Prof. David Varssano

Director of Cornea Unit and Eye Bank, Ophthalmology Division


Education

1977 – 1983 Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University


Specialization

1989 – 1994 Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center


Known expertise

Ophthalmic Surgeon


Continuing education

1995 – 1996 Cornea and External Diseases, Will Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA


Clinical experience

1983-1984 – Internship, Hasharon Hospital, Petach Tikva
1984-1989 – Physician, IDF
1989-1994 – Residency in Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center
1995-1996 – Fellowship in Cornea and external diseases, Will Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1996 – date - Director of Cornea Service and Eye Bank, Tel Aviv Medical Center


Academic experience

Lecturer Colleague, Faculty of medicine, Tel Aviv University
Instructor in M.D. theses, Medical School, Tel Aviv University
In charge of in-ward student training, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, Tel Aviv Medical Center
Organizer of Cataract course, School of Continued Medical Education, Tel Aviv University


Conference participation

~80 presentations in scientific meetings


Professional publications

~35 medical publications
For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.


Union membership

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Israeli Society for Vision and Eye Research
Israeli Ophthalmology Society
Israel Cornea Club (past Chairman, 2008-2010)
Israel Refractive Surgery Club
Israel Cataract Club


Areas of interest

Corneal surgery and corneal transplantation (Including lamellar surgery, eg. DSAEK, DALK)
Caratact surgery
Corneal collagen cross linking
Pterygium surgery