Faculty of Medicine Newsletter 57 (January 28 - February 10, 2022)

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Applications for Ilanot Still Being AcceptedIlanot

Applications for the Azrieli four-year MD track for AY 2022-23 will be accepted through February 13, 2022 at midnight.

However, applications for the new Ministry of Health Ilanot medical leadership program in the Galilee, will be accepted through the end of March 2022.

Incoming students (applicants) are encouraged to apply for Ilanot in parallel to Azrieli. Spread the word…

It’s OSCE Season!

We wish the best of success to our students who have been taking the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations! And special thanks to our staff for facilitating the logistical arrangements, especially during these challenging Covid-19 times.

Prof. Michael Edelstein Lectures About Long Covid for WZO-FranceEdelstein WZO

Prof. Michael Edelstein gave an intriguing lecture (as always!) on February 6, 2022, for the World Zionist Organization in France. The lecture was introduced by Bar-Ilan University International School representative Yael Toledano, who was herself in France at the time. A Q&A session followed.

GMC/Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Online Lecture: Future Trends in Adolescent and Pediatric Bariatric SurgeryAyzengart

On February 2, Alexander L. Ayzengart, MD, an assistant professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida gave a thought provoking online lecture to surgical faculty, surgical trainees and medical students from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine. Attendees listening in from many of the clinical sites of the medical school heard about the significant clinical and public health impact of childhood obesity and the surgical options now available to fight it.

Dr. Ayzengart’s presentation is one of many lectures by eminent surgeons that have been delivered online on a wide range of surgical topics.

Open House Events for Next Academic Year, MD and Graduate Studies

The following informative Open House events (by Zoom) very recently took place or will be taking place:

 

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Reminder that publications by Azrieli faculty are generally posted in chronological order based on publication date, per PubMed listings. If you have published an article recently that appears on PubMed but that was not listed in a Newsletter, I apologize, and please do let me know.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PUBLICATIONS BY RESEARCHERS AT AZRIELI OR ITS AFFILIATE RESEARCH CENTERS MUST PROPERLY CITE THIS AFFILIATION: Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel. IF YOU ARE UNSURE OR NEED GUIDANCE, PLEASE CONTACT US.

  • Elon Glassberg, Avi Benov: Low-Titer Group O Whole-Blood Resuscitation in the Prehospital Setting in Israel: Review of the First 2.5 Years' Experience (Transfus Med Hemother .)
  • Tawfik Khoury, Wisam Sbeit: Diabetes mellitus is associated with a higher rate of acute cholangitis among patients with common bile duct stones: A retrospective study (Medicine (Baltimore) .)
  • Baruh Polis, Vyacheslav Gurevich, Kolluru D Srikanth, Michael Assa, Abraham O Samson: Effects of Chronic Arginase Inhibition with Norvaline on Tau Pathology and Brain Glucose Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease Mice (Neurochem Res .)
  • Shirin Hamed Azzam: Assessment of Lacrijet monocanalicular intubation for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (Eur J Ophthalmol . )
  • Alon Barash: The earliest Pleistocene record of a large-bodied hominin from the Levant supports two out-of-Africa dispersal events (Sci Rep . )
  • Wisam Sbeit, Tawfik Khoury: Endoscopic ultrasound role in pancreatic adenocarcinoma treatment: A review focusing on technical success, safety and efficacy (World J Gastroenterol .)
  • Amiel A Dror, Amani Daoud, Yoav Namir, Orly Yakir, Yair Shachar, Mark Lifshitz, Ella Segal, Lior Fisher, Matti Mizrachi, Netanel Eisenbach, Doaa Rayan, Maayan Gruber, Amir Bashkin, Edward Kayko: Pre-infection 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and association with severity of COVID-19 illness (PLoS One .)
  • Denis Drobot, Eli Kakiashvilli, Amitai Bickel: Continuous Monitoring of Mental Load During Virtual Simulator Training for Laparoscopic Surgery Reflects Laparoscopic Dexterity: A Comparative Study Using a Novel Wireless Device (Front Neurosci .)
  • Offer Amir: Anti-Remodeling Cardiac Therapy in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Meta-Analysis Study (Front Pharmacol . )

Faculty Press Exposure 

 

Faculty News 

Three-Year Track White Coat Ceremony:

Whit Coat Ceremony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Archeological Discovery by Azrieli Researcher Dr. Alon Barash:

Barash research

 

 

 

 

 

Matchmaker Make Me a Match:

Couple from Azrieli

 

 

 

 

 

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