Chief Neonatologist,
Department of Neonatology
Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus
Jerusalem, Israel.
Telephone : 02 - 6435547, 051-874255.
E. mail : bar-oz@md.huji.ac.il
Date of birth: August 25th 1953
Place of birth: Israel.
Family status: Married since 1982. 3 children.
Home address
7 Gelber st. Ramat Denia, Jerusalem, Israel 96755.
Work address
The Department of Neonatology, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, P.O.B. 24035, Jerusalem, Israel.
Telephone number : 02 - 5844432.
Fax number : 025813068.
E. mail address : baroz@hadassah.org.il
Army service
1973-1978. Air traffic controller in the Israeli Air Force. Rank at discharge – Captain. Present rank – Major.
Present Position
Staff neonatologist, Department of Neonatology, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
Education
Fellowship in the Motherisk Program, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Fellowship in Neonatology, The Department of Neonatology, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
Residency in Pediatrics. The Pediatric Department, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
Doctor of Medicine, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Jerusalem, Israel. (Internship between March 1986 to February 1987).
Pre-university studies at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
High school. A major in mechanical engineering specializing in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
Employment
1997- Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Staff Neonatologist in the Department of Neonatology.
1998-1999 The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. Fellow in the Motherisk Program.
1993-1997 Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Neonatologist in the Department of Neonatology. Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Fellow in the Department of Neonatology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Resident in the Pediatric Department.
Affiliation
Senior lecturer in Pediatrics, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.
1996-2001 Lecturer in Pediatrics, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Instructor in Pediatrics, The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.
Certification and Licensure
1994,1998 ACLS. ATLS. Specialist in Neonatology. (Israel).
1991 Specialist in Pediatric Medicine. (Israel). M.D. (Israel).
Awards and Nominations
1998 – The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. The Research Institute award for fellowship (RESTRACOM).
1998 - The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Rector list for Excellency in teaching.
2000 - The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Dean list for Excellency in teaching.
2000 - The Roche Publication Award, for 2000, by the Canadian Society for Clinical Pharmacology. The awarded paper : " Reporting Bias in Retrospective Ascertainment of Drug-Induced Embryopathy. Lancet 1999 Nov; 354(9191):1700-1.
2001 - Chair of the Medical Library Committee Mt. Scopus Hadassah
2001 - Member of the Muriel & Philip Berman National Medical Library Committee.
2001 - The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine. Dean list for Excellency in teaching.
2001 - The Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine Award for outstanding clinical teacher.
Academic and Teaching Activities
Instructor in advanced cardiac life support course, in Neonatal resuscitation. Instructor for students in Neonatology.
Lecture series in Neonatology for Midwives and Nurses in the Nursery. Lecture in fundation course for medicine students University of Toronto. (1998-1999).
M.D. Thesis, Ms. Hadas Shasha. Breast milk in premature newborns.
M.D. Thesis, Ms. Rotem Telem. Pregnancy outcome after in utero exposure to the new macrolids.
List of Publications
Doctoral Dissertation: The influence of somatostatin on insulin clearance and on glucagon secretion in the counter-regulatory response to acute hypoglycemia. Supervisors: Ipp E., Cherasi E. Department of Endocrinology, Hadassah Medical Center. 1987. 2 publications were published from this work.
Chapters in Books
1. Bar-Oz B. (1995). The newborn (entry). In: Westheimer R, Schenker JG, Meirow D.(eds.): Sex-an encyclopedia for the family (Hebrew Edition). Maariv Publishers, Tel Aviv.
2. Arad I, Bar-Oz B. (1998). The newborn (chapter) In: Schenker J.G. and Elchalal U.(eds): Pregnancy and Delivery. Grafit Publishers, Jerusalem.
3. Nulman I, Bar-OZ B, Laslo D, Fried S, Chitayat D, Koren G. (2001). Fetal malformations associated with drugs and chemicals : visualization by sonography. In: Koren G (editor) Maternal-fetal toxicology. Third edition. Chapter 34, 673-696. Marcel Dekker Inc. New York, USA.
For List of Publications, please see: PubMed
Non-peer-reviewed papers
1. Bar-Oz B. (2000). Anticonvulsants and breastfeeding. Meyda
Hanaka. 9:1-3. (In Hebrew).
E. Abstracts and presentations
1. Korman S, Bar-Oz B, Granot E, Meyer S. (1990). Oro-cecal transit time in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (abstract). Pediatr Res. 27:109A.
2. Ma J, Tsao S, Zamin M, Bar-Oz B, Hackman R, Koren G, Einarson TR. Association of congenital malformation with cyclosporine therapy during pregnancy: A meta-analysis. Poster presentation at the 30th Professional Practice Conference of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, February 3, 1999.
3. Bar-Oz B, Ma J, Hackman R, Tsao S, Zamin M, Einarson TR, Koren G. (1999). The effects of cyclosporine therapy on pregnancy outcome in organ transplanted women: A meta-analytical review. Pediatr Res. 45(4):73A.
Poster presentation at the American Pediatric Society and Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting, San Francisco, CA May. 1-4, 1999.
4. Tunzi CR, Harper PA, Bar-Oz B, Shenton J, Semple JL, Watson-MacDonell J, Ito S. (1999). Defensins: Endogenous antibiotic peptides in Human mammary epithelia. Pediatr Res. 45(4):71A.
Poster symposium at the American Pediatric Society and Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. May 1-4, 1999.
5. Bishai R, Bar-Oz B, Koren G, Taddio A. (1999). Factors influencing childrens, parents, and nurses assessment of childrens’ pain during port-o-cath puncture. Pediatr Res. 45(4): 144A.
Poster presentation at the American Pediatric Society and Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. May 1-4, 1999.
6. Bar-Oz B, Ma J, Tsao S, Hackman R, Zamin M, Einarson TR, Koren G. The effects of cyclosporine therapy on pregnancy outcome in organ transplanted women: A meta-analytical review. Teratology 1999;59:440.
Platform presentation at the OTIS (Organization of Teratology Information Services) meeting Colorado 1999.
7. Moretti ME, Sharma A, Bar-Oz B, Koren G, Ito S. (1999). Fluoxetine and its effect on the nursing infant: A prospective cohort study. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 65:141.
Poster presentation in The 100 annual meeting of The American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT), San Antonio, Texas, USA, March 18-20 1999.
8. Moretti ME, Werb S, Sharma A, Bar-Oz B, Koren G, Ito S. Fluoxetine and its effect on the nursing infant: A prospective cohort study.
Poster presentation in the EACPT meeting, Jerusalem, Israel, October 3-8, 1999.
9. Tunzi CR, Harper PA, Bar-Oz B, Semple JL, Watson-MacDonell J, Ganz T, Valore EV, Ito S. (2000). Human b-defensin-1 expression in mammary gland epithelia. Pediatr Res. 47:474A.
Poster presentation SPR , May 12-16, 2000. Boston, MA.USA.
10. Block C, Peleg O, Minster N, Simhon A, Bar-Oz B, Arad I, Shapiro M. Enterobacter sakazakii meningitis and bloodstream infections in neonates in Jerusalem.
Platform presentation in the 40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. September 17-20, 2000. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
11. Bar-Oz B, Moretti M.E., Mareels G, Van Tittelboom T, Koren G. Reporting Bias in Retrospective Ascertainment of Drug-Induced Embryopathy.
Poster-Discussion presentation in the ESDP (European Society for Developmental Pharmacology). November 25-28, 2000. Jerusalem, Israel.
12. Levichek Z, Bar-Oz B, Moretti M, Mah C, Andreou S, Koren G (2001). Pregnancy outcome following rubella vaccination: A prospective controlled study. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 69 (2): P83-P83.
Poster presentation The American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) annual meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 6-10, 2001.
13. Chan D, Bar-oz B, Pellerin B, Paciorek C, Klein J, Farine D, Koren G. (2002). Population baseline of meconium fatty acid ethyl esters among infants of non-drinking women in Jerusalem and Toronto. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (supplement). 26 (5):176A.
Abstract presentation, 25thAnnual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alchoholism and the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism. June 28 - July 3, 2002, San Francisco, California, USA.
14. Moretti E.M., Bar-Oz B, Fried S, Koren G. Maternal hyperthermia in pregnancy and the risk for neural tube defects in offspring: A meta-analysis. Platform session. Teratology Society 2002 Annual Meeting. Arizona, USA. June 2002.
15. Chan D., Bar-oz B., Pellerin B., Boskovic R., Knie B., Portnoi G., Klein J., Kapur B., Farine D., Koren G. The development of biological markers for prenatal alcohol exposure.
Poster presentation, World Forum on Addiction, Montreal, Canada. Fall 2002.
16. Chan D, Bar-Oz B, Pellerin B, Paciorek C, Karaskov T, Klein J, Kapur B, Farine D, Koren G. The prevalence of prenatal alcohol exposure in neonates suspected of multiple drug exposure. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutcs. Feb 2003; 73 (2): P9-P9 Suppl.
17. Nir A., Bar-Oz B., Perles Z., Brooks R., Korach A., Rein AJJT. N-terminal Pro-B-type natriuretic peptide. Normal plasma levels from birth to adolescence. Elevated levels at birth and in patients with heart disease.
Accepted for a double (oral and poster) presentation at the 38th Annual General Meeting of the AEPC (Association of the European Pediatric Cardiology). May 28-31, 2003. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Accepted for an oral presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting of The Israel Heart Society together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, April 30 –May 1, 2003, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Accepted for poster presentation at the Heart Failure/ISHR-ES 2003 Meeting June 21-24, 2003, Strasbourg, France.
18. Ho T, Taddio A, Kapur B, Levichek Z, Seth N, Emery J, Hunter T, Bar-Oz B, Wright J, Berdock S. Safety of Acetaminophen for Post-Operative Analgesia in Pediatric Orthopedic Patients. Pediatr Res 53 (4): 662 Part 2 Suppl. S APR 2003.
Accepted for a poster presentation in the 2003 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. May 3-6, Washington, USA.
F. Invited lectures
1. Anticonvulsants and breastfeeding. Invited presentation for The First Israeli Congress for Primary Care. Tel -Aviv, Israel, October 9th 2001.
2. Surfactant treatment for Respiratory Distress Syndrome. For nurses and Midwives meeting. Jerusalem, Israel, March 10th 2002.
3. Hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn. For nurses and midwives meeting. Jerusalem, Israel. July 2002.