Education and Language courses
* July 2010: Resident at the department of Oncology, Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel
* March 2010: Passed the Israeli Medical License Examination in Tel-Aviv, Israel
* Dec. 2008 – Dec. 2009: Resident at the department of Radiation Oncology, J.W. Goethe-University Hospital of Frankfurt, Germany
* Aug. – Oct. 2008: Resident at the department of general surgery at the J.W. Goethe-University hospital of Frankfurt, Germany
* May 2008: Passed the Step 2 clinical knowledge and Step 2 clinical skills of the United States Medical License Examination (USMLE), Washington D.C., USA
* Oct. - April 2008: Kaplan Medical course in Washington D.C., USA
* July 2007: received my Doctorate in Medicine from the Freiburg University, Germany
* June 2007: Graduated medical school at the Freiburg University, Germany
* Oct. 2007: Passed the TOEIC English examination with the score 930, Germany
* 2002 – 2007: Medical school, clinical studies at the Freiburg University, Germany
* 2000 – 2002: Medical school, preclinical studies at the Freiburg University, Germany
* 1999 – 2000: German language course at Sprachenkolleg in Freiburg. Germany
* 1996 – 1998: The Christian Orthodox high school in Ramle, Israel
* 1993 – 1996: Al-Mutran middle school in Nazareth, Israel
* 1987 – 1993: Neve Shalom / Wahat As-Salam elementary school, Israel
Research
* Sept. 2003 – April 2004: Experimental part of my medical doctoral thesis dealing with the production of tPA ( tissue-type plasminogen activator), Reteplase, and TNK-tPA at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA
Clinical electives
* Oct. 2006 – Jan. 2007: Pediatrics at the Städtisches Klinikum in Karlsruhe, Germany
* Aug. 2006 – Oct. 2006: Pediatric Surgery at the Städtisches Klinikum in Karlsruhe, Germany
* Jun. 2006 – Aug. 2006: General Surgery at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel
* Feb. 2006 – Jun. 2006: Internal Medicine at the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South-Korea
* Aug. 2005 – Sept. 2005: Plastic surgery and Pediatric Surgery at Yonsei University, South-Korea
* Feb. 2005 – April. 2005: Vascular surgery at the Whipps Cross University Hospital in London, England
Special activities
* April 2010: Volunteered at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel
* October 2009: established a new student exchange program between the Medical Faculties of the J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt and the Yonsei University in Seoul, South-Korea
* May 2009 – Nov. 2009: Monitored patients in the following clinical trails:
1. Protocol No.: Roche ML20342; neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy with Capecitabin and Oxaliplatin plus Bevacizumab in locally advanced Rectum Carcinoma
2. CAO/ARO/AIO-04: neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy and adjuvant Chemotherapy with 5-Fluorouracil plus Oxaliplatin compared with neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy and adjuvant Chemotherapy with 5-Fuorouracil in locally advanced Rectum Carcinoma in UICC-Stadium II and III (phase III study)
* April 2009: Received the German Certification as a primary investigator of Clinical trails at the J.W. Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany
* Oct. 2004 – Oct. 2007 Scholar of the KAAD (Scholarship Program for foreign students).
* November 2004: Received the DAAD ( Deutscher Akademischer Austasch-Dienst) award for the best foreign student achievements at the Freiburg University, Germany.
* February 2004: As a resident of the peace village Neve Shalom / Wahat As-Salam in Israel. I was invited with a group of Israelis and Palestinians as a speaker to Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. to discuss the Israeli – Palestinian conflict.
* August 1998: received my life guard licence from the state of Israel.