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Prof. Herbert R. Freund, M.D.
 

Former Head Department of Surgery

Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus

Tel. Office: 972-2-5844550

For consults: 972-2-5844044

Fax: 972-2-5323005

E-mail: bertifreund@rocketmail.com

 

 

Chief of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus (since 1989).

 

Professor of  Surgery,  Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem (since 1983)

 

Born - Haifa, Israel, 1941 

 

Hebrew university - Hadassah Medical School (1970)

 

Intern and Resident in Surgery, Hadassah University Medical Center (1970-76)

 

Licend to Practice Medicine in Israel (1970) & Massachusetts USA (1978)

 

Board certified in general surgery (1976) and critical care medicine (1990)

 

Clinical and research fellow, Harvard Medical School (MGH) (1977-1978) and University of Cincinnati (1978-1979).

 

Director of Nutritional Support Unit,Hadassah University Hospitals

 

Member Medical Board of Hadassah University Medical Center (1989-)

 

Member advisory Board, Chief Scientist, Israel Ministry of Health.

 

Member of various committees for the Israel Scientific Council.

 

Director, Israeli Board of surgery (2000-2005).

 

President, Israel Surgical Society (1996-2001).

 

Vice Chairman-Israel Scientific Concil.

 

Chairman of Israel Board of Medical Specialities.

 

Member of various Editorial Boards and author of over  300 pier reviewed scientific articles and book chapters in the field of General Surgery and Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition.

 

Visiting Professorships at the University of Cincinnati, Stanford University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center in N.Y.

 

Clinical activity  

 

General Surgery,  Oncological Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery.

 

Research activity: 

 

Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition.

  

 

Partial List of Publications

 

265.     Peretz T, Weshler Z, Goldberg Y, Durst AL, Freund HR:  Brief course of preoperative radiotherapy reduces local recurrence and improves survival in rectal cancer.  Harefuah  138: 96-99, ‏2000.

 

266.     Freund HR: Lipoma of the small bowel: Journal of the American College of Surgeons  191:465, 2000.

 

267.     Hanani M. Freund HR: Interstitial cells of Cajal – their role in pacing and signal transmission in the digestive system.  Acta Physiol Scand. 170:177-190, 2000.

 

268.     Weinberg I, Gross B, Freund HR:  Choice of infusion site – differences in the preferences  of nurses, residents and patients.  Harefuah  140:374-376, 2001.

 

269.     Nissan A, Spira RM, Chisin R,  Zamir O, Prus D, Klein M, Badariya M,     Freund HR:   Sentinal lymph node biopsy in breast cancer:  A validation study and preliminary results.  Harefuah   140:468-470, 2001.

 

270.     Haskel Y, Udassin R, Freund HR, Zhang JM, Hanani M:  Liquid enteral diets induce bacterial translocation by increasing cecal flora without changing intestinal motility.  J Parenter Enteral Nutr.  25: 60-64, 2001.

 

271*.    Freund HR, Berlatzky Y: Cholecystojejunostomy and Choledochojejunostomy In: Mastery  of Surgery, Baker RJ & Fischer JE (eds), 4th Edition, Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, USA, 2001, pp 1197-1205.

 

272.     Freund HR:  Role of essential amino acids in renal failure.  Nutrition  17:688, 2001.

 

273.     Spira RM, Peretz T, Hochner-Tzelniker D, Freund HR:  Levonogestrel-releasing IUD and breast cancer.  The Israel Medical Association Journal (IMAJ)  3:711,2001 (letter).

 

274.     Rojansky N, Freund HR, Shushan A:  Residents training in gynecologic operative endoscopy:  A review of Israeli and world experience.  J. of the Israel Med Assoc (Harefuah)  140:1215-1218,2001.

 

275.     Freund HR, Hanani M:  The metabolic role of  branched chain amino acids.  Nutrition  18:287-288,2002.

 

276.     Spira RM, Nissan A, Zamir O, Cohen T, Fields SI, Freund HR:  Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholecystostomy and delayed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Critically ill patients with acute Calculus Cholecystitis.  Amer J Surg.  183:62-66, 2002.

 

277.     Beglaibter  N, Berlatzky Y, Zamir O, Spira RM, Freund HR:  Retroperitoneoscopic Lumbar Sympathectomy.  J Vasc Surg. 35:815-817,2002.

 

278.     Nissan A, Freund HR, Hanani M:  Direct inhibitory affect of Erythromycin on human alimentary tract smooth muscle.  Amer J Surg. 183:413-418,2002.

 

279.     Freund HR:  Cost and benefit of Laparoscopic hernia repair.  J. Isr. Med. Assoc. (Harefuah)  141:493-494, 2002 (Letter).

 

280.     Nissan A, Freund HR:  Current issues in gastric cancer therapy. Gatrointest. Oncol. 4:159-163, 2002.

 

281*.    Freund HR  & Charuzi I:  Laparoscopic & open repair of post-sternotomy incisional hernia of the subxiphoid region.  In:  Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair, Morales-Conde S. (ed.), Springer Verlag, France 2003, pp 375-382.

 

282.     Khaitov S, Nissan A, Beglaibter N, Freund HR:  Surgery for quality of life improvement in Crohn's disease: long term follow up.  J. Isr. Med. Assoc. (Harefuah) 142:179-181, 2003.

 

283.     Allweis T,  Nissan A,  Spira R,  Sklair-Levy M, Freund HR,  Peretz T:  Screening mammography for early diagnosis of breast cancer:  facts, controversies and implementation in Israel. J. Isr. Med. Assoc. (Harefuah) 142:281-286,2003.

 

284.     Beglaibter N, Zamir O, Milgrum M, Askenazi E, Grinbaum R, Floman Y, Freund HR:  Laparoscopic anterior  lumbar interbody spinal fusion.  J. Isr. Med. Assoc. (Harefuah)  142:326-328, 2003.

 

285.     Allweiss T, Badriyyah M, Bar-Ad V, Cohen T, Freund HR:  Current controversies in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer.  The Breast 12:163-171, 2003.

 

286.     Shpitz B, Klein E, Buklan G, Neufeld D, Nissan A, Freund HR, Grankin M, Bernhein J:  Suppressive effect of aspirin on aberrant crypt foci in patients with colorectal cancer.  Gut  52: 1598-1601, 2003.

 

287.     Seror D, Nissan A, Spira R, Feigin E, Udassin R, Freund HR:  Comparison of bursting pressure of abdominal wall defects repaired by three conventional techniques.  Amer Surgeon 69:978-980, 2003.

 

288.     Belzer V, Nissan A, Freund HR, Hanani M:  Coupling among interstitial cells of Cajal  in human ileum.  Neurogastroenterol Motil. 16:75-80, 2004.

 

289.     Einav S, Feigenberg Z, Weissman C, Zaichik D, Caspy G, Kotler D, Freund HR:  Evacuation priorities in mass casualty terror-related events - Implications for contingency planning.  Ann Surg 239:304-310,2004.

 

290.     Freund HR, Beglaibter N:  TPN, intestinal adaptation and short bowel syndrome.  Nutrition 20:337,2004.

 

291.     Nissan A, Spira RM, Hamburger T, Badriyyah M, Prus D, Cohen T, Hubert A, Freund HR, Peretz T:  Clinical profile of breast cancer in Arab and Jewish women in the Jerusalem area.  Amer J Surg  188:62-67,2004.

 

291a.   Abstruct in: The Breastcancer. Net Newsletter, June 29,2004.

 

292.     Freund HR: Is laparoscopy the answer to the contralateral Hernia in children ? Israel Med. Assoc. Journal 6:367, 2004.

 

293.     Bar-Shai A, Maayan C, Vromen A, Udassin R, Nissan A, Freund HR,     Hanani M:  Decreased density of ganglia and neurons in the myenteric plexus of familial dysautonomia patients.  J Neurol  Sci  220:89-94, 2004.

 

294.     Hanani M, Fellig Y, Udassin R, Freund HR:  Age-Related Changes in the morphology of the myenteric plexus of the human colon.   Autonomic Neurosci. Basic & Clin 113:71-78, 2004.

 

295.     Freund HR:  The role of branched chain amino acids and their metabolites in athlets.  Galileo 75:56-62, 2004 (In Hebrew).

 

296.     Freund HR:  Authors and patients.  Isr. Med. Assoc. J.  6(2) 122-123, 2004.

 

297.     Stojadinovic A, Fields SI, Shriver CD, Lenington S, Ginor R, Peoples G, Burch H, Peretz T, Freund HR, Nissan A:  Electrical Impedance Scanning of thyroid nodules before thyroid  surgery: A prospective study. Ann Surg Oncol 12(2):152-160, 2005 

 

298.     Kaitov S, Nissan A, Beglaibter N, Freund HR:  Failure of medical treatment in an adult cystic fibrosis patient with meconium illeus equivalent.  Techniques in colpoproctology  9(1):42-44, 2005.

 

299.     Einav S, Aharonson-Daniel L, Weissman C, Freund HR, Peleg K:  In-Hospital resource utilization during multiple casualty incidents.  Ann Surg  243:533-540, 2006.

 

300.     Nissan A,  Jager D, Roycetacher M, Prus D, Peretz T, Eisenberg I, Freund HR, Scanlan M, Ritter G, Old L, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S:  Multimarker RT-PCR Assay for the Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Sentinel Lymph Nodes of Breast Cancer Patients.  British J Cancer 94:681-685, 2006.

 

 301.    Grinbaum R, Nissan A, Beglaibter N, Cohen T, Peretz T, Freund HR:  The prognostic value of CA 19-9 in the pre-operative work-up of pancreatic cancer patients.  J Israel Med Assoc (Harefuah).

 

302*.    Freund HR & Berlatzky Y:  Cholecystojejunostomy and choledocho/hepaticojejunostoy.  In Mastery of Surgery.  Fischer JE, ed.  5th edition.  Little-Brown, USA.     

 

303.     Freund HR:  Endocrine Surgery: Thyroid, Parathyroid, Pancreas, Adrenal.

 In:  Encyclopedia of Medicine, Shoenfeld Y.  ed.  (In press)

 

 

 

* Book Chapter                                                                              




Prof. Herbert R. Freund


            
      		 


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