Name:     Pinchas Halpern, MD
Position: Chair, Emergency Department
E-mail:    dr_halperin@tasmc.health.gov.il

Medical School:

Tel Aviv University

Residency:

Tel Aviv Medical Center

Certifications: 

Board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, special competence in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine

Fellowship:

Ohio State University Medical Center 1987-8, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, 1997

Clinical Experience:

Worked in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine 1979-1984.  Practiced in Intensive Care and Anesthesiology from 1984-2003 and since then in the Emergency Department.

Academic Experience:
• Senior Lecturer in Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Sackler Faculty of medicine, Tel Aviv University;
• 1979-1982: Hyperbaric Medicine, Israeli Navy Medical Institute, Haifa, Assistant Commander of the Institute.
• 1982-1984: Resident in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.
• 1884-1987:  Resident in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and CCM, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv.
• 1987-1988: Fellow in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
• 1989: Resident in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and CCM, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv.
• 1990-1993: Senior Physician, Anesthesiology and CCM, Tel Aviv Medical Center.
• 1993- present time:  Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv.
• 1-2/1997 Fellow, Whipps Cross Hospital Accident and Emergency Department, London, UK
• Member, Advisory Board, "Turkish Journal of Disaster"

Membership in Professional Societies:
• 1980, Israel Association for Underwater Activities
• 1984, Israel Society of Critical Care Medicine
• 1985, Israel Society of Anesthesiologists
• 1988, Society of Critical Care Medicine, U.S.A.
• 1993, International Society for Technology Assessment in Medicine
• 1994, Israel Society of Medical Informatics
• 1994, Israel Association for Emergency Medicine
• 1995, American College of Emergency Physicians
• 1996, European Society of Intensive Care
• 1996, European Society of Emergency Medicine

Publications
For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.