Prof. Shlomi Constantini

Director; Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery; Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital


Education

Hadassah Medical School,Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Known expertise

Pediatric Nourosurgery

Nourosurgery

Continuing education

1980   Medical Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

1984   Medical School combined with Masters in Neurobiology Thesis: Glucose transport in nerves of normal &  diabetic rats. Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

1979   Hippocampal Electrophysiology Dr. H. Jahnsen in Copenhagen  

1982   Sensory Transduction Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories

1992   Neurotraumatology and Stroke With Wise Foung M.D, Ph.D NYU Medical Center Research Fellowship

1979 - 1982   Clinical Laboratory Shaare Zedek Hospital Jerusalem, Israel  

1982    3 month rotations in Cardiology, Nephrology, & Pulmonology, Mount Sinai Hospital NYC, NY 

1987  EANS Course in Supratentorial Tumors, Wroclaw, Poland 

1988  EANS Course in Infratentorial Tumors, Amsterdam, Holland

1989  Micro-Neurosurgery Course, Prof. Yasargil in Zurich, Switzerland 

1990  Neurosurgery: Cum Laude, Israeli Specialization Boards 

1990  Neurosurgical Laboratory, Gemelli Hospital Rome, Italy 

1991- 1993  Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Prof. Fred Epstein NYU Medical Center 

1994  Neuro-Endoscopy Course, NYU Medical Center Postgraduate School 

1995  "Spine Days" Program, Aesculapium, Tutlingen, Germany 

1997   Advanced Neuro-Endoscopy,  Aesculapium, Tutlingen, Germany 

Clinical experience

1984  One year rotating internship Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

1985-1990  Residency in Neurosurgery, Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel 

1993  Attending Physician,  Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel 

1996-Present  Director, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery , Dana Children’s Hospital Tel Aviv Medical Center 

2006-Present   Director, The Gilbert Israeli & International Neurofibromatosis Center (IINFC), Dana Children’s Hospital Tel Aviv Medical Center

Academic experience

1990 Lecturer in Neurosurgery, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 

1997  Senior LecturerTel Aviv University Medical School

2003-Present Associate Professorship, Tel Aviv University Medical School 

2002-2003  Visiting Professorship, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Canada 

 

Prizes and achivements

1979-1982 Dean's Honor List and Stipend 

1982 Aharon Katzir Fellowship 

1982 Wolf Foundation Fellowship

1982 Forsheimer Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC 

1983-1985 Foulks Foundation Fellowship

1984 Dr. Albert  Sulke Award for Outstanding M.Sc. Thesis (Cum Laude) 

1984, 1985 Fellowship: Center for Medical Education at Ben-Gurion University

1988 Leo Davidoff Award for Study on Metabolic Changes in Head Trauma

1989 Faculty Award for  Research on Intracranial Pressure Measurements 

1989 Leo Davidoff Award for Study on Thromboembolic Phenomena

1991 Fulbright Fellowship

1993 Rolex-Selected Projects List for the "Round Cerebral Retractor"

1994 The Mahaly Best Clinical Research Award of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 

Union membership

Israeli Neurosurgical Society

Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

Pediatric Section of the AANS

Tumor Section of the AANS

European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN)

International Federation of Neuroendoscopy (IFNE) Founding Member and President - Elect

European Neurosurgical Society (EANS) – Vice President

International Society Pediatric Neurosurgey (ISPN) – General Secretary