Zvi Harry RAPPAPORT, MD.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Zvi Harry Rappaport, MD
Identity No:0-1160568
Place of Work: Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel, Phone No: 972-3-9376401
Faculty: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Dept.: Neurosurgery
Home Address: 3, Lamerhav St, Ramat Hasharon, Phone: 972-3-5407811
Date & Place of Birth: June 25, 1949, Germany
Date of Arrival in Israel: March 15 1980
Military service: 2.10.1985 - 15.11.1985
Marital Status: Married + 3
EDUCATION
1967 - 1969 Philosophy-Physics, Columbia University, New York, USA
1969
BA degree
1969 - 1973 Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1973
MD degree
FURTHER STUDIES
1973 - 1974 Fellowship, Surgery, Columbia University,
Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA (K. Reemtsma).
1974 -1978 Residency in Neurosurgery, N.Y.U. Medical Center, New York, USA (J. Ransohoff).
1979
Fellowship, Physiological Neurosurgery, Westchester Co
Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA (IS Cooper).
1979 -80
Microsurgery, Kantonspital Zurich, Switzerland (G. Yasergil).
Functional neurosurgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (B. Meyerson).
Stereotactic neurosurgery, Madras Institute of Neurology
Madras, India (Prof. Balasubramanian).
Epilepsy surgery, Hopital St. Anne, Paris, France (Prof. Bancaud).
1982
Stereotactic workshop, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (O. Backlund).
1988
Pituitary microsurgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, New York, USA (K. Post).
1990
Stereotactic workshop, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA (M. Dujovny).
1990
Surgery of the cavernous sinus, practical course,
Goodyear Microsurgery Laboratory, Los Angeles, USA.
1991
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Course, American
College of Surgeons, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
1992
Acoustic neuroma surgery, practical course,
Congress of Neurological Surgery, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
1993
Epilepsy surgery, Neurochirurgische Uni-Klinik, Bonn, Germany (J. Schramm)
Use of the high speed drill, Bogenhausen Hospital, Munich, Germany.
1995
Lateral skull base exposures, practical course,
Goodyear Microsurgery Laboratory, Orlando, USA.
1996
Anterior and posterior skull base approaches, practical course,
American Association of Neurosurgery, Minneapolis, U.S.A.
1996
Study visit, Department of Neurosurgery, Ljubljana University Hospital, Slovenia
(V. Dolenc)
1997
Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders, Grenoble University Hospital, France
(A.Benabid).
1997
Image-guided neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England (D. Sandeman).
1997
Image-guided neurosurgery, Mainz University Hospital, Germany (A. Perneczky).
1997
Study visit, National Institute of Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary (J. Vajda).
1997
Image-guided neurosurgery, Mannheim University Hospital, Germany (P. Schmiedek)
1998
Neuroendoscopy Training Course , Mainz University Hospital, Germany (A. Perneczky)
1999
Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders, Roselare Hospital, Belgium (Dr. Deruyter)
1999
Lateral skull base approaches, practical course,
Congress of Neurological Surgery, Boston, U.S.A.
2000
Advanced applications of image-guided neurosurgery
Sofamor Danek, Naples, USA
2003
Workshop: Advanced techniques in image guided surgery
Lausanne, Switzerland
2004
Dept. of Neurosurgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York (K. Post)
2006
GCP Course and Certification for Clinical Research Investigators, Rosh HaAyin, Israel
2008
Advanced drilling techniques in pneumatic and electrical instrumentation of Medtronic
powered surgical solutions, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2010
Optimized resection of gliomas- A practical course, Duesseldorf, Germany.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1974 - 1978 Residency, Neurosurgery, NYU Medical Center, New York, USA.
1978- 1979 Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, NYU Medical School, New York, USA.
1980 - 1983 Affiliated Lecturer, Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center Schools of
Medicine, Nursing and Physiotherapy, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
1985 - 1990 Senior Lecturer, Neurosurgery, Hebrew University, School of Medicine, Hadassah
Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
1991-
Clinical Associate Professor , Neurosurgery,
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
1993-
Member, Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, Tel-Aviv University.
1993
Visiting Professor, Neurosurgical University Clinic, Erlangen, Germany.
1996
Visiting Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, NYU Medical Center, USA.
1998
Visiting Professor, Institute of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Beth Israel University
Hospital, New York, USA
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
1980 - 1983 Senior physician, Neurosurgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
1983 - 1989 Tenured senior physician, Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
1986
Acting Chairman, Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
1989-
Chairman, Neurosurgery, Rabin Medical Center & Schneider Children’s Hospital,
Petah Tiqva, Israel.
1998-
Coordinator, Neurosurgical Services, Herzliya Medical Center, Israel.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Prizes
1968 Dean's List, Columbia University, New York.
1973 Pennsylvania Heart Association, Undergraduate Research Prize.
1989- Listing in Who's Who in the World
1993- Honorary Vice-president, World Federation of Neurosurgery, X Intl. Congress of
Neurosurgery, Acapulco, Mexico.
1999- Outstanding Teacher Award, International Postgraduate Training Program in Medicine,
University of Tel-Aviv School of Medicine.
Diplomas
1.7.1974 Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, USA.
6.6.1975 Medical License, State of New York (123880).
10.4.1980 Medical License, Israel, (17703).
5.5.1982 Specialist Certification, American Board of Neurological Surgery
5.5.1982 Neurosurgical Specialist Certification, Israel (7331).
12/2006 Association of Clinical Research Professionals GCP course ID 180270
Grants and Research Studies
1983-84 Joint Research Fund of Hebrew University & Hadassah
Analysis of first and second pain correlated in the
cerebral evoked potentials under selective blocks of
peripheral sensory inputs in humans.
1987-88 Joint Research Fund of Hebrew University & Hadassah.
1. Experimental brain abscess in a guinea pig model.
2. Hypercoagulability in neurosurgical patients with
primary brain tumor.
1994-5 CIBA-Geigy, Effect of Sofitel on severe head injury, multicenter clinical trial.
1995
Israel Cancer Society, Cytogenetic and molecular differences between radiation induced and
spontaneous meningiomas.
1996 Chief Scientists Grant-- Israel Ministry of Health,
The effect of sympathectomy on neuropathic pain. An experimental model.
1997 Rhone-Poulenc-Rorer, Phase III study of Gliadel wafer tumor bed chemotherapy implantation for
primary malignant gliomas, Multicenter international study.
1999 Pharmos Corp. Study of Dexanabinol for brain protection in severe brain injury, Phase II
multicenter study.
2001 Proneuron- Activated macrophage injection into injured spinal cord patients. Phase I study.
2004 Antisense Pharma- Antisense TGF convection therapy for recurrent malignant gliomas
Phase III
2004 Neopharm- Convection enhanced delivery of IL-13 Pseudomonas toxin to malignant
gliomas at
first recurrence. Phase III.
2004 Herpes Simplex virus-thymidine kinase gene therapy with subsequent ganciclovir in
operable
high-grade gliomas. Phase III.
2004 Actelion- Endothelin inhibitor in the prevention of vasospasm following aneurysmal
subarachnoid hemorrhage.
2005 Non-invasive ICP measurement in benign intracranial hypertension.
2005 Ark Therapeutics- Genetically modified thymidine cyclase herpes simplex virus tumor
bed injections in primary glioblastomas followed by IV gangcyclovir. Phase III, open
label.
2010 Solvay- S334.2.002 for brain protection in severe head trauma.
2010 BHR Progesterone study for brain protection in severe head trauma.
Editorial and review appointments
Referee for Journals Pain, Surgical Neurology, Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, Harefuah,
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurger.
1994- Review Panel, Acta Neurochirurgica
1994-
Senior Editor, Neurosurgery 96, A Manual of Neurosurgery, by the European
Association of
Neurosurgery.
1997-
Editorial Board, The Journal of Radiosurgery
1997-
Advisory Board, Journal of Neurological Sciences
Research Grant Reviewer for: Chief Scientist’s Office, Israel Ministry of Health,
Israel -USA Binational Research Foundation
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development
Scientific Program Committee, Annual Meetings of the Israel Society of Neurosurgery.
2011- Editorial Board of Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery
Positions
1984-86 Secretary of the Israeli Neurosurgical Society.
1985-97 Delegate to the World and European Federations of
Neurosurgery, Executive Committee.
1987
Israeli Ministry of Health Ad hoc committee on national
neurosurgical needs and long range planning.
1982-90 Congress of Neurological Surgeons, International Committee.
1989-90 Israeli Ministry of Health Committee on Standardization of
Operating Room Procedures to Minimize Infection Rates.
1989-95 European Association of Neurosurgery, Training Committee.
1985-97 Member, Executive Committee, Israel Surgical Society.
1987-91 European Association of Neurosurgeons, Materials and
Equipment Committee.
1987-91 World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Committee on
Material and Devices.
1991-95 European Association of Neurosurgery, Ethico-Legal Committee
1992-
International Board of Governors Member, Bio-Technical
Institute of Israel.
1992-7
President of the Israeli Neurosurgical Society
1992-3
Joint Medical Schools Syllabus Committee for Surgery
1994-7 Treasurer, Israel Society of Surgery.
1994-
Board of Governors, Ramat-Gan Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment and Research Foundation.
1994-
Israel Ministry of Health, National Subcommitee on Neurosurgery.
1995-
Israel Ministry of Health, Emergency Preparedness Committee.
1995-7 World Federation of Neurosurgery, Liason and Public Relations Committee.
1997- World Federation of Neurosurgery, Audit Committee.
1997-9 Israel Society of Surgery, Ethics and Auditing Committee
1997- Israel Ministry of Health, Appeal Board for Patient Treatment Rights
1998- Board of Directors, Inta-Medics, medical equipment development company.
2002- Helsinki Committee Member, Herzliya Medical Center.
2003 – Medical Board, Davidoff Oncology Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel
2004-11 Chairman of the Membership Committee, Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica
2011-13 Vice-President Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1982 Congress of Neurological Surgery, USA
1982 Israel Neurosurgical Association
1982 Israel Surgical Society
1982 European Association of Neurosurgeons
1984 American Association of Neurosurgeons
1984 International Society for the Study of Pain.
1985 World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.
1989 Joint Section on tumors AANS/CNS, USA.
1989 World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
1995 European Association of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
1997 Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica , Chairman of Membership Committee 2005-11.
2006 Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ID 180270)
MD STUDENTS SUPERVISED
1986 - Weismann A: The correlation between post traumatic brain
edema and brain tissue calcium levels in the rat.
Hebrew University.
1989 - Kornovsky R: Hypercoagulability and thromboembolic events
in neurological patients with brain tumors.
Hebrew University.
1995 - Rozenberg Z : Computerized optical imaging of human cortical function.
Tel Aviv University
1998- Gur R. :
Parasaggital meningioma: Review of 106 cases.
2010 Gal L.:
Visual outcome in optic pathway meningiomas after fractionated stereotactic
radiotherapy: Results from a single Israeli center compared to the literature.
RESIDENTS' BASIC SCIENCE PROJECTS SUPERVISED
1989 - Michowitz SD: Effect of ischemia induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion on superoxide
dismutase activity in rat brain. Hadassah University Hospital.
1989 - Pomeranz S: The pathophysiology of acute intracranial hypotension. An experimental
model. Hadassah University Hospital.
1993 - Rubin G.: The effect of sympathectomy on neuropathic pain. An experimental model. Rabin
Medical Center.
1998- Kanner A.A.: Multiparamatric monitoring of rat brain functions during experimental retraction,
Rabin M.C. & Bar-Ilan University.
MASTER OF SCIENCE PROJECTS SUPERVISED
1994 - Buczimansky, R. : Effect of hornet venom on the blood brain barrier in rats. Tel Aviv
University.
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
1973
Vth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow,
Philadelphia.
1976
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
San Francisco.
1976
IInd Chicago Symposium on Neural Trauma, Chicago.
1976
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
San Francisco.
1976 American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Pediatric Session,
Toronto, Canada
1977 International Neurosurgical Symposium, Guaruja, Brazil.
1977 VIth International Neurosurgical Symposium,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
1977 Neuroscience Seminar, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York.
1978 New York Neurosurgical Society, Rockafeller University, New York.
1979 American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Annual Meeting,
New York.
1979 IVth Congress, European Society of Stereotactic and Functional
Neurosurgery, Paris, France.
1981 Israel Joint Meeting of the Neurology and Neurosurgery
Societies Expomedical, Tel Aviv.
1983 Israel Surgical Society, Beer Sheba.
1983 Annual Congress of the Israel Society of Anesthesiologists,
Petah Tikva, Israel
1983 Journee Neurochirurgicale Mediteraneene, Marseille, France.
1983 12th International Conference of Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel.
1984 9th International Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jerusalem, Israel.
1984 Israel Spine Society, Jerusalem, Israel.
1985 Israel Pain Society, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
1985 13th International Conference of the Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel.
1985 8th International Congress of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Canada.
1985 Israel Surgical Society, Nahariya, Israel.
1985 Annual Symposium of the Israel Trauma Research Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1986 American Association of Neurological Surgery, Denver, USA.
1986 Hebrew University Center for Research on Pain, Jerusalem , Israel.
1986 Israel Surgical Society, Ashkelon, Israel.
1987 8th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Barcelona, Spain.
1987 Journee Neurochirurgicale Mediteraneene, Marseilles, France.
1988 Israel Surgical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1988 Joint Session of the Israeli and German Societies of Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1989 Xth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery,
Maebashi, Japan.
1989 9th International Congress of Neurological Surgery,
New Delhi, India.
1990 International Symposium on New Horizons in Pediatric
Neurosurgery/Neurology, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1990 The Israeli League against Epilepsy, Annual Meeting,
Tel Aviv, Israel.
1990 Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Los Angeles, USA.
Practical Course on Base of Skull Surgery.
1991 9th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Moscow, USSR.
1991 European Training Course in Neurosurgery, 2nd Course, 4th Cycle,
Faculty member, Zaragoza, Spain.
1991 3rd Intl. Congress of Medicine and Law, Jerusalem, Israel.
1991 Danish Red Cross Course on War Surgery and Surgery under
Primitive Conditions, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1991 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Organizer of Meeting on
Pediatric Brain Tumors.
1992 European Association of Neurosurgery, Winter Meeting on Sellar and Parasellar
Lesions, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1992 European Association of Neurosurgery, Ethico-Legal Committee,
Kazimierz, Poland.
1992 Comitee International de la Croix Rouge, War Surgery Seminar,
Geneva, Switzerland.
1992 National Symposium, Romanian Society of Neurosurgery, Sinaia, Romania.
1992 International Seminar on brain resuscitation and protection, Rehovot, Israel.
1992 European Training Course in Neurosurgery, 3rd course, 4th cycle, Faculty member,
Jerusalem, Israel.
1992 5th International Congress : The Pain Clinic, Jerusalem, Israel.
1992 Congress of Neurological Surgery,
Practical course on acoustic neuroma surgery, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
1993 European Association of Neurosurgery, Winter Meeting on Multimodality Treatment for
Intracranial Tumors, Rome, Italy
1993 European Association of Neurosurgery, Ethico-Legal Committee, Rome, Italy.
1993 Symposium on Malpractice in Israel, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.
1993 International Symposium on Base of Skull Surgery, Scientific advisory committee,
Jerusalem, Israel.
1993 Symposium on Neurosurgery in the Aged Patient, Jerusalem, Israel.
1993 European Training Course in Neurosurgery, 4th course, 4th cycle, Faculty member,
Bruges, Belgium.
1993 10th International Congress of Neurological Surgery,
Acapulco, Mexico.
1993 Journee Neurochirurgicale Mediteraneenne, Marseilles, France.
1994 European Association of Neurosurgery, Winter Meeting on surgery for epilepsy,
Kuopio, Finland.
1994 European Association of Neurosurgery, Ethico-Legal Committee, Marmaris, Turkey.
1994 European Training Course in Neurosurgery, 4th course, 5th cycle, Faculty member,
Cesme, Turkey.
1994 14th Congress of the European Society forPediatric Neurosurgery, Lyon, France.
1994 Paradigms of Pain, Intl. Meeting of the Israel Pain Association, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1994 Journee Neurochirurgicale Mediteraneenne, Marseilles, France.
1995 Joint Winter Meeting, Israel & German Societies of Neurosurgery, Conference Organizor,
Eilat, Israel.
1995 Ethico-Legal Committee & Annual Winter Meeting, European Association of Neurosurgery,
London, England.
1995 European Pediatric Neurosurgery Society, 1st Interim Meeting, Eilat, Israel.
1995 American Association of Neurological Surgery, Annual Meeting, Orlando, U.S.A.
1995 10th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Berlin, Germany.
1995 7th Meeting European Neuroendocrine Society, Herzliya, Israel.
1996 International spine workshop, sponsored by Sofamor-Danek, Herzliya, Israel.
1996 Joint Meeting French and Israeli Neurosurgical Societies, Tigne, France.
1996 First Intl. Interdisciplinary Congress on Craniofacial & Skull Base Surgery, Jerusalem, Israel.
1996 American Association of Neurological Surgery, Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, U.S.A.
1996 International Clinicians Workshop on Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy,
La Baule, France.
1996 Israel Pain Society Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel
1997 Israel Surgical Society, 20th National Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel
1997 World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, XIIth meeting, Lyon, France
1997 Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Meeting, Paris, France.
1997 11th World Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1998 2nd International Symposium on New Horizons in Pediatric Nerosurgery/Neurology, Jerusalem.
1998 Academia Euroasiana Neurochirurgica, Maastricht, Netherlands.
1999 The Trinational Meeting of the Israeli, German and Finnish Neurosurgical Societies, Eilat, Israel
1999 Spinal Update, International Symposium, Herzliya, Israel
1999 Biannual Meeting of Israel Federation of Surgical Societies, Haifa, Israel.
1999 Congress of Neurological Surgery, Annual Meeting, Boston, U.S.A.
1999 International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotrauma 99, Taipei, Taiwan.
2000 Annual Meeting Egyptian Society of Neurosurgeons, Red Sea, Egypt.
2000 Neurotrauma: An Eye to the Future, Intl. Symposium, Haifa, Israel.
2000 XI th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring.
Cambridge, England, 7/00
2000 Academia Euroasiana Neurochirurgica, Bali, Indonesia.
2001 American Association of Neurological Surgery, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
2001 12th World Congress of Neurological Surgery, Sydney, Australia
2001 Karolinska Symosium: Microsurgery and Gamma Knife Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2002 Guest Lecturer National Institute of Neurosurgery. Budapest, Hungary
2002 XVIIIth Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Kiruna, Sweden.
2002 Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica, London, England
2002 Congress of Neurological Surgery, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA.
2003 Israel Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Kfar Blum.
2003 Israel Anesthesia Society, Pain Section, Tel-Aviv.
2003 12th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Lisbon, Portugal.
2004 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Mitzpe Ramon.
2004 IV th International Symposium on Coma and Death, Havanna, Cuba
2004 American Association of Neurological Surgery, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA
2004 Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica, Nara, Japan.
2005 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Kfar Blum.
2005 Actelion investigator’s meeting for phase III study of clazosentan in the treatment of vasospasm
after subarachnoid hemorrhage, Prague, Czech Rep.
2005 13th World Congress of Neurosurgery, Marrakech, Morrocco.
2005 Joint Meeting German Academy of Neurosurgery & Academia Eurasian Neurochirurgica,
Bamberg, Germany.
2005 The Embryo- from Creation to Birth: Discoveries and scientific advances, medical and ethical
dilemmas. Tel-Aviv.
2006 Herpes Simplex virus-thymidine kinase gene therapy with subsequent ganciclovir in operable
high-grade gliomas. Phase III study investigator meeting. Barcelona, Spain.
2004 Antisense convection therapy (study AP 12009-G005, Antisense Pharma) investigators’
meeting.
Regensburg, Germany.
2006 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Caesarea.
2006 American Association of Neurosurgery, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
2006 Republic Scientific Committee Conference on Primary & Metastatic Tumors of the CNS, Minsk,
Belarus.
2005 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Jerusalem.
2007 Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica, Tianjin, China
2006 1st Israel Symposium on Tissue Injury, Haifa, Israel
2008 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Haifa.
2009 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Dead Sea.
2009 New Horizons in Pediatric Neurology, Neurosurgery, Eilat.
2009 Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica, Istanbul.
2009 World Congress of Neurosurgery, Boston
2009 Republic Scientific Conference on Primary Tumors of the CNS, Minsk, Belarus
2010 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Maale Chamisha.
2010 Congress of Neurological Surgery, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA
2011 Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica, Mumbai, India
2011 Israel Neurosurgical Society, Annual Meeting, Eilat
INVITED LECTURES AND PAPERS FOR PRESENTATION
1. The effect of lowered cardiac output on cerebral blood flow.
Vth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow,
Philadelphia, June 1973.
2. The development of visceral lesions following reticular formation destruction in the rat.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, April 1976.
3. Prognostic considerations in head injuries.
Comoderator + Editor of Proceedings.
2nd Chicago Symposium on Neural Trauma, Chicago, May 1976.
4. Computerized tomography in the preoperative evaluation of posterior fossa lesions in children.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Pediatric Session, Toronto, December 1976.
International Neurosurgical Symposium Guaruja, Brazil, June, 1977.
5. Dorsal column stimulation in metastatic disease.
VIth International Neurosurgical Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 1977.
6. Treatment of cerebral metastases.
Neuroscience Seminar, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, USA, September, 1977.
7. Neurosurgical usage of dexamethesone versus methylprednisolone.
New York Neurosurgical Society, Rockefeller University, NY, March, 1978.
8. Current concepts in pain theory.
American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Annual Meeting, New York, May 1979.
9. Correlation of clinical and physiologic effects of cerebellar stimulation.
IVth Congress, European Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Paris, July, 1979.
10. Therapy of spasticity by cerebellar stimulation.
Israel Joint Meeting of the Neurology and Neurosurgery Societies,
Expomedical, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 1981.
11. CT stereotactic evaluation and treatment of brain tumors.
Israel Surgical Society, Beer Sheba, Israel, March 1983.
12. Severe head injury in the polytrauma patient.
Annual Congress of the Israel Society of Anesthesiologists, Petah Tiqva, Israel, April 1983.
13. Roundtable discussant of cerebral aneurysm surgery within three days of rupture.
Journee Neuro-Chirurgicale Mediteraneene, Marseilles, France, October 1983.
14. Trigeminal glycerol rhizolysis.
12th International Conference of Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel, November 1983.
15. Retrogasserian glycerol injection in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
9th International Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1984.
16. Neurosurgical methods of pain relief in the failed back syndrome.
Israel Spine Society, Jerusalem, Israel, December 1980.
17. The experimental basis of glycerol trigeminal rhizolysis.
Israel Pain Society, Tel Aviv University, Israel, July 1985.
18. One year follow-up of trigeminal glycerol rhizolysis for tic doloreux.
13th International Conference of the Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1985.
19. The effect of glycerol on autotomy following peripheral nerve neuroma formation.
8th International Congress of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Canada, July 1985.
20. The influence of focal cerebral ischemia of brain water, sodium, potassium, and calcium content.
Israel Surgical Society, Nahariya, Israel, November 1985.
21. The role of calcium in focal cerebral ischemia.
Annual Symposium of the Israel Trauma Research Center, Jerusalem, Israel, November 1985.
22. Spatial distributions and time course of cerebral calcium changes in the rat middle cerebral artery
occlusion model.
American Association of Neurological Surgery, Denver, USA, April 1986.
23. Regional distribution of brain sodium, potassium and water changes in the rat middle cerebral artery
occlusion model prior to onset of vasogenic edema.
American Association of Neurological Surgery, Denver, USA, April 1986 (Poster presentation).
24. Modern surgical therapy of trigeminal neuralgia. Symposium on "Pain in the trigeminal area".
Hebrew University Center for Research on Pain, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1986.
25. Percutaneous facet thermocoagulation in the mechanical low back pain syndrome.
Israel Surgical Society, Ashkelon, Israel, May 1986.
26. Recurrent trigeminal cistern glycerol injection for tic doloreux.
8th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Barcelona, Spain, September, 1987.
27. Hypopotassemia in severe head trauma.
8th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Barcelona, Spain, September, 1987.
28. The value and risk of routine post-craniotomy ICP measurement.
8th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Barcelona, Spain, September, 1987.
29.Roundtable discussant of malformations of the craniovertebral junction.
Journee Neuro-Chirurgicale Mediteraneene, Marseilles, France, October, 1987.
30. Corpus callostomy for intractable epilepsy.
Israel Surgical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 1988.
31. The use of perioperative ventriculostomy in hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa tumors.
Joint Session of the Israeli and German Societies of Neurological Surgery,
Tel Aviv, Israel, March 1988.
32. Experimental pathophysiological correlates of clinical symptomatology in peripheral neuropathic
pain syndromes.
Xth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery,
Maebashi, Japan, October, 1989.
33. Perioperative ventricular drainage in obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa tumors.
9th International Congress of Neurological Surgery, New Delhi, India, October 1989.
34. The role of corpus callosotomy in epilepsy surgery.
The Israeli League Against Epilepsy, Annual Meeting, Tel Aviv, May 1990.
35. Corpus callosotomy in the treatment of secondary generalizing intractable epilepsy.
First International Symposium on New Horizons in Pediatric Neurosurgery/Neurology,
Tel Aviv, June 1990.
36. Selective posterior rhizotomy in the treatment of lower extremity spasticity due to cerebral palsy.
First International Symposium on New Horizons in Pediatric Neurosurgery/Neurology,
Tel Aviv, June 1990.
37. Thromboembolic phenomena in neurosurgical patients operated for primary and metastatic
brain tumors.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Los Angeles, USA, October 1990.
38. Experimental models of central nervous system injuries, Chairman of Seminar,
9th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Moscow, USSR, June 1991.
39. Intramedullary spinal cord tumors.
European Course in Neurosurgery, 2nd course, 4th cycle, Zaragoza, Spain, August 1991.
40. Timing of surgery in spinal cord trauma. Workshop moderator,
European Course in Neurosurgery 2nd course, 4th cycle, Zaragoza, Spain, August 1991.
41. Psychosurgery- current status,
3rd Intl. Congress of Medicine and Law, Jerusalem, Israel, November, 1991.
42. Brain and spinal injuries in armed conflicts.
Danish Red Cross Course on War Surgery and Surgery under Primitive Conditions.
Copenhagen, Denmark, November, 1991.
43. Pediatric brain tumors, Organizer of Congress,
Israel Neurosurgical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, December, 1991.
44. Penetrating craniocerebral injuries.
International Red Cross War Surgery Seminar, Geneva, Switzerland, March, 1992.
45. Surgical options in suprasellar arachnoid cysts.
Romanian Symposium of Neurosurgery, Sinaia, Romania, May 1992.
46. The effect of calcium on cerebral ischemia. Seminar on Brain Protection.
Weitzmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, May, 1992.
47. The pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia.
European Course in Neurosurgery, 3rd course, 4th cycle. Jerusalem, Israel, September, 1992.
48. i) Neurosurgical management of cranial neuralgia
ii) Trigeminal neuralgia: A new hypothesis
iii) Workshop moderator on trigeminal neuralgia
The 5th International Congress : The Pain Clinic, Jerusalem, September, 1992.
49. Malpractice and neurosurgery.
Symposium on malpractice in Israel, Ma'ale Hachamisha, March, 1993.
50. Surgical results of anterior skull base meningiomas.
The Jerusalem Symposium on Surgery of the Skull Base and adjacent Midline Region,
Jerusalem, Israel, April, 1993.
51. Neurosurgery in the elderly patient. Organizer of Congress,
Israeli Medical Week, Jerusalem, Israel, June, 1993.
52. Anterior fossa meningiomas, surgical approach.
Principles of management of meningiomas, panel discussion.
European Course in Neurosurgery, 4th course, 4th cycle. Bruges, Belgium, September, 1993.
53. Trigeminal neuralgia: the role of self-sustaining discharge in the trigeminal ganglion (TRG).
10th International Congress of Neurosurgery. Acapulco, Mexico, October, 1993.
54. The value and risk of intracranial pressure monitoring in elective craniotomies.
Journee Neurochirurgicale Mediteraneene, Marseilles, France, November,1993.
55. Intracranial arachnoid cysts
European Training Course in Neurosurgery, 5th course, 5th cycle. Cesme, Turkey, September, 1994.
56. Brain death and organ donation: The Jewish perspective.
14 th Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery , Lyon, France, September 1994.
57. Cavernous hemangioma in the region of the foramen of Monro.
Journee Neurochirurgicale Mediteraneene, Marseilles, France, November,1994.
58. Trigeminal neuralgia: A novel hypothesis.
Joint Winter Meeting, Israel & German Neurosurgical Societies, Eilat, January, 1995
59. The incidence of epilepsy in chronic subdural hematomas.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, USA, April, 1995.
60. Penetrating craniocerebral injuries.
10th European Association of Neurosurgery, Plenary session, Berlin, Germany, May, 1995.
61. Controversies in the surgical treatment of nonsecreting pituitary adenomas.
7th Meeting Neuroendocrine Society, Workshop, Herzliya, Israel, October 1995.
62. Penetrating craniocerebral injuries.
Israel Airforce Medical Corps Annual Meeting, December, 1995.
63. The transoral approach to spinal tumors.
International spine workshop, sponsored by Sofamor-Danek, Herzliya, Israel, January 1996.
64. Pituitary tumor surgery, Roundtable organizer.
French-Israeli Neurosurgical Society Joint Meeting, Tigne, France, January 1996.
65. What’s new in neurosurgery.
Israel Society of Surgery, 20th National Meeting, Jerusalem, June 1997.
66. The ultrastructural basis of trigeminal neuralgia: An electron microscopic analysis of biopsy
samples
of the trigeminal root taken during microvascular decompressive surgery.
World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, XIIth meeting, Lyon, France, July,1997.
67. Neurosurgical procedures for neuropathic pain, Session chairman,
World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, XIIth meeting, Lyon, France, July,1997.
68. Spinal metastatic disease, Moderator Luncheon Seminar,
11th International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July, 1997.
69. Neurosurgical management of AIDS, Symposium moderator,
11th International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July, 1997.
70. Surgical strategies in Chiari I malformations.
2nd International Symposium on New Horizons in Pediatric Nerosurgery/Neurology, Jerusalem,
February, 1998.
71. Brain death and organ transplantation: the Jewish perspective.
Academia Euroasiana, Maastricht, Netherlands, July 1998.
72. Nasal complications of endoscopic transseptal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: A comparative
study
Trinational Meeting of the Israeli, German and Finnish Neurosurgical Societies
Eilat, Israel, January 1999.
73. Spinal dural A-V fistula, the great masquerader.
Spinal Update, International Symposium on Spinal Surgery
Herzliya, Israel, May 1999.
74. What’s new in neurosurgery.
Biannual Meeting of Israel Federation of Surgical Societies
Haifa, Israel, May, 1999.
75. Non-invasive monitoring of intracranial pressureby tissue resonance ultrasonic analysis- a new
technique.
International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotrauma ICRAN99
Taipei, Taiwan, November, 1999.
76. Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: the importance of early diagnosis
Annual Meeting Egyptian Society of Neurosurgeons
Soma Bay, Red Sea, Egypt, March, 2000.
77. Future developments in the epidemiology of neurotrauma, session moderator.
Intl. Symposium on Neurotrauma: An eye to the future.
Haifa, Israel, May, 2000.
78. Tissue resonance analysis (TRA) for non-invasive monitoring and quantitative real-time
measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP).
XI th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring.
Cambridge, England, July, 2000.
79. Dilemmas in meningioma therapy.
Clinical-Pathological Aspects of Brain Tumors, Intl. Symposium, Tel Aviv Med. Center, March, 01.
80. Tissue resonance analysis: A new approach to noninvasive ICP monitoring and measurement.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Canada, April, 2001.
(Synthes Resident Research Award in Neurotrauma).
81. Neurosurgical therapy of pain.
Annual Conference of Pain Section, Israel Anesthesiology Society, Beer Sheba, June, 2001.
82. Surgical management of intracranial abscess: treatment dilemmas.
12th World Congress of Neurological Surgery, Sydney, Australia, September, 2001.
83. The non-invasive quantitative measurement of intracranial pressure by tissue resonance analysis.
XVIIIth Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Kiruna, Sweden, June, 2002.
84. Non-invasive methods of monitoring of the intracranial pressure.
Guest Lecture, National Institute of Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary, June 2002.
85. The split laminotomy approach for the removal of intraspinal lesions.
Israel Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Kfar Blum, Israel, February 2003.
86. The surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
Israel Anesthesiology Society- Pain Section, Annual Meeting, Tel-Aviv, June, 2003.
87. The Jewish approach to brain death and organ transplantation.
Israel Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, February 2004.
88. Computerized navigation through the microscope.
Israel Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, February 2004.
89. Brain death and organ transplantation: Concepts and principles in Judaism.
Fourth Intl. Symposium on Coma and Death.
Havana, Cuba, March, 2004.
90. Microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia
Israel Pain Society, Annual Meeting, Eilat , November, 2004.
91. Cavernomas of the chiasm: Surgical Experience
Annual Meeting of the Israel Neurosurgical Society, Kfar Blum, February, 2005.
92. Robotics and artificial intelligence: The Jewish ethical approach
a) Joint Meeting German Academy of Neurosurgery & Academia Eurasian Neurochirurgica,
Bamberg, Germany, September, 2005.
b) Israel Society for Neurosurgery, Annual Meeting, Jerusalem, 2007
93. Intraoperative monitoring of the cochlear by extra-tympanic membrane EcochG and the facial nerves
during acoustic neuroma surgery.
Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Neurosurgeons, Caesaria 2006.
94. Recent research protocols in the treatment of of malignant and low-grade gliomas.
Republic Scientific Conference on Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the CNS, Minsk, Belarus 2006.
95. Therapeutic management of metastatic tumors of the brain.
Republic Scientific Conference on Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the CNS, Minsk, Belarus 2006.
96. The Dying Patient: Case presentation and panel discussion.
Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Neurosurgeons, Jerusalem, 2007.
97. Transcranial clipping of previously coiled aneurysms.
Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Neurosurgeons, Dead Sea, 2009
98. The neurophysiology of free will
Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009.
99. Modern neurosurgical approaches to glioma surgery
Republic Scientific Conference on Primary Tumors of the CNS, Minsk, Belarus 2009.
100. Special issues in glioma surgery: Insular tumors, awake craniotomy, electrophysiology.
Republic Scientific Conference on Primary Tumors of the CNS, Minsk, Belarus 2009.
101. Towards a rational approach to the ethics of pain.
Annual Conference of the Israel Society of Neurosurgeons, 2011.
102. Petrous endostoses in retromastoid craniotomies for microvascular decompressions of trigeminal
Neuralgia.
Annual Conference of the Israel Society of Neurosurgeons, Eilat 2011.