Born in Rosario, Argentina, 1943

Education and Training

1969 Rosario University Medical School, Rosario, Argentina M.D.

1969 - 1970 Medical Internship Centenario National Hospital, Rosario, Argentina.

1970 Resident in Internal Medicine, Dr. Clemente Alvarez Hospital, Rosario, Argentina.

1971 - 1972 Resident in Neurology, Dr. Clemente Alvarez Hospital, Rosario, Argentina.

1973 - 1979 Resident in Neurosurgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel.

Post Residency Training

1981 - 1982 Clinical and Research Fellow in Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

1982 - 1984 Clinical and Research Fellow in Microneurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.

1989 Course on Skull Base Surgery and Microanatomy, Department of Neurosurgery, Presbyterian Hospital., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

1995 Course on Neuroendoscopy Training, Neurosurgical Department, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany

1995 Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Visiting Professor and Sabbaticals

1992 Visiting Professor (Sabbatical) Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

1992 Visiting Professor, Department of  Neurosurgery, Ossaka, Japan.

1995 Visiting Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.

1995 Visiting Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Mainz, Germany.

Hospital Appointments

1980 - 1983 Staff, Department of Neurosurgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University  Hospital, Petah Tiqva, Israel.

Since 1984 Staff, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

From 1993 Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Academic Appointments

1965 - 1972 Instructor in Microbiology and Parasitology, Rosario University Medical School, Rosario, Argentina.

1977 - 1982 Instructor in Neurosurgery, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Israel.

1980 - 1982 Instructor in Neuroanatomy, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Since 1985 Lecturer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

1986 - 1991 Senior Lecturer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Since 1991 Associate Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Since 1992 Clinical Associate Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

Since 1995 Member of the Training Committee of the European Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Since 1996 Expert on Neurosurgery of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Since 1997 Member of the Education Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS).

Since 2002 Member of the Skull Base Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS).

Since 2004 Professor of Neurosurgery, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Medical Societies (Member)

Since 1980 Israel Neurosurgical Society

Since 1980 Israel Surgical Society

1986 - 1988 Secretary of Israel Neurosurgical Society

Since 1987 Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Since 1990 North American Skull Base Society

Since 1990 Member of the Council, Israel Surgical Society

Since 1990 Member of the European Association of Neurological Surgeons

Since 1991 Joint Section on Tumors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Since 1993 The New York Academy of Sciences

Since 1993 Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Since 1993 New England Neurosurgical Society

Since 1994 American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Since 1996 The Society of Neurological Surgeons

1997-2001 President of the Israeli  Neurosurgical Society

Since 1997 Member of  the Argentine Neurosurgical Society

Member of Editorial Board in Medical Journals

Since 1991 Neurological Research

Since 1996 Neurosurgery (International Liaison and Advisory Panel)

Since 1997 Journal of Radiosurgery

Since 1998 Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Awards

1980 - The Professor B. Borenstein Prize for Research in the Field of Neurosciences 1980, (all Israel Prize) awarded for:  Umansky, F. et al.  “Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in the Acute Stage of Experimentally Induced Subarachnoid Hemorrhage”.

1983 - First Place for Medical Exhibit:  Umansky F., et al. “Microsurgical Anatomy of the Perforating Branches of the Middle Cerebral Artery”.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons.  Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1983.

1985 - The Professor Davidoff Prize for Research in Neurosciences awarded for:  Umansky F., et al.  “Microsurgical Anatomy of the Perforating Branches of the Middle Cerebral Artery

1994 - The Mahaley Clinical Research Award for: Constantini S., Friedman A., Shoshan Y., Israel Z., Ashkenazi E.,   Muallem N., Gartel M., Shevach Y., Rappaport Z., Shalit M. and Umansky F.  “Safety of Perioperative Minidose Heparin in the Prevention of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Neurosurgical Patients Operated for the Removal of Brain Tumors”.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons.  Annual Meeting.  San Diego, CA, USA.

Pertinent Publications

Umansky F., Nathan H.  The lateral wall of the cavernous sinus with special reference to the nerves related to it.    Journal of Neurosurgery 56: 228-234, 1982. Abstract

Umansky F., Montoya S., Dujovny M., Ausman J.I., Diaz F.G., Gomes F., Mirchandani H.G., Ray W.J.   Microsurgical anatomy of the proximal segments of the middle cerebral artery. Journal of Neurosurgery 61:458-467, 1984. Abstract

Umansky F., Gomes F., Dujovny M., Diaz F.G., Ausman J.I.,Mirchandani H.G., Berman S.K.  The perforating branches of the middle cerebral artery.  Journal of Neurosurgery 62:261-268, 1985. Abstract

Umansky F., Elidan J., Valarezo A.  Dorello’s canal.  A microanatomical study.  Journal of Neurosurgery 75:294-298, 1991. Abstract

Umansky F., Valarezo A., Elidan J. The microsurgical anatomy of the abducens nerve in its intracranial course.  Laryngoscope 102:1285-1292, 1992.  Abstract

Umansky F., Valarezo A., Elidan J.  The superior wall of the cavernous sinus.  A microanatomical study.  Journal of Neurosurgery 81:914-920, 1994. Abstract

Spektor S., Piontek E., Umansky F.  The orbital venous drainage into the anterior cavernous sinus space: Microanatomical relationships.  Neurosurgery 40:532-540, 1997. Abstract

Umansky F., Valarezo A., Piontek E., Spektor S.  The surgical anatomy of the cavernous sinus and dural folds of the parasellar region.  In: Neurosurgery of complex tumors and vascular lesions.  Kobayashi S., Goel A., Hongo K. (Eds.) Churchill Livingstone, New York - London, Tokyo 1997. Details

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