Head, Salivary Gland Clinic
Department of Oral Medicine
Hebrew University - Hadassah
Faculty of Dental Medicine
P. O. Box 12272, Jerusalem, Israel
Telephone: +972-2- 6776140
Fax: +972-2- 6447919
E-mail: dorona@cc.huji.ac.il
Born 1963 , ISRAEL
D.M.D. 1992 , ISRAEL
M.Sc. 1990, Israel
Ph.D. 2004, Israel
Head, Salivary Gland Clinic & Oral Medicine Post-Graduate Program
Chair, Doctoral Research Thesis (DMD) Committee
Director, The D. Walter Cohen, DDS, Middle East Center for Dental Education
Awards and Honours :
§ 1992 Research scholarship award on behalf of the “Keren Hakayemet of Israel” The General Israel Guardianship scholarship award
§ 1992-1995 Foulks Foundation Fellowship award
§ 1995-1998, 2005 Distinguished teacher (Rector's list) of the Hebrew University
§ 1996 Frank Poper prize for the distinguished resident of the Hadassah School of Dental Medicine
§ 1998-2000 Fogarty Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow Award in the NIH
§ 2001 Rector's Excellence Ph.D. Dissertation Scholarship in the Hebrew University
§ 2004 Bat-Sheva De-Rothschild scholarship for clinician-researcher excellence.
Research Interests:
§ Salivary Glands and saliva
Research Projects:
· Artifical Salivary Galnds
· Progenitor stem cells form salivary glands
§ Clinical trials for xerostomia
Public activity :
· 2000- Present - Examiner in Dentistry National Board, Ministry of Health, Israel
· 2004- Present
o Editorial board “Israel Dental Update - Adkan” journal
o Editorial board “Israel Dental Journal - Refuat Hape Vehashinaim" journal
·
2005- Present - Member in Oral Medicine National Board, Ministry of Health, Israel
· 2006 - Present
o Editorial board “Oral Diseases" journal
o Secretary & Treasury, International Association of Dental Research, Israeli Division
o Member of the Israeli Steering Examination Committee of the Dentistry National Board.
· 2008
o President Elected, International Association of Dental Research, Israeli Division.
o Chair, Oral Medicine National Board, Israel
o Member, Salivary Gland Research Group- IADR
Recent publications
· Fleissig Y, Deutsch O, Reichenberg E, Redlich M, Zaks B, Palmon A, Aframian DJ. Different proteomic protein patterns in saliva of Sjögren's syndrome patients. Oral Dis. 2009 Jan;15(1):61-8. Epub 2008 Oct 9. PMID: 18939961 [PubMed - in process]
· Deutsch O, Fleissig Y, Zaks B, Krief G, Aframian DJ, Palmon A. An approach to remove alpha amylase for proteomic analysis of low abundance biomarkers in human saliva. Electrophoresis. 2008 Nov;29(20):4150-7. PMID: 18937257 [PubMed - in process]
· Aframian DJ, Palmon A. Current Status of the Development of an Artificial Salivary Gland. Tissue Eng Part B Rev. 2008 May 9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18471085 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
· David R, Shai E, Aframian DJ, Palmon A. Isolation and cultivation of integrin alpha(6)beta(1)-expressing salivary gland graft cells: a model for use with an artificial salivary gland. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008 Feb;14(2):331-7. PMID: 18333785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
· David R, Shai E, Aframian DJ, Palmon A. Isolation and Cultivation of Integrin alpha6beta1-Expressing Salivary Gland Graft Cells: A Model for Use with an Artificial Salivary Gland. Tissue Eng. 2007 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17867929 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
· Aframian DJ, Lalla RV, Peterson DE. Management of dental patients taking common hemostasis-altering medications. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2007 Mar;103 Suppl:S45.e1-11. Review. PMID: 17379154
· Aframian DJ, Amit D, David R, Shai E, Deutsch D, Honigman A, Panet A, Palmon A. Reengineering salivary gland cells to enhance protein secretion for use in developing artificial salivary gland device. Tissue Eng. 2007 May; 13(5):995-1001. PMID: 17346100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
· Davidovich E, Peretz B, Aframian DJ. Prevention of oral and salivary gland impairment in irradiated adolescent patients with head and neck cancer: a suggested protocol. Quintessence Int. 2007 Mar;38(3):235-9. PMID: 17334001 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
· Aframian DJ. Oral adverse effects for escitalopram (Cipralex). Br J Dermatol. 2007 May;156(5):1046-7. Epub 2007 Feb 27. No abstract available. PMID: 17326749 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
· Aframian DJ, Helcer M, Livni D, Robinson SD, Markitziu A, Nadler C. Pilocarpine treatment in a mixed cohort of xerostomic patients. Oral Dis. 2007 Jan;13(1):88-92.