions of the journey, describing his feelings as a doctor in the Israel Defense Forces, He was a pleasant, friendly and smiling man, easily connected to people and treated them with dignity, saw his service as a mission, and saw a personal and professional challenge in the medical profession, treating his patients with love and showing a high level of professionalism. – free from condescension and interests, kindness and kindness, and a true friend, Leonid was known That he was lying, and when he promised something, always existed, Major Leonid Gendler fell in the course of his duty on January 5, 2009, at the age of thirty-six. During the last months of his life, Leonid struggled with brain cancer when he showed great strength, until his strength was exhausted. He was laid to rest in the Kfar Saba military cemetery. Survived by a son and daughter as seven, a mother and two sisters. On the gravestone, the family wanted to engrave the words “son, father, brother, beloved uncle, friend and devoted doctor / his memory will dwell in our hearts forever.” In his letter of condolences to the bereaved family, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi wrote: “Leonid specialized in the family medicine department of the IDF’s Chief Medical Officer headquarters in the Technology and Logistics Division, and in the internal department of Meir Hospital. It is said that he demonstrated a high level of professionalism and exceptional care and respect for his patients and his work, and Leonid was endowed with professional curiosity and human love. I am certain that his image will illuminate The memory of his commanders and friends will always be preserved in our hearts. ” Brig. Gen. Nachman Asch, Chief Medical Officer, wrote to the family: “Leonid decided to tie his life with the Medical Corps when he joined medical studies within the framework of the academic reserve. After his induction, he served as a battalion doctor in the Israel Air Force and later as a senior physician in the IAF bases. Leonid performed these challenging tasks out of a sense of mission and expressed a high level of professionalism and excellent treatment for his patients. He later chose to specialize in family medicine. Leonid also stood out at this stage of his service and made him strong. In the past few months, Leonid has been campaigning for his life. Leonid made us all appreciate and marvel at the way he coped with his illness-bravely, coolly, soberly and lucidly. I had the right to accompany him during this period and learn about his love and devotion to the family. I have been happy to receive our support – the least we could have done to you and you. “In his letter to the children of Leonid, the Chief Medical Officer concluded:” Dear Raz and Sapir, I have no words of comfort in the face of the tragedy of your father’s death. His doctors and soldiers, to participate in your great mourning, we embrace you with a warm and loving embrace, and you will always be an inseparable part of the medical corps. ” After Leonid’s death, Leonid’s family received a certificate of appreciation and honor from Maj. Gen. Avi Zamir, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, which read: “Major Leonid Gendler volunteered for the IDF career service. , Devoted himself to increasing the strength of the IDF and cultivating its spirit, while the good of the state is in front of it. The contribution of his life was great. A living missionHugh was cut short when he died. The IDF will preserve its memory. ” Leonid left behind research on the effects of drugs taken by pregnant women on fetal development. The work, which he wrote during his internship in the obstetrics department, was published in 1998 in the American journal Medicine Today. Another article Leonid co-authored on the relationship between the use of certain drugs and asthma-related death rates in Israel was published in the prestigious journal The Jurnal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. As part of his specialization in family medicine at Meir Hospital, Leonid participated in a unique study that examined the relationship between belly dancing and slimming, and improved mood and self-confidence in women. A demonstration workshop for the subject of the study – Therapy through Belly Dance – was included in one of the sessions of the annual Association of Family Physicians, held in March 2009, about two months after Leonid’s death, and dedicated to his memory.
