Hadassah Medical Center

Hebrew University School of Medicine

POB 12000. Jerusalem 91120, Israel

Tel: 972-2-6776599 Fax: 972-2-6437940

Mobile: 050-8573244

Email: kassem@md2.huji.ac.il

Personal Details

Date and Place of Birth: November 11, 1975 Israel

Gender: Male  

Marital Status: Married+1

Home Address:  POB 544, Mokebla 19354.

Education

2000-Ongoing PhD. Studies, Dept. of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Hadassah University Hospital. Supervisors: Prof. Benjamin Glaser M.D. and Prof. Ilana Areil M.D./Ph.D.

2004 - M.D. degree, Hebrew university and Hadassah Medical School.

1998-1999  M.Sc. Medical Studies (Direct MD/PhD Program), Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School.

1994-1998  B.Sc.Med. Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine.

1989-1993  High School, Saint Joseph High School, Nazareth.

Honors and Prizes

2002 - Ministry of Science Culture and Sports PhD fellowship for Arab students.

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2002‏‏ - Hebrew University Rector Fellowship for Excellence.

December 2000 - Hoffheimer research fellowship, Diabetes Institutes, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA.

October 2000 - Hebrew University Official Exchange Program, 5Klink und Poliklinik fur    Dermatologie und Allergologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, GERMANY.

January 2000 - Research Prize, Diabetes Center- Hebrew University.

1999-2002  Dean’s Fellowship for MD/PhD.

1998-1999  Dean’s Fellowship for MD/M.Sc.

1995 - Included in The Dean’s Honor List of Excellence.

Employment

Oct. 2005-ongoing - Instructor in internal medicine, Hebrew University Medical school.

Feb. 2004-ongoing - Residency in Internal Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center.

1997-2003 - Student on Duty, Boston Medical Students’ Dorms, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1996-1998 - Nursing  at Kefar-Shaul Psychiatric Hospital in Jerusalem.

1996-1997  Anatomy Teaching Assistance in Dept. of Anatomy, Hebrew University School of Medicine.

Extracurricular Activities

Nov. 2005  Course graduate in airborne evacuation of the ill/ injured. Foundation for the Advancement of Airborne Medical Care, ISRAEL.

Sept. 1998  International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA) Exchange Clerkship in Internal Medicine, Policlinico Universitario Di-Bari, ITALY.

Publications

1. Kassem SA, Friedman G, Subacute Urinary Retension, Images in Clinical Medicine, New Eng. J. Med., 354, 6 (Feb 9, 2006).

2. Hussain K, Cosgrove KE, Shepherd RM, Luharia A, Smith VV, Kassem S, Gregory JW, Sivaprasadarao A, Christesen HT, Jacobsen BB, Brusgaard K, Glaser B, Maher EA, Lindley KJ, Hindmarsh P, Dattani M, Dunne MJ.Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome due to Defects in the Function of Pancreatic {beta}-Cell Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channels. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Jul;90(7):4376-82.

3. Potikha T, Kassem S, Haber EP, Ariel I, Glaser B.p57Kip2 (cdkn1c): sequence, splice variants and unique temporal and spatial expression pattern in the rat pancreas. Lab Invest. 2005 Mar;85(3):364-75 (equal cotribution with 1st. auther)

4. K Hussain, Karen E Cosgrove, Ruth M Shepherd, Joanna C Chapman, SM Swift, V   Smith, S. A. Kassem, B Glaser, A Aynsley-Green, Mark J Dunne.Hyperinsulinism in Infancy: uncontrolled insulin secretion from a childhood pancreatic beta-cell adenoma in is not due to the functional loss of ATP sensitive potassium channels. Endocrine-Related Cancer, 2002 Dec., 9(4):221-6.

5. S. A. Kassem, I. Ariel, P. S. Thornton, K. Hussain, V. Smith, K. J. Lindley, A. Aynsley-Green and B. Glaser. p57KIP2 Expression in Normal Islet Cells and in Hyperinsulinism of Infancy. Diabetes 50:2763-9, 2001.

6. S. A. Kassem, I. Ariel, P. Thornton,  I. Scheimberg, and B. Glaser,  Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis in the Developing Normal Human Pancrbeas and in Hyperinsulinism of Infancy (HI). Diabetes 49:1325-1333, 2000.

Presentations At Scientific Meetings

June 2004 - P57KIP2 Expression in Rat Pancreas During Development. American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, USA.

March 2002 - Focal Hyperinsulinism of Infancy: A Model of beta-Cell Proliferation. IGIS meeting, Nice.

December, 2001  - p57KIP2 Expression in Normal Islet Cells and in Hyperinsulinism of Infancy. Poster presentation, Israel Endocrine Society, Tel-Aviv.

September, 2001 - p57KIP2 Expression in Normal Islet Cells and in Hyperinsulinism of Infancy. Poster presentation. EASD, Glasgow.

September, 200- Beta-Cell Proliferation  and Apoptosis in Developing Normal Human Pancreas and in Hyperinsulinism of Infancy (HI). Poster presentation, Islets in Eilat- Eilat.

May, 2000 - Beta-Cell Proliferation  and Apoptosis in Developing Normal Human Pancreas and in Hyperinsulinism of Infancy (HI). Annual meeting of the European Network for the Study of Hyperinsulinism,  Fountainbleau- Paris .

November,1999 - Beta-Cell Proliferation  and Apoptosis in the Normal Fetal and Neonatal Human Pancreas and in Hyperinsulinism of Infancy (HI).  Annual Meeting of the Israel Endocrine Society. 

May, 1999 - Do PHHI Beta-cells Undergo Enhanced Apoptosis?  Annual meeting of the European Network for the Study of Hyperinsulinism, Helsinki.