Senior physician at the Department of
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
Telephone: via Hadassah on 972-2-6777111
Email: avidoc@hadassah.org.il or
avidoc@md.huji.ac.il
Personal Data
Born in Petah-Tykva, Israel, 1966.
Married, three children.
Education
1978 – 1984 The International School of Amsterdam, Holland. Junior high and High school – International Baccalaureate with honors.
1985 - 1988 Israeli Army as a combat medic and medic instructor. (Currently a Major in the Israeli Army Medical Corps Reserve).
1988 – 1989 Hebrew University – Political Science and International Relations.
1989 – 1995 Tel Aviv University The Sackler School of Medicine.
M.D. Thesis: Recombinant von Willebrand factor fragments as inhibitors of platelet aggregation and adjuvants to thrombolysis.
Appointments
2001 - Residents’ representative in Hadassah’s Residency Program Committee.
2001 - Treasurer and member of the Auxiliary Doctors Committee in Hadassah.
Clinical Experience
1996 – 1997 Internship, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah-Tykva.
1997 -2003 Residency, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
2003 – Senior physician at the Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
The position entails lectures and clinical instruction of medical students and residents in lecture halls, the ward, outpatient clinic and the operating room.
Academic Appointments
2001 - Instructor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2001- Lecturer at the Hadassah Academy – School of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists
Presentations In International Meetings
Esthesioneuroblastoma and Craniofacial Resection. The 2nd International Symposium in Israel on Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology, Jerusalem, Israel, 1998.
Purulent Chondritis of Thyroid Cartilage – Etiology, Management and Outcome. Eliashar R, Gross M, Goldfarb A, Sichel J-Y. Annual Meeting of the Triological Society, Pheonix, Arizona, 30th April – 3rd May 2004.
Research
2001 - Genetics of nonsyndromic hearing loss. The research is performed in conjunction with Prof. Karen Avraham from the Dept. of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Courses
Otology and Neurotology Surgery Course- Portmann Ear Institue Bordeaux – July 2001.
List Of Publications
Gurevitch O, Goldfarb A, Hod H, Feldman M, Shenkman B, Varon D, Eldar M, Inbal A. Recombinant von Willebrand factor fragment AR545C inhibits platelet aggregation and enhances thrombolysis with rtPA in a rabbit thrombosis model. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 1998 Feb; 18 (2): 200-7.
Goldfarb A, Eliashar R, Gross M, Elidan J. Middle cranial fossa cholesteatoma following blast trauma. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. 2001; 110:1084 – 86.
Eliashar R, Goldfarb A, Nahir M, Sichel J-Y. Massive tongue hematoma and epistaxis as a complication of anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapies. Journal of Trauma. 2002; 53: 805.
Gross M, Eliashar R, Petrova P, Goldfarb A, Sichel J-Y. Neck mass as primary manifestation of multiple myeloma originating in the thyroid cartilage. Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery. 2002; 126:326-8.
Gross M, Goldfarb A, Eliashar R. A huge cystic neck mass in an 80-year-old patient. IMAJ. 2002; 4: 230.
Goldfarb A, Gross M, Sichel J-Y, Eliashar R. Severe pharyngeal stenosis after caustic ingestion. IMAJ. 2002; 4: 305.
Collins C, Gross M, Goldfarb A, Eliashar R. Cutaneous leishmaniasis – An underlying cause of a chronic ear infection. J Travel Medicine. In press.
Eliashar R, Goldfarb A, Gross M, Sichel J-Y. A permanent, tube free tracheostomy in a morbidly obese patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. IMAJ. 2002; 4: 1156-7.
Goldfarb A, Avraham KB. Genetics of deafness: recent advances and clinical implications. Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. 2002; 13: 75-88.
Gross M, Ben-Yaakov A, Goldfarb A, Eliashar R. Pneumolabyrinth: An unusual finding in a temporal bone fracture. The International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2003; 67: 553-555.
Goldfarb A, Hocwald E, Gross M, Eliashar R. Frontal sinus cutaneous fistula: a complication of Pott’s puffy tumor. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 2004; 130: 490-491.
Eliashar R, Sichel J-Y, Gross M, Hocwald E, Dano I, Biron A, Ben-Yaacov A, Goldfarb A, Elidan J. Image-guided navigation system – a new technology for complex endoscopic endonasal surgery. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2003; 79: 686-90.
Gross M, Maly B, Goldfarb A, Eliashar R. Basal cell adenocarcinoma of a buccal minor salivary gland. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 2004; 124: 213-216.
Brownstein Z, Goldfarb A, Levi H, Frydman M, Avraham KB. Chromosomal mapping and phenotypic characterization of hereditary otosclerosis linked to the OTSC4 locus. Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. In press.