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July 24 • 2014

Maccabi Medicine

his summer's JCC Maccabi
Defense Forces in a combat unit. He
Games and ArtsFest will have
moved to the U.S. in 1994 and met his
a medical volunteer who con- wife on a blind date.
verted to Judaism in the last decade.
He is the founder and CEO of Spire
Betty Chu, M.D., M.B.A., the new
Integrated Systems, a Troy-based pro-
chief medical officer and
vider of residential and
vice president for medical
commercial automation
affairs at Henry Ford West
systems, with projects
Bloomfield Hospital, will
from Detroit to San Diego
join the clinical volunteers
"When we met 12 years
provided by the hospital
ago, he was working out of
to staff Medical Central
his apartment:' Chu says.
at the Jewish Community
"Now his company works
Center and providing sup-
all over the country and
plies to all the sites for the
has 20 employees. Navot is
games.
my inspiration:"
Irvin Kappy, M.D., ser-
His parents, Avishai and
Dr. Betty C hu
vice chief of Pediatrics at
Sima, usually visit every
the hospital, will be the medical direc-
other year during the summer months
tor at Maccabi.
and stay through the High Holidays.
Chu's Chinese parents immigrated
Avishai is a retired CEO and his moth-
to the U.S. from Taiwan to pursue a
er is an artist.
better life. She grew up with her broth-
The family stays connected to Israel,
er and sister in Rochester, celebrating
visiting his family every two years.
Christian holidays.
Visits include time spent at the kibbutz
In 2002, she met Israeli Navot
with his parents, road trips to popular
Shoresh, and they married in 2004
sites and visiting his three sisters in
in a simple ceremony on a beach in
Tel Aviv. Some of the family's favorite
Hawaii. Prior to the birth of their first
places include visiting the wineries in
son in 2005, she converted to Judaism
the Golan, eating dinner at a beachside
at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
restaurant in Tel Aviv or visiting the
Their second son arrived in 2007.
market in the Old City of Jerusalem.
"I chose to convert because I wanted
One of their most memorable expe-
my children to be raised with a singu-
riences was visiting the Weizmann
lar religious philosophy:' Chu says. "I
Institute of Science in Rehovot. The
was drawn to Reform Judaism, with its family toured the institute and met
focus on the family, tikkun olam and
with scientists who shared their pas-
the concept of mitzvah. The Jewish
sion for research and their multidisci-
community in West Bloomfield has
plinary approach to problem solving.
been very welcoming:'
In addition to her administrative
The couple's sons attend
duties, Chu is a practicing gynecolo-
Birmingham public schools, and
gist, seeing patients at Henry Ford
their 9-year-old will attend Tamarack
West Bloomfield Hospital and at
Camps this summer. The family cur-
Henry Ford Medical Center-Troy.
rently belongs to Temple Shir Shalom
Her numerous recognitions include
in West Bloomfield.
Crain's Detroit Business "40 Under
"I liked their religious school and
40" in 2010 and the Asian Pacific
American Chamber of Commerce
loved the energy and enthusiasm of
Rabbi Michael Moskowitz and Rabbi
Professional Leadership Award.
Daniel Schwartz," Chu says.
Chu also is a member of Hadassah
Shoresh grew up on Kibbutz Yagur
and the Michigan Women's Forum, a
near Haifa, and served in the Israeli
professional women's alliance. ❑

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