Brandeis Magazine

Bruce Breit was installed as president of the Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society at the organization’s annual meeting in August 2011. Bruce is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and serves as vice president of Women’s Care Florida in Winter Park, where he has been on staff since 1988. He is the former chief of staff for obstetrics and gynecology at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. Yuli Wexler was elected to the board of directors of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), the international migration agency of the American Jewish community. The oldest refugee rescue and resettlement agency in the United States, HIAS is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year. Yuli, himself a former refugee, was assisted by HIAS when he arrived in this country from Moscow. David Miklowitz is a professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he directs a research program on child and adolescent mood disorders. His book, “The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide,” is a top seller in its category. In October, he won a lifetime achievement award for his research from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. He lives with his wife, Mary, in Los Angeles.