Birth: 17.7.1945, Jerusalem
Military service: 1971-1974 (Major)
Education & Fellowships
1964 – 1970 Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
1970 - Internship, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1971 - Graduation with M.D. degree
1974 - Residency in the department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1975 – 1976 Residency in the department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1977 – 1981 Residency in the department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1981 - Board examination and certification
1984 – 1986 - Fellowship at the department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
July-August 2001 - Fellowship (Sabbatical) with Prof. R. Sataloff, The Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
April-May 2002 - Visiting Professor at the Dept. Otolaryngology, University of Rome (Prof. R. Phillipo),
June-July 2003 - Fellowship (Sabbatical) with Dr. D. Howard, Royal Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital, London.
Professional and Academic Experience
1999 - Full Professor in Otolaryngology
1991 – present - Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1995 – present - Chairman of the Otolaryngology Course of the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School
1991 - Associate Professor in Otolaryngology
1986 - Senior lecturer in Otolaryngology
1982 - Lecturer in Otolaryngology
1981 - Senior physician, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital
1981 - In-charge of the Vestibular Laboratory
1979 - Instructor in Otolaryngology
Awards & Scholars
1983 - Prize of the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University for the research on Vestibular Evoked Potentials
1984 - Scholar from the Silbert’s International Program (UCLA)
1984 - Scholar from the Lady Davis Foundation
Grants
1999 – 2000 Grant from the Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah: Linear Evoked Potentials
1997 – 2000 Grant from the National Council for Research and Development: Induction & Recording of Linear Vestibular Evoked Potentials. (3 years)
1994 – 1997 Grant from the USA-ISRAEL Binational Foundation. Vestibular evoked potentials to linear acceleration stimuli (3 years).
1994 - Grant from the Chief Scientist - Ministry of Health: Peripheral Sources of Vestibular Evoked Potentials.
1992 - Grant from the Hadassah Fund for Applied Research: Development of a new device for caloric stimulation.
1992 - Grant from the Chief Scientist - Ministry of Health: The peripheral sources of the vestibular evoked potentials.
1990 – 1993 Grant from the USA-Israel Binational Foundation (3 years): Recording of vestibular evoked potentials in humans.
1990 - Grant from the Hadassah Fund for Applied Research: Development of a new balloon catheter for pharyngeal manometry.
1989 - Grant from the National Council for Research and Development: Recording of Vestibular Evoked Responses in Humans.
1989 - Grant from the Chief Scientist - Ministry of Health: Assessment of antivertigenous drugs by the recording of vestibular evoked response in experimental animals.
1987 - Grant from the National Council for Research and Development: Recording of Vestibular Evoked Response in Humans.
1986 - Grant from the Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah: Assessment of the efficacy of antivertigenous drugs by the recording of vestibular evoked response.
1985 - Grant from the Hope of Hearing Foundation, (Los Angeles): vestibular research.
1982 - Grant from the Wolfson Foundation for Applied Sciences: Recording of vestibular evoked response to angular acceleration stimuli in experimental animals.
1981 - Grant from the Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah: Recording of vestibular evoked response by means of skin electrodes.
1981 - Grant from the Robert Szold Institute for Applied Science: Recording of Brain Responses to Vestibular Stimulation by Skin Electrodes.
1980 - Grant from the Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah: Recording of vestibular evoked response by skin electrodes.
Instructor of M.A., M.D.and PH.D. Students
1. Berger, S. (M.D.): The results of medical treatment in facial nerve paralysis, 1984.
2. Argaman, Z. (M.D.): Vestibular function of deaf children, 1987.
3. Ankol, O. (M.D.): Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Jerusalem, 1989.
4. Liebner, E. (M.D.; Ph.D.): Short latency vestibular evoked response in humans, 1994.
5. Lotem Sara (M.A.): Hearing loss in Thalassemia Major patients, 1992.
6. Li Gang (PH.D.): The peripheral generators of the vestibular evoked potentials, 1994.
7. Rodionov, V (Ph.D): Vestibular evoked potentials in human subjects in the vertical plane, 1994.
8. Plotnik, M (Ph.D): Vestibular evoked potentials to linear acceleration impulses, 1994.
9. Feierberg Yeruham (M.D.): Tympanometry and middle ear fluid viscosity, 1998.
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies.
1) Israel Medical Association
2) The Israeli Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
3) Association For Research In Otolaryngology (ARO)
4) International Electrical Response Audiometry Study Group
5) American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
6) The Barany Society
7) The Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum
8) North American Skull Base Society
9) The Israeli Society of Cochlear Research
10) The Israeli Society of Laser Surgery and Medicine
11) Prosper Meniere Society
Offices, Appointments and Invited Participation in Scientific Organizations and Activities
1982 - Invited lecture - Vestibular evoked potentials to acceleration impulses. The Eaton - Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmatory, Boston, USA
1983 - Invited lecture - 2nd International Tinitus Seminar, New York.
1985 - Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees, The 19th International Congress of Audiology
1991 - Appointed to the Lasha Eisen Cathedra of Otolaryngology Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School
1991 - Official Examiner, The Israeli Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
1991 - Elected as a member of The Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum
1993 - Co-chairman, The 1st International Skull Base Conference, Jerusalem
1993-present - Member of the Board of Directors, The Israeli Society of Cochlear Research
1995 - Invited lectures: Vestibular evoked potentials in experimental animals and in humans - Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Institute of Neuroscience, Bern, Switzerland
1995 - Invited lecture: Vestibular evoked potentials in humans and experimental animals. Department of Otolaryngology and Neurology, St. Petersburg General Hospital, Russia.
1995 - present Associate Scientific Staff, Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
1996 - present Member Editorial Board, Otology-Neurootology Journal (Amer. Journal Otology)
1996 - present Member of the Board of Directors, The Israeli Society of Laser Surgery & Medicine
1996 - Invited lecture: Vestibular evoked potentials to acceleration impulses. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Zurich, Switzerland
1997 – 2003 President, the Israeli Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
1998 - Co-chairman, The 2nd Jerusalem International Conference on Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology
1998 - Invited lecture: Vestibular evoked potentials to angular & linear stimuli. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Research Laboratory, Mexico - City
1998 - Invited lecture: Vestibular evoked potentials. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, New-York University Medical Center, New-York
May 1999 - Member of the Organizing Committee. The VIII Conference of the European Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant Death, Jerusalem
1999 - present Member of Editorial Board, Acta Otolaryngologica
1999-2005 Member of Faculty and invited lecturer: The Annual Symposium on Laser Phonosurgery, Paris.
2000 - Invited lecturer & Head of Panel: High Frequency Vestibular Stimulation. The Barany Meeting, Portland, USA
2003 - Invited lecture: Vestibular Evoked Potentials. The 14th Annual Meeting of the Polish Association of Audiology, Spala, Poland
2004 - Invited lecture: High frequency Vestibular Stimulation. The 15th Annual Meeting of the Polish Association of Audiology, Zakopane, Poland
May-June 2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rome, Italy
2003-present President of the Israeli Society of Laser in Medicine & Surgery
Birth: 17.7.1945, Jerusalem
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