The University of Maryland School of Medicine suspended a talk by the chief medical officer of the Israel Defense Forces, citing security concerns.

Brig. Gen. Elon Glassberg, a physician, was slated to speak to faculty, fellows, residents and students at the school on Jan. 16 as part of the “surgery grand rounds academic sessions,” the school told JNS.

The lecture by Glassberg, whom the school called a “distinguished scholar,” was “intended to focus exclusively on medical advances in trauma care,” the school stated. “Two days before the planned event, we became aware of potential safety concerns, and it became clear that they could not be sufficiently addressed in such a short time frame to allow us to proceed.”