The Tissue Typing and

Immunogenetics Unit

Hadassah University Hospital

Ein-Karem, Jerusalem.

Born: 1935, Haifa, Israel

Citizenship: Israeli

Family Status: Married, 3 children

Education

1954 - Reali High School, Haifa

1954 – 1956  Served in the Israeli Defense Forces

1965 - Received M.Sc. in Bacteriology. Other major fields of study: Biochemistry and Parasitology.

1966 - Entered doctoral program under Professor David Nelken, Department of Immunology, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem. Thesis title “Studies on the mechanism of tissue graft rejection in experimental animals; influence of autoimmunity on autograft rejection."

1970 - Received Ph.D. degree, Department of Immunology

1970 – 1972  Research Associate (with Prof. Rose Payne), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

Academic Positions

1966 - Assistant, Department of Immunology, Hebrew University- Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem

1968 - Instructor, Department of Immunology, Hebrew University – Hadassah School of Medicine

1970 – 1972    Research Associate, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

1972 - Lecturer, Department of Immunology, Hebrew University – Hadassah School of Medicine

1978 - Senior Lecturer, Department of Immunology, Hebrew University – Hadassah School of Medicine

1979 – 2001  Director, Tissue Typing and Immunogenetics Unit, Hadassah Medical Center

1981 - Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, UCLA

1982 - Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, Hebrew University – Hadassah School of Medicine

1987 - Professor, Department of Immunology, Hebrew University – Hadassah School of Medicine

1994 - Dr. Siegfried Haber Chair in Immunology

Appointments

1960 – 1965  Head of Research Laboratory, Teva Pharmaceutical Co., Jerusalem, Israel

1982 – 1988  Promotion Committee of Laboratory Technicians, Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center

1984 on - Editorial Board, Human Immunology

1984 – 1994  Counselor for the Asia-Oceania Histocompatibility Workshops

1985 – 1993  Chairman, Committee for the Israel Society for Immunology of Reproduction

1986 – 1992  Admission Committee, Hebrew University School of Medicine

1987 – 1989  Head, sub-Committee for doctoral students, research field – cellular biology

1989 – 1992  Chairman, Committee for research students in the exact and experimental sciences of the Hebrew University

1992 – 1994  Chairman, Research Committee of the Hadassah Medical Center

1992 – 2000  Assistant Dean, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School

1997 – 2005  Chairman, Committee for standardization for paternity testing laboratories, Ministry of Health

2001 - Vice Chairman, International Affairs committee of the American society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics.

2002-2003  Chairman, International Affairs committee of the American society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics.

2005 on  Chairman, Teaching Committee (M.Sc), Nursing School, Hebrew University Hadassah Faculty of Medicine.

Memberships In Scientific Societies

§         American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

§         European Federation for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

§         Israel Society for Immunology

§         Israel Society for Immunology of Reproduction

§         Israel Society for Transplantation

For List of Publications, see

PubMed