Deena Zimmerman

Dr. Deena R. Zimmerman MD MPH IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) is a pediatrician for Maccabi Health Services and TEREM-Immediate Medical Care in Israel and is a medical advisor to the Jerusalem Breastfeeding Center. She received her BA from Yale University and MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency, chief residency, and Masters in Public Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where she also served on the faculty as Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics for four years. Dr. Zimmerman is one of the first graduates of Nishmat's Keren Ariel Program as a yoetzet halakhah (a women's halakhic advisor). She has written several articles on women's health issues and Jewish law. She lectures extensively on medicine, women's health and Jewish law, and Jewish medical ethics.