Prof. Joseph Klausner

1968‑1975  Sackler faculty  of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

1976         M.D. Tel Aviv University . Thesis ‑ The Modern Surgical Approach to Malignant Melanoma

​Specializations

Expertise

1979 1980  Postgraduate medical school, Tel Aviv University
1987 1988   Postgraduate course   Controversies in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

1975   Subintern at the New York University, Bellview Hospital, General Surgery
1975-1976 Rotating internship, Tel Aviv Medical Center
1977-1982 Resident in general surgery, Hadassah Hospital, Tel Aviv
1983  Certification Israel Board of Surgery  magna cum laude
1983-1986 Fulltime attending surgeon, Department of Surgery, Hadassah Hospital, Tel Aviv
1988-1989 Senior surgeon, Department of Surgery, Hadassah Hospital, Tel Aviv.
1989   Deputy Director, Dept. of Surgery, Hadassah Hospital, Tel Aviv.
1991- 1992 Director of Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Hadassah Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical
1989  Director of Surgery, Dept. of Surgery "B", Tel Aviv  Sourasky Medical Center
1994  Director of Surgery, Depts. of Surgery "B" & "C", Tel Aviv Medical Center
1996- Chairman of Surgery, Tel Aviv Medical Center.

1980 - 1985  In charge of "resuscitation program" for military physicians,  Military Medical School, Israel Defense Forces. Teaching undergraduates. School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1982  Chief instructor in resuscitation and emergency medicine, Tel Aviv Municipal Medical Center.
1984  In charge of teaching surgery at Tel Aviv School of Nursing.
1984  Teaching postgraduates in general surgery.
1986-88 Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1989  "Trauma Forum", Israel Defense Forces
1989  Library Committee, Medical Council of the Tel Aviv Municipal Medical Center
1989  Helsinki Committee, Medical Council of the Tel Aviv Municipal Medical Center
1989  In charge of "Emergency Medicine" training. Sackler Faculty of Medicine.
1989  Surgical Advisor, Division of Health, Tel Aviv Municipality.
1989  Examiner, National Board of Surgery.
1990   In charge  "Morbidity and Mortality" conferences Surgery, Sourasky, Tel-Aviv Medical Center
1990   Committee on Basic Research,  Israel Medical Council.
1990   "Trauma Forum", Magen David Adom.
1990    National  Board of Examinations, Israel Medical Council.
1990 1994  Committee on Advanced Studies and Conferences Abroad, Israel Cancer Association.
1991  In charge  of Advanced Trauma Management, School of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1992   Steering Committee for Board Examinations, National Scientific Council
1993   Teaching Committee, School of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1993   Steering Committee, Israel Association of Disaster Medicine.
1993   Member, National Ministerial Committee for Oncology, Ministry of Health
1994   Member, National Ministerial Committee for Surgery, Ministry of Health
1994-  Education Committee, Israel Surgical Society..
1994-8  Chairman, Committee on Advanced Studies and Conferences Abroad, Israel Cancer Association.
1995-  Chairman, Board of Surgery, Scientific Council of the Israel Medical Association.
1996-  Committee for Reorganization of Surgical Clerkship, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1996  Committee for Reorganization , Scientific Council  Israel Medical Association.
1996-  Committee of the Israel Science Foundation
1997  Best Teacher, Sackler School of Medicine
1998-2004 Chairman, Israel Society for Surgical Oncology
1998  Committee for Medical Education Planning , Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1998  Committee for Reorganization of Pre-Clinical Teaching , Tel Aviv University
1998  Committee for Regulating Mandatory Internship Skill Requirements, Tel Aviv University
2000- 2005 Chairman, Israel Surgical Association
2001   Scientific Committee, Center for Biological Research of Cancer.
2001  Board of the Scientific Council, Israel Medical Association.
2004  Chairman , the national scientific council-surgery , anesthesia& intensive care, Ministery of Health.
2006 –   Head, the Nicholas & Elizabeth Slezak Chair in Experimental Surgery
2007-2010 Head International Committee and Excutive Committee member, Am. Society of Surgical Oncology
2010-2016 Governor-at-Large Israeli chapter, American College of Surgeons
2017- Chairman – the bi-annual meeting of the Israel Surgical Association

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

1972 1975 Assistant Lecturer in Anatomy, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1985  Lecturer in Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1988  Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1989  Associate Professor of Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1997  Full Professor of Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Invited papers at Scientific Meetings  30

Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings 172

1976    Israel Medical Association (IL)
1984    Israel Surgical Society (IL)
1985    World Association of Emergency & Disaster Medicine
1985    European Society of Surgical Oncology
1986    Harvard Medical Association (USA)
1990    Microcirculatory Society (USA)
1993    Israel Association for Disaster Medicine (IL)
1993    International Society for Regional Cancer Therapy
1995    Israel Trauma Society (IL)
1997    The Society of Surgical Oncology (USA)
1999    Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (USA)
2007    Chairman – International committee. The American Society of Surgical Oncology.

 

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

J Clin Oncol      
Ann. Surg Oncol
Europ J Surg Oncology              
Oncology Reports
Regioneal Cancer Treat               
Micro- vascular Res. 
Clinical Oncology