jews in the d Hadassah and has been active with the JCC’s Jewish Book Fair. Over the years, he has developed one of the largest travel clinics in the U.S., and he gives talks about what vaccines travelers to Israel should receive and how to stay healthy abroad. The physician’s faith guides his work. He says dedicating himself to caring for others, helping and giving back are all products of his Judaism. “My goal has always been twofold. One is obviously to do the best I pos- sibly can and work on the patient’s behalf around the clock. But I still haven’t accomplished what I need to do if I haven’t left that room without bringing either a smile to the patient or the patient’s family,” says Band, who estimates he has seen more than 85,000 patients during his career. Robert Kass has been Band’s friend and attorney for more than 50 years. Kass says Band is unswerving in his service to those under his care. “He has a strong personal commit- ment to always placing the patient’s interest first and was never willing to sacrifice quality or patient safety,” Kass says. “I would consider him a medical super-sleuth.” Band is something of a world traveler, both in his private and pro- fessional life. Outbreak investigations have taken him as far afield as Mali and Burkina Faso. He says there is no place he would not travel to help the sick. Traveling for pleasure has become a top priority since Band’s partial retirement. He and Meredith spent three weeks in June in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. “It was the first time since 1973 I was able to take more than one week off at a time,” Band says. “On three trips over the years I went on with my wife and our kids, I was called back because of an outbreak. So, I always had to have my phone con- nected. I never really was free.” As soon as they returned stateside, the couple booked an excursion to Tanzania and Kenya. A trip to Japan is also on the docket. While Band is enjoying the extra time he has for traveling, exercising and catching up with friends, he doesn’t plan to hang up his doctor’s coat any time soon. “I just love what I do and that’s why I don’t think I’ll ever stop completely.” ■ JOIN OUR DIAMOND, PEARL, SILVER & BRONZE PARTNERS In memory of Madelon Seligman z”l and Honoring Lou Seligman’s Special Birthday DIAMOND PARTNERS Mary Must Madelon Seligman z”l & Lou Seligman PLATINUM PARTNER Anita Naftaly Family Circle Fund PEARL PARTNERS The Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Henry Ford Department of Pediatrics REGISTER NOW! Anita Naftaly Family Circle Conference Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s Opening the Doors Program in Collaboration with the Annual Jewish Book Fair Social Thinking, Social Learning: Becoming a Social Detective F E AT U R I N G MICHELLE GARCIA WINNER Founder & CEO Social Thinking, M.A., CCC-SLP Sunday, October 28, 2018 Berman Center for the Performing Arts 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield 12:00 p.m. Registration and Resource Fair 1:00 p.m. Speaker Presentation 2:45 p.m. Informal Q & A and Book Signing /<-2 9;<,+;>-24--./=9;1 $/13<=/;+=4--./=9;1 0+736A-3;-6/ jn October 11 • 2018 15