Date & Place of Birth: May 20, 1947, Israel.

Current positions

-Senior Academic Physician, Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

-Josephine Frank Kanrich Chair of Neuromuscular Diseases, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

-Chairman, Israeli Society of Neuromuscular Diseases

Current Academic Status

1999-: Professor of Neurology, Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1996-: Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Main Research Fields

-          Hereditary neuromuscular disorders (especially in Jews), focusing on Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM)

-          Iatrogenic neuromuscular disorders (especially drug-induced)

-          Energy metabolism of muscle (P-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy)

-          Myasthenia gravis

Main Related Clinical Expertise 

-          Neuromuscular disorders (including nerve, muscle, motor neuron diseases)

-          EMG and nerve conduction (electrophysiological tests)

Publications, course speaker and invited lectures

-          125 papers in journals

-          17 book chapters

-          Teaching (and organizing)courses at AAN, ENS, International Congress of Neuromuscular Disorders, Asian Oceanian Congress of Neurology, Brazilian Society of Neurology, Italian Society of Myology

Education,Postgraduate Training and Fellowships

1968-1974: M.D. Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

1971-1974: Research Assistant in Physiology, Department of Physiology, Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1976-1978: Resident in Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1978-1979: World Health Organization Fellowship in Neuromuscular diseases, Muscular Dystrophy Association Laboratory, Newcastle upon Tyne, England   

1979-1981: Senior Resident in Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1981- Board certified Neurologist, Israel

1984-1986: Muscular Dystrophy Association Fellowship in Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

1986-1987: Assistant Professor of Neurology (Research), Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Membership in Societies

    International

1985- American Academy of Neurology

1988- European Neurological Society

1990- American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

1995- Mediterranean Society of Myology

1996- World Muscle Society

     Local

1977-Israel Medical Association

1981-Israel Neurological Association

1983-Israel Society of EMG and Clinical Electrophysiology

1992- Isreal Society for Neuromuscular disorders

Journals:

Editorial Board:

1995-2000 European Neurology

1997-1999 Muscle & Nerve

2006-     Neuromuscular Disorders

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

1984- Isr J Med Sci

1985- Ann Neurol

1990- J Neurol Sci

1992- ACTA Paediatrica

1995- Neurology

1999- Brain

2005- J. Neurol