Prof. Mario Sofer

Director of Endourology, Associate Professor of Urology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv


Education

​Medical School: University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania 1981-1987

Specialization

​Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center 1990-1996

Continuing education

  •  Endourology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada 1999-200
  •  Uro-oncology, University of Miami, Florida, USA 2000-2001

 

Academic experience

  • Coordinator of MD dissertations
  • Teacher and coordinator medical students, Tel-Aviv University
  • Director of Fellowship in Endourology accredited by the International Society of Endourology
  • Visiting professor – University of Stanford, California, USA 2016

 

Professional publications

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

Prizes and achivements

  • 1996    Rakovcic Award for Urological Research, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  • 2002    Eminent Scientist of The Year 2002. International Research Promotion Council (IRPC), INDIA.
  • 2005    Award for the excellent teacher, the program of medical studies. Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine.
  • 2005    Award for the best scientific presentation in endourology, Israeli Urological Association 2005, Eilat.
  • 2006    Award for the best scientific presentation – Israeli Sexual Medicine Meeting, Tel-Aviv, 2006.
  • 2006    Third Prize: 2006 Endourological Society Essay Competition World Congress of Endourology, Cleveland, USA.
  • 2007    Award for the best poster presentation - 22nd Annual European Urological Association Meeting, Berlin, Germany. 
  • 2013    Dean Award for the excellent teacher, the program of medical studies. Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine. 
  • 2014    Award for the best scientific presentation in endourology Israeli Urological Association 2014, Eilat.
  • 2017    Award for the best video presentation
  •           112th Annual Meeting of The American Urological Association, Boston, USA. 2017
  • 2018    Third Prize: 2018 Endourological Society Essay Competition World Congress of Endourology, Paris, France.
  • 2019    Dean Award for the excellent teacher, the program of medical studies. Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine.

 

 

Union membership

  • Israeli Urological Association
  • European Urological Association
  • American Urological Association
  • Endourological Society – member of fellowship committee
  • Board of editors – Central European Journal of Urology  

 

Areas of interest

  •  Urological endoscopic procedures for treatment of stones, obstruction, urothelial cancer

  •  Transurethral enucleation of prostates with either holmium (HOLEP) or thulium (TULEP) lasers

  •  Endoscopic diagnostic and treatment of challenging cases of biliary stones that failed to be treated by surgery or ERCP (in cooperation with department of Surgery