Department of Pediatric Surgery
Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
Curriculum Vitae
1954 Born Tel Aviv, Israel (April 30)
Marital Status: Married - Shalvit Landau, 1978
Children: Matan, 1980, Naama, 1983, Yair, 1986
Education
1968 - 1972 Municipal High School "Ironi B", Tel Aviv
1978 - 1986 Hebrew University -Hadassah Medical School . Jerusalem, Israel
1982 - B.Sc. degree in Medical Sciences Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1986 - M.D. of the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1985 - ECFMG - Basic and Clinical Science
Surgical Training
1985 - 1986 Internship, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1986 - 1992 Residency in General Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1988 - 1989 Residency in General Surgery, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y
1992 - Israeli Board Certified General Surgery
1992 – 1997 Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1994 - 1996 Fellowship in General and Oncological Pediatric Surgery, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]
1997 – Israeli Board Certified Pediatric Surgery
University Appointments
1995 - Lecturer in Pediatric Surgery, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2000 - Senior Lecturer in Pediatric Surgery, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Research Experience
1986 - Laboratory of Life Sciences and the Department of Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem “The in-vitro effect of Progesterone on the synthesis of protein and RNA in cultured human term placenta" (M.D.Thesis).
1991 - The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, “Regulation of induction and secretion of IL-4 from human T-cells".
1995 - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "Kinetics of Nitric Oxide Production by a murine macrophages cell line stimulated with Lipopolisaccharide and Lipoteichoic acid”
Society Memberships
1986 - Israel Medical Association
1995 - Israel Surgical Association
1997 - Israel Pediatric Surgery Society
1998 - IPSO International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology
1999 - ISES Israeli society for Endoscopic surgery
Military Service
1972 - 1978 Navy ( Highest rank: colonel )
Awards
1995 - Prof. H. Milvitzky Scholarship
2001 - Itai Ramon award for treatment of Pediatric Oncology patients
Teaching
1990 - 1991 Teaching program coordination for surgical residents
1993 - 1994 Coordinator of the Surgical Forum Academic program
1992 - 1997 Students teaching at the Pediatric Surgery department
1997 - Coordinator of the Surgical Section of the new Immigrants physicians course
1997 - 1999 Instructor of critical essay manuscript reading course, First year medical students
2000 - Outstanding teacher award, Hadassah- Hebrew University School of Medicine.
2001 - Outstanding teacher award, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine.
2003 - Outstanding teacher award, Hadassah - Hebrew University School of Medicine.
Appointments
1998 - Member of the National Council for Pediatrics and Child Health
1999 - Member of the National Council for Trauma
Editorial Board Appointment
1997 - Pediatric Endosurgery & Innovative Techniques
Publications
Articles
1. Shiloni E, Gross E, Shapiro M: Interleukin-2 therapy, central venous catheters and nosocomial sepsis. Annals of Internal Medicine, 112:882, 1990.
2. Gross E , Jurim O, Krausz M: Diathermy-induced gas explosion in the intestinal tract. Harefuah, 123:12, 1992. (In hebrew)
3. Jurim O, Gross E, Nates J, Eldor A: Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy caused by acetic acid ingestion. Acta Hematologica, 89:204, 1993.
4. Gross E, Eid A, Katz E, Yatziv I, Ilan Y, Berlatzky Y, Tur-Caspa R: Reduced size liver transplant as a solution to the limited supply of donor liver allografts for children. Harefuah, 126:8, 1994. (In hebrew)
5. Gross E, Katz, S, Abu-Dalu K, Schiller M: The surgical treatment of Choledochal cyst in children. Harefuah, 127:376, 1994. (In hebrew)
6. Israel Z, Mosheiff R, Gross E, Muggia-Sullam M, Floman Y: Hyperextension fracture dislocation of the thoracic spine with paraplegia in a patient with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. Journal of Spinal Disorders, 7:455, 1994.
7. Gross E, Meretyc S, Katz S: Urinary ascites with uremia and electrolytes imbalance: A delayed presentation of intraperitoneal bladder rupture. Pediatr Surg Inter, 9:595, 1994.
8. Gross E, Or R, Weinberger M, Abu-Dalu K, Schiller M: Hepatico-Splenic fungal abscesses in the immunocompromised patient. Harefuah, 128:271, 1995. (In hebrew)
9. Elchalal U, Ben-Shachar M, Nadjari M, Gross E, Appelman Z, Caspi B: Prenatal diagnosis of acute bladder distension associated with fetal Sacrococyeal Teratoma. Prenatal Diagnosis, 15:1160, 1995.
10. Shoushan Y, Gross E, Cohen P, Pomerantz S: "Acute Appendicitis" of Neurosurgical origin. European J Surgery, 162:343, 1996.
11. Gross E, Armon Y, Abu-Dalu K, Gale R, Schiller M: Familial combined duodenal and jejunal atresia. J Ped Surg, 31:1573, 1996.
12. Gross E, Chen MK, Lobe TE: Laparoscopic evaluation and treatment of intestinal malrotation in infants. Surgical Endoscopy, 10:936, 1996.
13. Gross E, Chen MK, Joyner RE, Hollabugh R: Tracheal Hamartoma: A case report of a child with a neck mass. J Ped Surg, 31:1584, 1996.
14. Blum AI, Rivkind A, Zamir G, Gross E, Kluger Y, Reissman P, Muggia-Sullam M: Blunt injury of the small intestine and mesentery. The trauma surgeon's Achille's heel? Euro J Emerg Med, 3:85, 1996.
15. Gross E, Rao BN, Pappo AS et al: Epitheliod Sarcoma in Children. J Ped Surg, 31:1663, 1996.
16. Feigin E, Sror D, Szold A, Carmon M, tamir MA, Nissan A, Gross E, Vroman A, Freund HR: Water-Soluble Contrast material has no therapeutic effect on Postoperative Small-Bowel Obstruction: Result of a prospective randomized clinical trial. Am J Surg, 171:227, 1996.
17. Chen MK, Gross E, Lobe TE: Perinatal management of Enteric duplication cysts of the tongue. American J of Perinatology, 14:161, 1997.
18. Gross E, Chen MK, Lobe TE, Nuchtern JG, Rao BN: Infradiaphragmatic extralobar pulmonary sequestration masquerading as an intra-abdominal suprarenal mass. Ped Surg Inter, 12:529, 1997.
19. Gross E, Rao BN, Pappo AS et al: Soft tissue sarcoma of the hand in children: Clinical outcome and management. J Ped Surg, 32:698, 1997.
20. Gross E, Chen MK, Shah RS, Lobe TE: Laparoscopic approach for enteral nutrition in pediatric oncology patients. Pediatric Endosurg & Innovative Thec, 1:87, 1997.
21. Shah RS, Chen MK,Gross E, Rao BN, Schropp, KP, Lobe TE: The role of laparoscopic lymph node sampling in children. Pediatric Endosurg & Innovative Thec, 1:33, 1997.
22. Chen MK, Gross E, Bufo AJ, Shah RS, Hixson SD, Schropp KP, Hollabaugh RS, Lobe TE Initial experience with laparoscopic-assisted pullthrough for Hirschsprung's disease. Pediatric Endosurg & Innovative Thec, 1:91, 1997.
23. Bufo AJ, Chen MK, Lobe TE, Shah RS, Gross E, Hixson DS, Hollabaugh RS, Schropp KP: Laparoscopic fundoplication in children: A superior technique. Pediatric Endosurg & Innovative Thec, 1:71, 1997.
24. Gross E, Rao BN, Bowman L, Michalkiewicz E, Pappo A, Santana V, Kaste S, Greenwald C, Pratt CB: Outcome of treatment for Pediatric sarcoma of the foot: A retrospective review over 20year period. J Ped Surg, 32:1181, 1997.
25. Michalkiewicz EL, Rao BN, Bowman LC, Pappo A, Hudson MM, Greenwald C, Gross E, Jenkins J, Pratt CB: Complications of Pelvic exenteration in children with genitourinary Rhabdomyosarcoma. J Ped Surg, 32:1277, 1997.
26. Shah RS, Chen MK, Bufo AJ, Gross E, Lobe TE, Whittington G: Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in a child with recurrent pancreatitis due to primary fungus ball in the terminal common bile duct. J Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surg Thec, 7:63, 1997.
27. Pikarsky AJ, Shmushkevich A, Gross E, Shiloni E: Thromboangitis obliterans involving the mesenteric vessels. Dig Surg, 14:205, 1997.
28. Zamir G, Gross E, Simha M, Pikarsky AJ, Rivkind A: Incarcerated lumbar hernia - delayed consequence of a seat belt injury. Injury, 29:560, 1998.
29. Zamir G, Gross E, Shmushkevich A, Bar-Ziv J, Durst AL, Jurim O: Duplication cyst manifested by Duodeno-Jejuna Intussusception and hyperbilirubinemia. J Ped. Surg, 34:1297, 1999.
30. Gross E, Engelhard D, Katz S: Large Bowel Obstruction: An unusual complication of Salmonella Enterocolitis in Infancy. Ped Surg Int, 16: 525, 2000.
31. Gorenstein A, Gross E , Houri S, Gewirts G, Katz S: The pivotal role of deep vein thrombophlebitis in the development of Acute Disseminated Staphylococcal disease in children. Pediatrics, 106: e 87, 2000.
32. Sklair-Levy M, Lebensart P.D, Applbaum Y.H, Ramu N, Freeman A, Gozal D, Gross E, Sherman Y, Bar-Ziv J, Libson E: Percutaneous image-guided needle biopsy in children-Summary of our experience with 57 children. Pediatr Radiol, 31: 732, 2001.
33. Arbell D, Lebenthal A, Blashar A, Shmushkevich A, Gross E: Duplication Cyst of the Duodenum as an unusual cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an Infant. J Ped Surg, 37, 5, e8, 2002.
34. Gross E, Levine PD, Landau EH: Post Splenectomy Veno-occlusive Priapism in a child. IMAJ, 4: 1084, 2002.
35. Shteyer E, Kopelwitz EZ, Gross E, Granot E: Medical Treatment of Recurrent Intussusception Associated with Intestinal Nodular Hyperplasia. Pediatrics, 111: 682, 2003.
36. Hirshl RB, Yardeni D, Oldham K, Sherman N, Siplovich L, Gross E, Udassin R, Cohen Z, Nagar H, Geiger JD, Coran A: Gastric Transposition for Esophageal Replacement in Children. Ann Surg, 236: 531, 2002.
Book Chapters
1.Gross E, Lobe TL, Hoffer FA, Look T: Biopsy technique for children with cancer, in O'Neill, Rowe M, Fonkalsrud E, Coran A, Grosfeld JL (ed): Pediatric Surgery, Mosby, St. Louis, pp. 379-389, 1998
Editorial Appointments
1. Editorial Board , J Pediatric Endosurgery, Mary-Ann Leibert Publ, New York, 1996.
Submitted for Publication
1. Gross E, Hildner WK, Lobe ET, Shenep JL: Kinetics of Nitric Oxide production by Murine Macrophage cell line Stimulated with Lipopolysaccharide and Lipoteichoic Acid.
2. Gross E, Lobe T, Bowman L, Michalkiewitz E, Kaste S, Rao B: Liver Tumors in children: Management and outcome. A single institution’s Experience.
Presentations
1. Gross E, Rimon B: Home TPN short bowel syndrome following Gastroschisis. Presented at the 16th Israeli Surgical Association Meeting, 1988.
2. Gross E, Krausz M: Colonic explosion by diathermy during operation. Presented at the 17th Israeli Surgical Association Meeting, 1990.
3. Gross E, Katz, Schiller M: The surgical treatment of Choledochal cyst in children. Presented at the Isrtaeli Pediatric Surgical Association Meeting, 1993.
4. Gross E, Eid A, Katz E, et al: Reduced size liver transplantation in a child. Presented at the Israeli Pediatric Surgical Association Meeting, 1993.
5. Gross E, Katz S: Acute pancreatitis and Empyema of bile ducts. Presented at the Pediatric Surgical Association Meeting, 1993.
6. Gross E, Chen MK, Lobe TE: Laparoscopic approach for Enteral feeding in pediatric oncology patients. Presented at the 5th International Congress for Endosurgery in Children, Vancouver, May 1996.
7. Chen MK, Gross E, Bufo AJ, Lobe TE, et al: Initial experience with Laparoscopic Pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease. Presented at the 5th International Congress for Endosurgery in Children, Vancouver, May 1996.
8. Shah RS Gross E, Chen MK, Lobet TE, et al: The role of Laparoscopic Lymph node sampling in children. Presented at the 5th International Congress for Endosurgery in Children, Vancouver, May 1996.
9. Gross E, Rao BN, Pappo AS: Epitheliod Sarcoma in children. SIOP Meeting Vienna, Austria, Oct. 1996.
10. Bufo AJ, Chen MK, Gross E, Lobet TE, et al: Analysis of the costs of surgery for Hirschsprung's disease: One-stage Laparoscopic pull-through vs. Two stage Duhamel procedure. AAP Surgical Section, Boston, Oct. 1996.
11.Gross E, Hildner WK, Lobe TE, Shenep J: Kinetics of Nitric Oxide production by murine macrophage Cell line stimulated with Lipopolysaccharide and Lipoteichoic acid. Israeli Surgical Association Meeting 1997.
12. Gross E: Surgery of the premature newborn. Israeli Pediatric Surgery Association Meeting, 1997.
13. Ramu N, Gross E, Miskin H, Abu-DAlu K, Schiller M: The role of surgery in the treatment of childhood small noncleaved cell Lymphoma. SIOP Meeting, Yokahama, Japan, Oct. 1998.
14. Gross E, Lobe T, Bowman L, Michalkiewitz E, Kaste S, Rao B: Liver Tumors in children: Management and Outcome. A single Institution’s Experience. American Pediatric Surgery Association meeting, Orlando, May 2000.