Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Hadassah Hebrew-University Hospital

Kiryat Hadassah P.O.B. 12000

Jerusalem 91120

ISRAEL

e-mail: benenson@hadassah.org.il

Birth date: 1963

Marital Status: Married +4

Military service: 1982-1989,  IDF

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

1989 – 1995     The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Medicine.

1996 – 2001     Internship  and Internal medicine fellow, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

2001 – 2003     Infectious diseases fellow, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

2004 – 2005     Infectious diseases senior physician, Kaplan medical center, Rechovot

2005 -                Infectious diseases senior physician, Hadassah medical center, Jerusalem, in charge of Infection Control

2007 -                Master in clinical epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hadassah, Jerusalem

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1.   Benenson S, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Alberton J, Rudensky B, Hadas- Halpern I, Yinnon AM. The risk of vascular infection in adult patients with nontyphi Salmonella bacteremia. Am J Med. 2001; 110:60-3.

2.   Benenson S, Halle D, Rudensky B, Faber J, Schlesinger Y, Branski D, Rabinowitz N, Wilschanski M. Helicobacter pylori genotypes in Israeli children: the significance of geography. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2002; 35:680-4.

3.   Yinnon AM, Schlesinger Y, Benenson S, Raveh D.  Infections in the elderly (Hebrew). Internal Medicine Review 2003; 46: 20-27.

4.   Raveh D, Rudensky B, Schlesinger Y, Benenson S, Yinnon AM. Susceptibility trends in bacteraemias: analyses of 7544 patient-unique bacteraemic episodes spanning 11 years (1990-2000). J Hosp Infect 2003; 55: 196-203.

5.   Benenson S, Yinnon AM, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Raveh D. Optimization of empirical antibiotic selection for suspected Gram-negative bacteremia in the emergency department. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005; 25:398-403.

6.   Benenson  S, Dahan  D, Zimhony O, Solomon  M, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Yinnon A.M. Atopic Dermatitis - A Risk Factor for Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Two Cases and Review. Am J Med 2005; 118:1048-51.

7.   Bar-meir M, Raveh D, Yinnon AM, Benenson S, Rudensky B, Schlesinger Y. Nontyphi Salmonella gastroenteritis in children presenting to the emergency department; characteristics of patients with associated bacteremia. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2005; 11:651-5.

8.   Faber J, Bar-Meir M, Rudensky B, Schlesinger Y, Rachman Y, Benenson S, Sirota G, Stankiewic H, Halle D, Wilschanski M. Treatment regimens for Helicobacter pylori infection in children – is in vitro susceptibility testing helpful? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2005; 40:571-4.

9.   Jerassy Z, Yinnon A.M., Mazouz–Cohen S, Benenson S, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Raveh D. Prospective hospital-wide studies of 505 patients with nosocomial bacteremia in 1997 and 2002. J Hosp Infect 2006; 62:230-6.

 Accepted for publication

10.   Tzukert K, Block C, Sviri S, Benenson S. A sixty year-old man with fever and a lung mass. Clin Infect Dis 2007.

In process

11.   Benenson S, Cohen MJ, Adler A, Arad I, Minster N, Moses AE, Block C. Extended spectrum beta lactamase Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit.

12.   Cohen MJ, Adler A, Block C, Gross I, Minster N, Roval V, Tchakirov R, Moses AE, Benenson S. Acquisition of vancomycin resistant enterococci in internal medicine wards.

13.   Benenson S, Cohen MJ¹, Block C, Stern S, Weiss Y, Moses AE. Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) prevalence in long term care facilities in Jerusalem.

14.   Adler A, Raveh D, Rudensky B, Yinnon AM, Benenson S. Enteric Gram-negative bacteremia at the emergency department: risk factors for extended-spectrum β-lactamase and outcome with emphasis on empirical treatment.

15.   Benenson S,  Carmeli Y,  Block C,   Adler A,  Navon-Venezia S. Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae endocarditis in a young adult; Successful treatment with gentamicin and colistin.

Book Chapters

1.   Benenson S. Assessment and treatment of community acquired pneumonia. In: Yinnon AM et al, eds. Appropriate use of antimicrobials and guidelines for prevention of nosocomial infections (Hebrew) 4^th ed, Jerusalem 2004.

2.   Benenson S. Antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma victims. In: Yinnon AM et al, eds. Appropriate use of antimicrobials and guidelines for prevention of nosocomial infections (Hebrew). 4^th ed, Jerusalem 2004.

Presentations at professional conferences

1.   Benenson S, Yinnon AM, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Raveh D. Optimization of empirical antibiotic selection for suspected Gram-negative bacteremia in the emergency department. 13^th European Conference on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Glasgow 2003.

2.   Benenson S, Cohen MJ, Minster N, Gross I, Roval V, Bar- Oz B, Ergaz Z, Moses A, and Block C. Control of an outbreak of gastrointestinal colonization by extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in two neonatal intensive care units. 46^th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Francisco, 2006.

3.   Benenson S, Cohen MJ, Gross I, Roval V, Minster N, Moses AE and Block C. Point prevalence of gastrointestinal carriage of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in patients hospitalized in internal medicine. 6^th international conference of the Hospital Infection Society (HIS), Amsterdam, 2006.