Essie SassoonDr. Essie Sassoon retired in 2013 as Deputy Head of Department at the Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashkelon. Born in the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin, she graduated from the Trivandrum Medical College and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Madas (now Chennai). She volunteered for duty in Israel during the Yom Kippur War and worked at the Telashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, staying on Israel after the war. Read More Read Less