Senior Attending Surgeon
Hand and Microvascular Surgery Unit
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Hadassah University Hospital
Jerusalem, Israel
E-mail: cmichael@hadassah.org.il
Brief Summary
Dr. Chernofsky graduated with honors from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York in 1982. He trained in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, and completed Fellowship training in Hand Surgery and Microsurgery at the University of Alabama.
He practiced Hand Surgery for over 15 years at Lehigh Valley Hospital, one of the largest and busiest hospitals in the United States. He developed the Division of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, and served as head of the Division for many years. In 2004 he made Aliyah with his family, and has been practicing at Hadassah as a senior attending surgeon in the Division of Hand Surgery ever since.
Dr. Chernofsky is board certified in Hand Surgery and Plastic Surgery both in Israel and in the United States. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and has held academic appointments at several medical schools in the United States.
He has been married for 28 years, and has three grown children who live in Israel.
Dr. Chernofsky specializes in the treatment of Hand problems including carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, tendonitis, ganglion cysts and other masses, hand and finger injuries, tendon injuries, arthritis of the hand, nerve problems, Dupuytren’s disease, and congenital problems such as syndactyly, trigger thumb and extra digits.
For a private appointment, please call the Sharap office
Ein Kerem: 02-677-8899
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Education
1974-1978: Yeshiva University, New York, BA
1978-1982:Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York, MD
Graduate Medical Education
1982-1983: Internship in Surgery - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
1983-1985: Resident in Surgery - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
1985-1987: Resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
1987-1988: Fellowship in Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
American Board Certification
§ American Board of Plastic Surgery
§ Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand
Israeli Board Certification
§ Plastic Surgery: 21729
§ Hand Surgery:21730
Academic Appointments
§ Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
§ Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine
§ Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine
Hospital Appointments
1997 – 2004: Chief, Division of Hand Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania
1988 – 2004: Attending Surgeon, Division of Plastic Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania
2004 – present: Senior Attending Surgeon, Hadassah University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery, Jerusalem, Israel
Membership in Professional Societies
§ American Society of Plastic Surgeons
§ American College of Surgeons
§ American Society for Surgery of the Hand
§ American Medical Association
§ Webster Society
§ Robert H. Ivy Society
Licensure
Israel: 37190
New York: 161510
Awards and Honors
College : Undergraduate Scholar, Summa Cum Laude, Robert A. Lemler Award
Medical School :Alpha Omega Alpha, Charles C. Bassine Award
Publications
Chernofsky, MA: Lea and Febiger; Two Hundred Years of Medical Publishing, Antiquarian Bookman, May 1984
Chowdary, RP; Chernofsky, MA; Okunski, WJ: Free Temporoparietal Flap in Burn Reconstruction, Annals of Plastic Surgery, September 1990
Chernofsky, MA; Sauer, PF: Temporary Ectopic Implantation, Journal of Hand Surgery, November 1990
Chowdary, RP; Stefan, M; Chernofsky, MA: Use of Vein Patch Angioplasty in Microvascular Tissue Transfers, Annals of Plastic Surgery, March 1990
Jennings, JF; Murphy, RX, Jr.; Chernofsky, MA; Chowdary, RP: Amputation Stump Salvage Using a “Banked” Free Tissue Transfer, Annals of Plastic Surgery 1991, 27:361-363
Murphy, RX, Jr.; Chernofsky, MA; Osborne, MA; Wolson, AH: Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of Persistent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Journal of Hand Surgery, January 1993
Chernofsky, MA; Murphy, RX, Jr.; Jennings, JF: A Barrier Technique for Pulsed Irrigation of Cavitary Wounds, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, February 1993
Chernofsky, MA: Upper Extremity Salvage with Free Ulnar Forearm Flap from the Amputated Part, Journal of Trauma, March 1993
Sonntag, BV; Murphy, RX., Jr.; Chernofsky, MA; Chowdary, RP: Microvascular Steal Phenomenon in Lower Extremity Reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg, 34 (3), 336-340, 1995
Murphy, RX, Jr.; Chernofsky, MA: Tear of an Anomalous Lumbrical Muscle as a Source of Pain in the Hand, Journal of Hand Surgery, September 1999.
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