Date of birth: April 14th, 1968 , Majd Alkurum Village, Israel
Education and Professional Training:
1987-1994 Studies toward M.D: the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem. M.D Thesis: Empiric antibiotic treatment and antibiotic sesnsitivities in patients with community-acquired bactermia due to urinary tract infection. Supervised by Prof. R. Raz.
1993-1994 Internship at Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem and Puriya Hospital
1994 MD Degree, The Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.
1995-2001 Residency program in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
2001 Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology
2000-2002: MPH: Master degree in public health : management and health Economy, : The School of Public Health of The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2002-2003 MBA-integrative management ( to be finished 12\2003)
Qualifications
1996 Successfully passed the United States Medical Board Liscensing Exam, The Basic Science and the Clinical part. (USMLE)
Degrees
10.1999 Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.
Awards and Distinctions
1995 Received the Faculty of Medicine Award for the the Distiguished M.D Thesis
Publications
1) Elhahan G, Farhat M, Raz R.: Empiric antibiotic treatment and the misuse of culture results and antibiotic sensitivities in patients with community-acquired bacteraemia due to urinary tract infection. Journal of Infection. 1997 Nov 35(3):283-8
2) Farhat M, Simon A, Laufer N: Laparoscopy in in vitro fertilization.In: Endoscopic surgery in gynecology. Edited by Seidman D, Published by Dionon. Tel-Aviv University, Chapter 5,pp 97-108,1998.
3) Simon A, Hurwitz A, Farhat M, Revel A, Zentner B, Laufer N: A flexible protocol for controlled preparation of the endometrium without prior gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist suppression in the women with functioning ovaries undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles. Fertil Steril 71: 609-613,1999.
4) Morshid Farhat, Bat-Sheva Zentner, Francine Lossos, Yuval Bdolah ,Hananel Holzer and Hurwitz Arye: Successful pregnancy following replacement of embryos previously rerozen at blastocyst stage. Human Reproduction 16(2)337-339;2001
Presentations in Medical Professional Congresses
Isreali medical society annual congress 1999, Haifa ,Israel .1 Assisted Hatching by Argon Fluoride Excimer Laser is Effective in Treating Young Patients With Recurrent In Vitro Fertilization Implantation Failures. Farhat M, Laufer N, Hurwitz A, Revel A, Simon A
2. The Israel Fertility Assiciation, Tel Aviv 1999, Israel. Experience with 275 blastocyst embryo transfer cycles. Farhat M, Simon A, Holzer H, Bdollah Y, Zentner B, Eizenmann E, Laufer N, Hurwiz A
3 . The International congress on reproductive medecine , obstetrics and gynecology , Tel Aviv , Israel 2000 (poster). Presentation of a clinical pregnancy following transfer of embryos, which were subjected to two freeze-thaw cycles the second being at the blastocyst stages: review of the literature
Farhat M, Zentner B, Losos F, Bdolah Y, Holtzer H, Hurwitz A. IVF Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Mt scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
4. The Israel Fertility Assiciation , Tel Aviv 2003, Israel, Comparing GnRH antagonist to GnRH agonist cycles in IVF patients with suboptimal response: A case control study (poster). Farhat M. , Imbar T. , Zentner B., Holzer H., Ravhon A., Bdolah Y., and Hurwitz A.
Employment
Hadassah Mt Scopus University Hospital , IVF and reproductive medecine unit 2001-