TECHNION – RUTH AND BRUCE RAPPAPORT FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Tel.: 972-4-8215575 Mobile: 972-50-624-6760
Address: 18 Hamarganit St., Ramat Itzhak, Nesher 36740
Email: ibraver@netvision.net.il; braverman@hillel-yaffe.health.gov.il
1. PERSONAL DETAILS
Itzhak Braverman, MD
Identification number: 05562680-8
MD License No.: 20695; Otolaryngology License No.: 14325
Date and place of birth: January 21, 1959; Jerusalem
Marital status: married + 4
2. ACADEMIC DEGREES
- 1987, MD, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
3. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- 2012 Clinical Assistant Professor, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 2009 Clinical Assistant Professor (position formerly called Senior Clinical Lecturer), Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 2003 – 2008 Clinical Lecturer, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 1995 – 1997 Lecturer, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
- 1991 – 1995 Clinical Instructor in Otolaryngology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
- 1996 – 1997 Clinical Research Fellow, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Department, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2000 – 2013 Director, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera
- 2009 – 2013 Co-Director, National Occulopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy & Neurogenic Dysphagia Service, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
- 2011 Advanced Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Course – Interdisciplinary ENT/Neurosurgery Team (Barcelona Update) Barcelona, June 30-July 2
- 2011 Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea and Snoring, Penn Sleep Center and UCSF University of California San Francisco, Orlando, February 18-20
- 2009 GCP Course, University of Haifa, December 2009-January 2010
- 2009 Functional and Aesthetic Nasal Surgery Course (December 23-25), Tel Aviv, directed by Prof. EB Kern, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
- 2008 Eurosleep Coblation Course, Bergen, Norway, September 17-20
- 2008 Sinuplasty-Balloon Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, LUMA Course, Crete, Greece
- 2007 Sinuplasty-Balloon Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course, Palo Alto, California, USA, October 2-3
- 2006 International Spring Course on Functional and Aesthetic Surgery of the Nose, Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy (Prof. G. Sulsenti), May 8-10
- 2002 Advanced Sinus Surgery Fellowship, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Department, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal
- 1997 – 1999 Staff, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Carmel Medical Center and Kupat Holim, Haifa
- 1996 – 1997 Clinical-Research Fellowship in Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal
- 1995 Israeli Board – Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
- 1994 ATLS Certification
- 1993 – 1994 Senior Resident in Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
- 1989 – 1993 Resident – Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
- 1988 Intern, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa
5. RESEARCH INTERESTS
Rhinology, nose and paranasal sinuses physiology and diseases (human ciliary function normal and chronic sinusitis), balloon sinuplasty technology, snoring and sleep apnea, chronic tonsillitis, coblation technology, dysphagia.
6. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 1990 – 1993 Lecturer and Instructor of medical students in otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery. Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
- 1992 – 1995 Lecturer in otolaryngology, special courses for new immigrant physicians, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1993 – 1994 Lecturer in otolaryngology: trauma course for chief nurses, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem - 1993 – 1994 Lecturer in otolaryngology: Operation Room course for nurses, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1995 Lecturer in otolaryngology, continuing education course in pharmacology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - 1996 Lecturer to medical students in otolaryngology, McGill University, Montreal
- 1997 Lecturer in otolaryngology: Operation Room course for nurses, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
- 1997 Lecturer in otolaryngology for students and residents, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem
- 2000 Lecturer in otolaryngology for students and residents, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa
- 2000 – 2007 Lecturer in otolaryngology for nurses on various levels: Hillel Yaffe MC Nursing School, Hadera
- 2003 – 2007 Member of the Israeli Otolaryngology Committee of Board Examinations
- 2003 – 2007 Member of the Residency Approval Committee – Israel Scientific Council, Israeli Medical Association
- 2000 – 2013 Examiner for "Shlav B" – Israeli Board examination
- 2008 Tutor of residents in rhinology and endoscopic sinus surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa
- 2008 Tutor of residents in family medicine, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
- 2008 Tutor of students, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Haifa
- 2009 – 2011 Lecturer in otolaryngology for medical students, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa
- 2009 – 2013 Tutor of medical students, Pediatric Department, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
- 2012 – 2013 Tutor of medical students, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera
- 2013 Instructor of the Head and Neck Anatomy course for American students, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
7. TECHNION ACTIVITIES
- 2010 – 2013 Research Committee, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Departmental Activities
- 2000 to present Tracheostomy patient advisor including compications and difficulties in Hillel Yaffe medical Center and Shoam Geriatric Center, Hadera
- 2000 to present Director, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Unit, and Supervisor of the Audiology and Speech Institute, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera
8. PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2002 – 2007 Member of medical committees, National Insurance Institute of Israel
- 2006 – 2007 Member of the Ministry of Health committee for the approval of overseas medical treatments
- 2007 Inspector, Israeli Otoneurological Society
- 2008 – 2011 Reviewer for Medical Science Monitor (IF 1.607)
- 2008 – 2011 Reviewer for The Laryngoscope
- 2008 – 2011 Reviewer for Arch Otolarybgology Head and Neck Surgery
- 2009 Reviewer for New England Journal of Medicine
- 2009 Member of the Israel Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery committee
- 2009 Member of the Israel Society of Rhinology committee
- 2009 – 2012 Treasurer, Israel Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
- 2009 – 2012 Member of the Rhinologic Israeli Society committee
- 2010 – 2012 Research committee, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- 2012 Israeli delegate for the ERS European Rhinologic Society
- 2012 Editorial Board of World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology (WJO)
- 2012 Editorial Board of Dataset Papers in Medicine
- 2012 Editorial Board of World Journal of Clinical Case Conference (WJCCC)
9. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
National
- 1988 – 2013 Israel Medical Association
1990 – 2013 Israeli Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
1990 – 2013 Israel Otoneurological Society (inspector)
1994 – 1996 Israel Society for Laser in Medicine Sciences
1994 – 2006 Israeli Society for Auditory Research
1994 – 2006 European Federation of Audiology Societies
1994 – 2013 Israeli Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
1995 – 2013 Israel Society of Sleep Research
1996 Israel Surgical Association
2001 – 2013 Israeli Association of Pediatric Pulmonology[קג1]
International
- 2005 – 2013 American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2008 – 2013 European Rhinologic Society
2009 – 2013 American Rhinologic Society
10. HONORS
- 1983 Dean's Special Award for Excellence, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- 1992 Winner of the CISEPO Resident Award Competition in the Drommelschlager Conference and Postgraduate Course on Head and Neck Imaging, Jerusalem
11. GRADUATE STUDENTS
Basic Science
2011, Alex Nemirovsky MD, Coblation Intracapsular Tonsillectomy (CIT) compared with Coblation Tonsillectomy for treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in children. Primary supervisor: Itzhak Braverman MD , names of additional supervisors: Adi Klein MD, Galit Avior MD.
12. RESEARCH GRANTS
- 1993 Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Hospital Mutual Fund, $5,000, PI: Braverman I
- 1996 APF – American Physician Fellowship Grant, $3,000, American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel, PI: Braverman I
- 2002 Nash Famity Research Fund, 3000$, PI: Braverman I
13. SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
Conferences
- 2003 – 2012 Otolaryngology Journal Club of Northern Israel
- 2006 Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy-OPMD Symposium, Hadera
- 2007 Monthly meeting of the Israeli Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Caesarea
- 2007 Local Meeting on tracheostomy treatment, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera
National and International Meetings
- 2010 Integrative Treatment of Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases Symposium, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera
- 2010 2nd Hillel Yaffe International Symposium on Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera
- 2011 International Israeli Hands-On Cadaveric Dissection FESS Course, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- 2013 2nd International Israeli Hands-On Cadaveric Dissection FESS Course, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
