Name:     Shaul Schreiber, M.D.
Position: Director, Psychiatric Service    

                 Director, Day-Care Psychiatric Department, 
                 Medical Director, Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse 

                 Treatment & Research
E-mail:    Shaulsch@tasmc.health.gov.il

Medical School:
1977 - 1981 -  B.Sc. in Medical Sciences, The Hebrew University - Hadassah
School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
1982 - 1986 -  M.D., Clinical studies, the University of Ferrara School of Medicine, Italy, including rotating residency at Østra Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. (Thesis: The effect of pharmacological doses of Methylprednisolone on the extravascular water-content in the rabbit's lungs. Advisors - G. Gritti (Ferrara, Italy), A. Perl (Jerusalem, Israel).

Residency:
1986-1987 -  Rotating residency, Assaf-HaRoffe Hospital, Rishon-LeZyyion,
and Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1987- 1992 - Residency, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Certifications: 1992 - Passed Israeli board examination in Psychiatry.

Fellowship:

10-11.1989 - Flooding therapy for PTSD, Center For Traumatic Stress Studies, Veterans Administration (V.A.) Medical Center, Manchester, N.H., USA.

Interests:

Neuropsychiatry

Clinical Experience:
1987 - 1992 -  Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1990   Resident, the Psychiatric Closed-ward, Talbieh Psychiatric Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
1991 -  Basic science research, Center for Traumatic Stress, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1992 - 1997 -  Staff Physician and Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1993 - 2001 -  Staff Physician and Psychiatrist, the Neuropsychological Unit for Treatment & Rehabilitation, Tel-Aviv.
1997 - 2001 -  Staff Physician and Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry C, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Israel.
2001 - current Director, Psychiatric Day-Care Department, & Director, Psychiatric Service, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2002 - current Director, Medical Director, Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Consultation Liaison:
1987-1992 - Department of Internal Medicine A, Orthopedic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1987-1997 - Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU), Open-Heart Intensive Care Unit, Recovery Room, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Department of Neurology, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1989-1993 - Consultant to ”Beth Haelah” Home for the Elderly, Emek-Haelah, Israel.
1989-1997 - Special consultant to the Pain Clinic, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
1998-2001 - Special consultant to the Pain Clinic, the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
2000-2001 - Special consultant to the Hospice, the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.

Academic Experience:
1992-1995 -  Instructor, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Hadassah School of Medicine, Israel.
1995-1998 -  Lecturer, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Hadassah School of Medicine, Israel.
1998- 2002 -  Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2002 - current Senior Lecturer of Psychiatry, Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Teaching Activities:
1987 - 1997 -  5th year students, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Medicine, Israel.
1993 - 1995 -  Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
1993 - 1997 -  3rd year & 4th year students, School of Nursing, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Medicine, Israel.
1994 - 1997 -  4th year students, School of Pharmacy, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Medicine, Israel.
1994 - 1997 -  Pharmacists, School of Pharmacy Section for Continuing Education in Pharmacy, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Medicine, Israel.
1997 - 3rd year students, the New York Program, Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
1998 -  3rd year & 4th year students, School of Nursing, Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
1998 -  5th year students, Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.

Awards:
1993   The Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine, the Y. Gon School Award for excellency in clinical work in psychiatry.

Membership in Professional Societies:
1986 - Israel Medical Association
1989 – 1992 - The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
1990 - Israel Pain Association
1994 - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
1994 - The Israeli Society for Biological Psychiatry (Clinical Secretary 1998-2000).
1995 - European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
1995 - The Israeli Society for Sleep Research and its Disorders
1996 - American Neuropsychiatric Association
2001 - Israel Society of Palliative Care
2002 - International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNIP)

Grants:
1991 -  Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah: ”Auditory Startle Response in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”.
1992 -  National Social Security Institute: ”The Influence of Secondary Stressors and the Recovery Environment on the Development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Injured Survivors of Traumatic Events”. (with Dr. A.Y. Shalev).
1993 -  The Milton Rosenbaum Endowment Fund for Research in Psychiatric Sciences: ”Interaction between non-tricyclic antidepressants and opioids: part I- Mianserin HCl (tetracyclic)”. (with Dr. C. Pick).
1994 -  Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah: “Delirium and Psychoses Following Open Heart Surgery, are Theit Characteristics Different in Holocaust Survivors?” (With Dr. V. Soskolne and Dr. D. Shimon).
1996 -  The Hoffmann-La Roche research fund: “Interaction between the reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant moclobemide and opioids.” (with Dr. C. Pick and Dr. A. Weizman).
1999 -  Israeli Anti Drugs Authority: Interaction of mianserin and opioid receptors - a possible use for the drug in opioid detoxification and long–term relapse prevention ? (with Prof. C. Pick and Dr. I. Hermann).
2000 -  2nd year, Israeli Anti Drugs Authority: Interaction of mianserin and opioid receptors – a possible use for the drug in opioid detoxification and long-term relapse prevention ? (with Prof. C. Pick and Dr. I. Hermann).
2001 -  The Walter Freundlich-, the Lizi & Arthur Lewenstein- and the Tibor Belha & Elizabeth Rubinstein De-Belha Endownment Funds for Research in Medical Sciences: “Interaction between risperidone and opioid receptors - a basic study to evaluate the possible use of the drug in opioid detoxification and long-term relapse prevention.” (With Prof. C. Pick).
2003 -  The Lundbeck research fund: The antinociceptive effects of citalopram & escitalopram. (with Prof. C. Pick).
2004 -  Israeli Anti Drugs Authority: Double blind clinical trial evaluating the effect of melatonin in benzodiazepine withdrawal in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients (with Dr. E. Peles and Dr. M. Adelson).
2005 -  Israeli Anti Drugs Authority: Correlates between quality of sleep and methadone blood levels in MMT patients. (with Dr. E. Peles and Dr. M. Adelson).

List of Publications