HIGHER EDUCATION
- 1979-1987: Doctor of Medicine, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Jerusalem, Israel. (Internship between March 1986 to February 1987).
- 1987-1991: Residency in Pediatrics. The Pediatric Department, Hadassah and Hebrew UniversityMedical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1991-1993: Fellowship in Neonatology, The Department of Neonatology, Hadassah and Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1998-1999: Fellowship in the Motherisk Program, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
- 2006 Sabbatical of 2 months in the Motherisk Program, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
APPOINTMENTS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
- 1989-1992: Instructor in Pediatrics, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.
- 1996-2001: Lecturer in Pediatrics, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.
- 2003 – Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.
- 2009 – Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatrics (Neonatology), The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS/TASKS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY AND HADASSAH
- 2000 – Instructor in advanced cardiac life support course, in Neonatal resuscitation. (School of resuscitation, Hadassah and Hebrew University Medical Center).
- 2001- 2004 Chair of the Medical Library Committee, Mount Scopus Hadassah.
- 2001- 2004 Member of the Muriel & Philip Berman National Medical Library Committee.
- 2004 – Chair of the preparatory committee for implantation of “patient legal rights”. Hadassah Mount Scopus.
- 2006 – Committee for computerizing ventilatory support, Hadassah and Hebrew University Medical Center.
- 2006 – Acting Head of the Department of Neonatology, Hadassah and the Hebrew University Medical Center. (For a period of 6 months).
- 2008 – Member of the Institutional Committee for “The dying patient” legislation.
- 2008 – Head of the Department of Neonatology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center.
SERVICE IN OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
- 1991- Member, The Israel Pediatric Association
- 1993- Member, The Israel Neonatology Association.
- 1994- Member, The Israel Association of clinical Pediatrics.
- 1998- Member of Motherisk team. The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada.
- 2007- Member of the European Society of Pediatric research (ESPR).
PRIZES AWARDED
- 1998 – The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. The Research Institute award for fellowship (RESTRACOM).
- 1998 – The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Rector list for Excellency in teaching.
- 2000 – The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Dean list for Excellency in teaching.
- 2000 – The Roche Publication Award, for 2000, by the Canadian Society for Clinical Pharmacology. The awarded paper: “Reporting Bias in Retrospective Ascertainment of Drug-Induced Embryopathy. Lancet 1999 Nov; 354(9191):1700-1.
- 2001 – The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Dean list for Excellency in teaching.
- 2001 – The Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine. Award for Outstanding clinical teacher.
- 2006 – The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Excellency in teaching.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
- 2004 – Member of the Neonatology Examination Board of the Israel Neonatology Association and the Israel Medical Association.
- 2006-2007 – Member of “National Committee” for developing guidelines for the usage of SSRI’s during pregnancy and lactation.
RESEARCH GRANTS
- 2004 Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center .
- 2006 Berman Fund.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
- The level of natriuretic peptide in the neonate (in health, disease and in prematurity).
- Pregnancy outcome and major malformations after in utero exposure to various medications.
- Long-term complications of vacuum extraction.