Speaker

I. Academic Degrees
1984: Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Padova School of Medicine, Italy;
1992: Israel Board of Anaesthesiology;
1998: Graduate, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

II. Academic and administrative Activities
2012: Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel;
2008: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel;
2004: Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel;
2016: Fellowship - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA;
2012-present: Director of Anaesthesia Department, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel;
2001-2012: Head of Pediatric Anaesthesia Unit, Anaesthesia department, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel;
2003-present: Instructor and organizer of the sedation course for the non-anaesthesiologists and dentists. Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel;
1993 -1994: Fellowship - Pediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Cook – Fort Worth Children Medical Center, Texas, USA;
1992-2005: Director of the Chronic Pain Clinic, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

III. Postdoctoral Experience
• Head of Pediatric Anaesthesia Unit, Anaesthesia Department, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel;
• Fellowship - Pediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Cook – Fort Worth Children Medical Center, Texas, USA;
• Fellowship - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA;
• Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Anaesthesia Department, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

Research Interests
• Surgical stress response measurements in pediatric population;
• Spinal and combined spinal – epidural Anaesthesia in premature and small neonates;
• Introducing new airway devices in elective and or difficult airway patients in pediatric and adult populations.