Name:     Gedalia Paz (Frenkel), PhD
Position: Deputy Director General, Division of Laboratories and Health professions.
E-mail:     paz@tasmc.health.gov.il

EDUCATION

1963 - 1966 - B.Sc., Biology, Tel Aviv University.

1966 - 1969 - M.Sc., Zoology, Tel Aviv University.
Thesis: ”Some Experiments in Depressing the Activity of the Adrenal Cortex in the Lizard 'Agama Stellio'. Supervisor: Professor P.F. Kraicer

1969 - 1972 - Research toward Ph.D. Degree, Tel Aviv University. Thesis: ”Metabolic Responses of the Sand Rat and the Rat to Diabetogenic and Anti-Diabetic Materials.” Supervisor: Professor P.F. Kraicer

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

1972-1973 - Postdoctoral work at New York Medical College, Department of Pharmacology, Valhalla, New York, U.S.A.

1973-date - Head - Department of Reproductive Biology, Institute for the Study of Fertility, Hakirya Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv.

1973-date - Teaching an annual course in Endocrinolgy and Reproduction
to 3rd year of the students and to the 4th yaer of students in the B.Ed. program in the Kibbutzim College of Education

1977-1984 - Senior Lecturer - Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

1979-1980 - Sabbatical - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Health Sciences Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

1979-1983 - Treasurer of the Israel Fertility Association (IFA)

1981 - Secretary - Second International Congress of Andrology,
Tel Aviv, Israel.

1981-date - Head - Laboratories of the Tel Aviv Medical Center

1984-date - Deputy Director - Tel Aviv Medical Center, in charge of Laboratory Division.

1984-1993 - Associate Professor of Endocrinology Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

1986-1993 - Coordinator - Israel National AIDS Committee.

1987-1992 - Secretary - Israel Fertility Association.

1988- Partial sabbatical - New Jersey Medical School at Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.

1989-1992 - Coordinator - Special Course in advanced education of senior laboratory technicians, Faculty of Continuing Medical Education, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

1989-1993 - Member - Executive Council of the International Society of Andrology (ISA).

1991-1993 - Member - General Council of Israel Family Planning Association

1991- 1995 - Member of the Advisory Committee of National Drug Abuse
(Al-Sam).

1992- Coordinator - Courses in advance education of laboratory technicians and specialisation, Faculty of Continuing Medical Education.

Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Participating in teaching in the courses taking place in the above programs.

1993- Professor of Endocrinology - Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University - Member of the Senate of Tel Aviv University.

2004-   Director of Laboratories Division and Health professions. Acting as Deputy Director General.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Research in the regulation of human fertility is an intensive topic of basic and applicative science. Our Institute, under my supervision, devotes most of its efforts to the study of physiology of the male reproductive tract in animals and in humans.
Several topics are under investigation:
1. Physiology and pathophysiology of male fertility.
2. Control of sperm functions.
3. Human hemizona assay (HZA) for assessment of sperm binding and fertilization capacity.
4. Male contraception.
5. Azoospermia and genetic control of male fertility.
6. Immunohistochemistry of the testis.
7. Genetic regulation of spermatogenesis.
Due to year 2006 190 peer reviewed papers and 11 chapters were published. About 200 abstracts were presented in national and international conventions.
Due January,2006.