1993-1999  Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Medicine:

1) 1993-1996   Basic medical sciences, BMedSc (Magna Cum Laude)

2) 1996-1999   Clinical medical studies

1996-1998  MSc degree (Summa Cum Laude) in biochemistry ‑ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Medical Internship, Hadassah University Hospital

2001  MD diploma issued by The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School. Licence #33338, ACLS certification.

Occupations

1993-1996  Security department, Jerusalem City Hall

1996-2000  Shaare Zedek Medical Center; laboratory technician

Medical internship in Hadassah hospital

2005  Internal medicine residency, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus Campus.

Specialist license #21467. Instructor of internal medicine.

2005  Research at Minerva Center for Calcium and Bone Metabolism, Nephrology and Hypertension Services, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center

2006  Subspecialty fellowship in nephrology, Nephrology and Hypertension Services, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center

Awards, Grants and Stipends

Distinction stipend (for academic studies) from the armored forces (1993)

Distinction stipend from the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University (1994-1996)

Outstanding resident award from the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University (2004)

Grant from Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center Eisenberg Fund (2005)

Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center Physician-Scientist stipend (2006).

De Rothchild Physician-Scientist stipend (2006)

Publications

Marx-Tibbon S, Ben-Dov I and Willner I. Electrochemical and quartz-crystal-microbalance transduction of light-controlled supra­molecular interactions at monolayer-functionalized electrodes. J Am Chem Soc 1996, 118(19):4717-8.

Ranjit KT, Marx-Tibbon S, Ben-Dov I, Willner B and Willner I. Light-stimulated formation and dissociation of supra­molecular donor-acceptor complexes between eosin and bipyridinium azo­ben­zenes: Design of molecular electronic devices for the piezo­electrical transduction of recorded optical signals. Isr J Chem 1996, 36: 407‑19.

Lion-Dagan M, Ben-Dov I and Willner I. Microgravimetric quartz-crystal-microbalance analysis of cytochrome c inter­actions with pyridine-nitrospiropyran monolayer electrodes: charac­teri­zation of inter-protein complexes at the function­alized surfaces. Colloids & Surfaces, B: Biointerfaces 1997, 8:251-60.

Ranjit KT, Marx-Tibbon S, Ben-Dov I and Willner I. Formation of supramolecular donor-acceptor complexes between bis(pyri­dinio­methyl)‑ azobenzenes and eosin in solutions and at solid inter­faces: Transduction into optical and micro­gravi­metric signals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1997, 36(1/2):147‑50.

Blonder R, Ben-Dov I, Dagan A, Willner I and Zisman E. Photo­chemically-activated electrodes: Application in design of reversible immunosensors and antibody patterned inter­faces. Biosens Bioelectron 1997, 12(7):627‑44.

Blonder R, Levi S, Tao G, Ben-Dov I and Willner I. Development of ampero­metric and microgravimetric immuno­sensors and rever­sible immuno­sensors using antigen and photo­isomerizable antigen monolayer electrodes. J Am Chem Soc 1997, 119(43):10467‑78.

Narvaez A, Dominguez E, Katakis I, Katz E, Ranjit KT, Ben-Dov I and Willner I. Microperoxidase-11-mediated reduction of hemo­proteins: electrocatalyzed reduction of cytochrome c, myoglobin and hemoglobin and electrocatalytic reduc­tion of nitrate in the presence of cytochrome-dependent nitrate reductase. J Electroanal Chem 1997, 430:227‑33.

Ben-Dov I, Willner I and Zisman E. Piezoelectric immuno­sensors for urine specimens of Chlamydia trachomatis employing quartz-crystal-microbalance micro­gravi­metric analyses. Anal Chem 1997, 69(17):3506‑12.

Bardea A, Dagan A, Ben-Dov I, Amit B and Willner I. Amplified micro­gravi­metric quartz-crystal-microbalance analyses of oligo­nucleotide complexes: A route to a Tay-Sachs biosensor device. Chem Commun 1998, (7):839-40.

Sosna J, Shulimzon T, Rozenman J, Lidgi M, Lavy A, Ben-Dov IZ and Ben-Dov I. Drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in Israel, an immigration society: 1985-1994. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1999, 3(8):689-94.

Ben-Dov IZ, Meiner V and Eid A. Kidney transplantation unraveling Wolfram syndrome: A case report. Transplantation 2001, 72(5):958-60.

Ben-Dov IZ, Perk G, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. Pulse pressure is more susceptible to the white coat effect than is systolic blood pressure. Am J Hypertens 2004, 17(6):535-9.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. Blood pressure dipping is reproducible in clinical practice. Blood Press Monit 2005, 10(2):79-84.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. In clinical practice, masked hypertension is as common as isolated clinic hypertension: predominance of younger men. Am J Hypertens, 2005, 18(5pt1):589-93.

Elinav E, Ben-Dov I, Hai-Am E, Ackerman Z, Ofran Y. The predictive value of admission and follow up factor V and VII levels in patients with acute hepatitis and coagulopathy. J Hepatol 2005, 42(1):82-6 (accompanying editorial available).

Elinav E, Ben-Dov IZ, Ackerman E, Kiderman A, Glikberg F, Shapira Y, Ackerman Z. Correlation between serum alanine aminotransferase activity and age: An inverted U curve pattern. Am J Gastroenterol 2005, 100(10):2201-4.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J, Bursztyn M. Normal ambulatory blood pressure: a clinical-practice-based comparison of two recently published definitions. J Hum Hypertens 2005, 19(7):565-7.

Ben-Dov IZ. Unmasking hypertension: are both methods equal (commentary)? Am J Hypertens 2005, 18(6):779.

Ben-Dov IZ, Bursztyn M. Body mass index and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (letter). Hypertension 2005, 46(1):e1.

Elinav E, Shapira Y, Ofran Y, Hassin T, Ben-Dov IZ. Near-fatal amitraz intoxication: The overlooked pesticide. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2005, 97:185-7.

Ben-Dov IZ, Bursztyn M. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring may be a prognostic marker in people with heart failure. Commentary 1. Evid Based Cardiovasc Med 2005, 9(3):197-199.

Silver J, Ben-Dov IZ. Role of vitamin D metabolites in the regulation of PTH synthesis and secretion in chronic kidney disease. Rev Port Nefrol Hipert 2005, 19(suppl 1):73-80.

Ben-Dov IZ, Leibowitz D, Weiss AT. ST-segment elevation post cardioversion: A current of injury without injury. Int J Cardiol 2006, 106(2):255-256.

Levi R, Ben-Dov IZ, Lavi-Moshayoff V, Dinur M, Martin D, Naveh-Many T, Silver J. Increased PTH gene expression in secondary hyperparathyroidism of experimental uremia is reversed by calcimimetics: correlation with post-translational modification of the trans acting factor AUF1. J Am Soc Nephrol 2006, 17(1):107-112.

Ackerman Z, Karmeli F, Pizov G, Ben-Dov I, Pappo O. Renal effects of gentamicin in chronic bile duct ligated rats. Dig Dis Sci 2006, 51(2):406-415.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J, Bursztyn M. Normal ambulatory blood pressure: A clinical-practice-based analysis of recent AHA recommendations. Am J Med 2006, 119(1):69.e13-18.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J, Bursztyn M. How should patients treated with alpha-blockers be treated: Insights from an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring database. J Hypertens 2006, 24:861-865.

Ben-Dov IZ, Bursztyn M. Daytime sleeping and nighttime pissing obscure normal dipping (image). Nephrol Dial Trans 2006, 21(1):226-227.

Elinav E, Ben-Dov IZ, Shapira Y, Hemed N, Adler R, Shouval D, Ackerman Z. Acute Hepatitis A infection in pregnancy is associated with high rates of gestational complications and preterm labor. Gastroenterology 2006, 130(4):1129-1134.

Ben-Dov IZ. Retinal vessel narrowing: a prehypertensive or masked hypertensive state? (letter). Hypertension 2006, 47(5):e19.

Ben-Dov IZ. White coat hypertension and masked hypertension: Selective elevation of blood pressure or an arbitrarily partitioned continuum? (letter). Hypertension 2006, 48(2):e8.

Elinav E, Ackerman Z, Maaravi Y, Ben-Dov IZ, Ein-Mor E, Stessman J. Low alanine aminotransferase activity in older people is associated with greater long-term mortality. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006, 54(11):1719-24.

Ben-Dov IZ, Bursztyn M. Nondipping and impaired kidney function: which is the cause? (letter). Arch Intern Med 2006, 166(19):2158.

Ben-Dov IZ, Pappo O, Sklair-Levy M, Galitzer H, Ilan Y, Naveh-Many T, Silver J. Lanthanum-carbonate decreases PTH gene expression with no hepatotoxicity in uremic rats. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006, [Epub ahead of print] (accompanying editorial available)

Ben-Dov IZ. Diurnal variability of hazards (letter). J Hypertens 2007, 25(2):479.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J, Bursztyn M. Reproducibility of white-coat hypertension and masked hypertension in real-life ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Int J Cardiol 2006 [Epub ahead of print].

Ben-Dov IZ, Bursztyn M. Blunted sleep-related blood pressure decline in diabetic patients (editorial). Harefuah 2007, in press.

Ben-Dov IZ, Bursztyn M. Role of diuretics in prevention of heart failure among ALLHAT subjects: beyond clinic blood pressure (letter). Circulation, in press.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J, Bursztyn M. On the association between body‑mass‑index, antihypertensive treatment, and various clinic and ambulatory blood pressure parameters. Blood Press Monit, in press.

Kiderman A, Ben-Dov IZ, Ackerman Z. Patients who need statins have an elevated liver enzyme milieu, pre- and post statin therapy. Submitted for publication.

Gavish B, Ben-Dov IZ, Bursztyn M. The Linear relationship between systolic and diastolic blood pressure monitored over 24 hours: Assessment and correlates. Submitted for publication.

Ben-Dov IZ, Kark JD, Ben-Ishay D, Mekler J, Ben-Arie L, Bursztyn M. Predictors of all cause mortality in a clinical ambulatory monitoring setting: Unique aspects of blood pressure during sleep. Submitted for publication.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Ishay D, Mekler J, Ben-Arie L, Bursztyn M. Increased prevalence of masked hypertension in treated diabetic subjects supports the practice of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Submitted for publication.

Abstracts

Lavy A, Sosna J, Shulimzon T, Sokolovski A, Ben-Dov IZ, Lidgi M and Ben-Dov I. Trends in drug resistant tuberculosis in Israel: 1985-94. 8^th International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Division.

Ben-Dov IZ, Perk G, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. Pulse pressure is more susceptible to the white coat effect than systolic blood pressure: Observations from real-life ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Am J Hypertens 2003, 16(5pt2):30A.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. Sleep-induced systolic blood pressure dipping is reproducible in real-life ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. J Hypertens 2003, 21(suppl4):S228.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. Sleep-induced systolic blood pressure dipping is reproducible in real-life ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Hypertension 2003, 42:439.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. In ambulatory blood pressure practice, masked hypertension is as common as isolated office hypertension: predominance of younger men. J Hypertens 2004, 22(suppl2):S161.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. Normal ambulatory blood pressure: real-life comparison of two recently published definitions. J Hypertens 2004, 22(suppl2):S306.

Ben-Dov IZ, Ben-Arie L, Mekler J and Bursztyn M. Reproducibility of white coat hypertension and masked hypertension in real-life ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Am J Hypertens 2005, 18(5pt2):25A-26A.

Manuscript Review Assignments

American Journal of Hypertension, six assignments

Journal of Hypertension, one assignment

Patents

Willner I, Katz E, Doron A, Lahav M, Ben-Dov I and Patolsky F. Matrices with specific molecular recognition sites. Application in Israel No. 119345, 2/10/1996.

Willner I, Ben-Dov I, Levi S and Zisman E. Biosensor for cells. Application in Israel No. 120445, 13/3/1997.