DDDN - World Congress on Neurotherapeutics

Current Positions

-Senior Academic Physician, Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem,Israel.

-Josephine Frank Kanrich Chair of Neuromuscular Diseases, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem,Israel.

-Chairman, Israeli Society of Neuromuscular Diseases

Current Academic Status

1999-: Professor of Neurology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1996-: Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGillUniversity, Montreal, Canada.

Main Research Fields

-          Hereditary neuromuscular disorders (especially in Jews), focusing on Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM)

-          Iatrogenic neuromuscular disorders (especially drug-induced)

-          Energy metabolism of muscle (P-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy)

-          Myasthenia gravis