Miriam AdelsonBiography

Miriam Adelson Biography

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Miriam Adelson was born in Tel Aviv in 1945, trained as a physician and opened the first Adelson Clinic in 1993 3.

Full nameMiriam Adelson (born Miriam Farbstein)
NationalityUnited States
Known forMajority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands; owner of the Dallas Mavericks with her family

Born in Tel Aviv

Miriam Farbstein was born on 10 October 1945 in Tel Aviv, and her family settled in Haifa in the 1950s 3.

Education

She earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology and genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a medical degree, magna cum laude, at Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv University awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2007 3.

Medicine

She served as a medical officer during her army service and became chief internist in the emergency room at Rokach Hospital in Tel Aviv. In 1986 she joined Rockefeller University as an associate physician specialising in drug addiction, where she worked for about two decades 3.

The Adelson Clinics

She opened the first Adelson Clinic in Israel in 1993 and a Las Vegas location in 2000 3.

Frequently asked questions

In Tel Aviv, on 10 October 1945.
Microbiology and genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, then medicine at Tel Aviv University.
She was a physician, including chief internist in a Tel Aviv emergency room and an associate physician at Rockefeller University.
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