Present Appointment

Attending Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.

Attending Anesthesiologist, Pain Clinic, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem, Israel.

Undergraduate Education

1985 Bachelor of Basic Medical Sciences (B. Med. Sci.) Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

1988 Medical Doctor (M.D.) Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

Graduate Education

1994 - Resident in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem Israel, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.

Research Activities

Sympathetic nervous system involvement in pain and regional anesthesia.

Medical Research in collaboration with Prof. M. Nitzan from  Jerusalem College of Technology.

‏2000- Liposomal long acting local anesthetics. Clinical and laboratory research in Hadassah Hebrew University and in New York University in collaboration with Dr. G. Grant and Prof. H. Berenholtz.

2000- Genetic Polymorphism of the mu opioid receptor.  Medical research in collaboration with Dr. Y. Ginosar and Prof. Y . Caraco, Hadassah University Hospital

Awards and Grants

Hadassah Director General Award. Certificate and grant appreciation for outstanding work performed in pain clinic

Hadassah Joint research fund of the Hebrew University - grant.  The Effect of Taurine on Neuropathic Pain in the Rat.

2001 HUJI Center for Research on Pain – grant . Long Acring Liposom Based Local Anastetic for the Treatment of Pain.(P.I.)

Hadassah Joint research fund of the Hebrew University – grant. Long Acting Liposom Based Local Anesthetic for the Treatment of Pain.(P.I.)

2002 Hebrew University Research fund – grant application.  Development and Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Long Acting Local Anesthetic for the Management of Pain.

For List of Publications,  please see: PubMed