EDUCATION

Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, BS / MD, 2001

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Pre Med, 1992-1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fellow / Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, 2007-2008

- Providing medical and surgical care for children and adolescents with a variety of ocular disorders

1. -Leading a study on pediatric and adolescent Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
   

2. -Managing Journal club, Grand Rounds and monthly conferences
   

- Completed NIH course on Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (Certified)

Resident / Ophthalmology

Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 2002-2007

- Provided medical care to the diverse communities in northern Israel

- Conducted genetic research to improve early detection and treatment of Congenital Glaucoma patients

- Initiated research on the mechanism of Aphakic glaucoma using an animal model Instructed medical student and residents

- Lead education program for nurses to improve patient care

- Developed strategies for better communication between medical doctors, nurses, and families to confirm quality care for children

Internship

Bnei Zion Medical Research, Haifa, Israel

- Provided medical care to patients in Internal, Pediatric and Surgical care units

- Instructed Medical students

- Participated in a clinical trail on Glaucoma treatment as a clinical investigator

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

- Defining the normal position and relationships between extra ocular muscles in the pediatric orbit by analyzing normal orbital CT scans.

- Studying changes in orbital volume by analyzing normal orbital CT scans of children age 1 month to 6 years.

- Retrospective chart review of pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Patients who underwent Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration.

- Genetic analysis of Congenital Glaucoma patients from different backgrounds in northern Israel.

USMLE SCORE

Step 1: 220 (89)

Step 2: 227 (89), Step 2 (CS) - PASS

ECFMG Certified - Certificate number 0-623-319-1 (June 2006)

LANGUAGES

English, Hebrew

CITIZENSHIP

USA