Dr. Sharon Ayalon, DMD

Department of Oral Medicine

Hadassah Hebrew University

School of Dental Medicine,

Jerusalem, Israel

Born in Jerusalem in 1973

Married + 3

Education

2001 – Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D) in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

2001 – M.Sc in Neurobiology in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

2006 – Specialist in Oral Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center.

Awards and Honors

1997 – Dean’s List in the B.Med.Sc studies.

1998 – “Adam Federgreen” Faculty award for an excellent final project in B.Med.Sc studies.

1999 – B.Med.Sc with Honors.

2001 – An award from the Colgate Company and from the Department of Public Health Dentistry in Hadassah Hospital for excelling in the community program.

2003 – The Sunstar Foundation Award of the research paper contest on the "relationship between periodontal disease and systemic conditions"

2004 – The Ino Shiacky Prize – granted by the Alpha Omega London Charitable Trust, for excelling in the Oral Medicine Residency.

Public functions in the academic field

2005-2006   Administrator of the Oral Medicine Internet Forum of Ynet -.Hadassah Medical Forums.

2006        Board of directors – A Mother's Heart association for families of children with congenital heart diseases.

Partial List of Publications

1. Shapira L^PI, Ayalon S^S, Brenner T.^C (2002). Effect of Porphyromons gingivalis on central nervous system: Activation of glial cells and exacerbation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Journal of Periodontology, 511-516, Impact Factor 1.569, the journal is placed 11 in the list of 48 in the field, and the article is cited 4 times by others).

2. Ayalon S.^PI, Goazal Y.^C, Kaufman E.^C (2004). The use of conscious sedation versus general anesthesia in modern dentistry: rising ethical dilemmas, The journal of the Israel Dental Association, 21: 19-26, “In Hebrew”

3. Horev L ^PI,, Potikha T ^C, Ayalon S ^C, Molho-Pessach V ^C, Ingber A ^C, Gany MA ^C, Edin BS, Glaser B ^C, Zlotogorski A ^C. 2005, A novel splice-site mutation in ECM-1 gene in a consanguineous family with lipoid proteinosis. Exp Dermatol. 14(12):891-7 (Impact Factor 1.707 the journal is placed 9 in the list of 38 in the field).