Education and Degrees

1980 – 1987  M.D. Degree, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

2001 – 2003  Master of Public Health (MPH), The Hadassah-Hebrew University, Braun School of Public Health

Clinical Experience and Residencies

1987 – 1988  Internship, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer - Sheva

1990 – 1995  Residency in Anesthesiology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem

1996 – 1997  Senior Physician: Department of Anesthesiology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem

2001 – 2003  Residency in Hospital Management, Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem

2003 – 2007  Deputy Director, Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem

2008 – Director, Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem

Certifications

1996 - Board Certified in Anesthesiology

2003 - Board Certified in Medical Management

Continuing Education

1991 - Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Lecturer's Course

1992 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Lecturer's Course

1994 - Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) Lecturer's Course

Awards and Grants

1982 - Dean's Award, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

1984 - Dean's Award, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

1985 - Fellowship in South Africa, Sponsored by the South African Friends of

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

1995 - Chief Scientist Grant, Israel Ministry of Health

Membership in Professional Organizations

§         Israeli Medical Association

§         Israel Society of Anesthesiologists

§         Israel Trauma Society

§         Israel Society of Hospital Directors

§         Society of Medical Management

§         ITACCS: International Trauma Anesthesia & Critical Care Society

Presentations

Weiss Y, Potashnik G, Bar-Ziv Y, Insler V: The relationship between unexplained infertility and quantitative indexes of the uterus and the tubes. Presented at the Israeli Fertility Society Annual Meeting, 1987.

Glantz L, Gozal Y, Weiss Y, Shimon D, Drenger B: Continuous electrocardiography for the assessment of blood cardioplegia during cardiac surgery. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) Annual Meeting 1992.

Rosenthal G, Umanski F, Varon D, Weiss Y: Prevention of venous thrombosis after brain surgeries; Quality saves cost. Presented at the X Congress of The Israeli Society for Quality in Medicine.2004.

Schaap T, Weiss Y, Rund D: Changing patterns of therapeutic Aphersis in a university hospital setting. Presented at the American Society for Aphersis (ASFA) Annual Meeting, 2006.

Farhat M, Brezis M, Menashe M, Weiss Y: A proposal for a model for the measurement and application of quality and safety measures towards clinical quality standards system. Presented at the XII Congress of The Israeli Society for Quality in Medicine. 2006.

Mor-Yosef S, Weiss Y: Problems and Questions regarding the Treatment of Political Leaders. Presented at the Third International Conference on Health Policy. 2006.

Farhat M, Y weiss: The Court: An Important Agent of Reforms in the Health System. Presented at the Third International Conference on Health Policy. 2006.

Farhat M, Weiss Y: Future Hospitals in Israel:  A Proposal for Reforms in the Tertiary Centers. Presented at the Third International Conference on Health Policy. 2006.

Khoury A, Weiss Y, Mosheiff R,  Liebergall M : What is the practical outcome of hip fracture management following the Ministry of Health new policy? Presented at the Annual meeting of the Orthopedic Trauma Association, October 2007.

Horwitz E, Weiss Y: Hadassol: Planning and production of new disinfection preparation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of The Israeli Society of Clinical Pharmacology. 2007.

List of Publications:

Pizov R, Brown RH, Weiss Y, Baranov D, Hirshman CA: Wheezing during induction of general anesthesia in patients with and without asthema. Anesthesiology 1995; 82(5): 1111-6.

Pizov R, Cohen M, Weiss Y, Segal E, Cotev S, Perel A: Positive end-expiratory pressure – induced hemodynamic changes are reflected in the arterial pressure waveform. Crit Care Med 1996; 24(8): 1381-7.

Efrat R, Oppenheim A, Weiss Y, Kedari A: Epidural analgesia foe postoperative pain in infants and children. Harefuah 1996; 130(5): 304-7.

Weiss Y, Rivkind A, Shapira SC: Scoop and run versus stabilize and transfer. Harefuah 1996; 130(6): 427-9.

Shapira SC, Weiss Y: Analgesia for labor. Curr Opin in Anesth 1996; 9: 207-10.

Reider E, Sherman Y, Weiss Y, Liebergall M, Pizov R: Alveolar macrophages fat stain in early diagnosis of fat embolism syndrome. Isr J Med Sci 1997; 33(10): 654-8.

Pizov R, Oppenheim A, Matot I, Weiss Y, Eidelman L, Rivkind A, Sprung CL: Blast lung injury from an explosion on a civil bus. Chest 199; 115(1): 165-72.

Dahan E, Orbach S, Weiss Y: Fluid management in trauma. Int Anesth Clin 2000; 38(4): 141-8.

Leiba A, Bar-dayan Y, Benedek P, Binyamini O, Madgar I, Weiss Y, Martonovits G: Management of varicocele in military obligatory service: Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps policy. Mil Med 2001 Dec; 166(12):1062-4.

Amital H, Weiss Y: Medax 2001 – Summary of the Medical Corps Session. Isr Med Assoc J 2002; 4: 153-55.

Shamir M, Gozal Y, Weiss Y, Ronin L, Raphael J. Asynchronous independent intermittent positive pressure ventilation as a solution to refractory hypoxemia during chest surgery. Anesthesiology.2002;97(3):743-5.

Neudorf-Grauss R, Weiss Y, Hiss J, Amital H: Aortic dissection in a young woman with Turner's syndrome: Eur J Int Med 2002; 13: 463-466.

Bar-dayan Y, Leiba A, Weiss Y, Carroll JS, Benedek P: Waiting time is a major predictor of patient satisfaction in a primary military clinic. Mil Med 2002; 167(10):842-5.

Leiba A, Bar-Yosef S, Bar-Dayan Y, Weiss Y, Segal E.: Early administration of extracorporeal life support for near fatal asthma. Isr Med Assoc J. 2003; 5(8):600-602.

Shamir M, Weiss YG, Willner D, Mintz Y, Bloom AI, Weiss Y, Sprung C Weissman C:  Multiple Casualty Terror Events: The Anesthesiologist’s Perspective. Anesth Analg 2004; 98:1746 –52.

Amital H, Glikson M, Burstein M, Afek A, Sinnreich R, Weiss Y, Israeli V: Clinical Characteristics of Unexpected Death Among Young Enlisted Military Personnel. Chest 2004; 126:528-533.

Benyamini OG, Weiss Y, Baruch Y, Bar-Dayan Y: A Comparison of Army Personnel Satisfaction Rates in Different Primary Healthcare Settings. Journal for Healthcare Quality 2005; 27: 34-39.

Weiss Y, Birnbaum YC, Mor-Yosef S: The interaction between the community medical services and the hospitalization system in Israel.  The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.  2005; 335-370.

Bar-Dayan Y, Leiba A, Weiss Y, Goldberg A,: A Multidisciplinary field hospital  as a substitue for medical hospital care in the aftermath of an earthquake: The experience of the IDF hospital un Duzce, Turkey, 1999. Prehospital Disaster Med. 2005; 20(2): 103-106.

Mor-Yosef S, Weiss Y, Birnbaum YC: Problems and questations regarding the treatment of political leaders. Israel Med Assoc J 2006 Sep 8;1-5.

Weiss YG, Mor-Yosef S, Sprung CL, Weissman W, Weiss Y: Caring for a major government official: Challenges and lessons learned. Crit Care Med 2007; 7