Senior Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Laparoscopic and
Bariatric Surgery Service
Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem,
Cell Phone: 050-8946135
andreik@hadassah.org.il
Personal:
Married +3
Military Physician in airborne paratrooper rescue unit, Israeli Air Force, Active reserve (669)
Languages:Hebrew, English, Russian
Current position
Senior Surgeon, Laparoscopic and Bariatric surgery service, Department of Surgery, Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, Chairman – Rivkind A., August 2005- currently
Fellowship Training
Faculty Fellow, Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Program of Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of Bariatric and GI Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Program Director: N. Katkhouda, Department Chair: T. DeMeester 2004-2005
Education
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine
April 1996 – January 2003
Residency in General Surgery
Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine
March 1995 – February 1996
Rotating Internship
MD Thesis “Effect of perilesional GM-CSF injection on burn wound repair in rats”, Raphael Shafir, Department of Plastic Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv
November 1994 – February 1995
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,
September 1990 – November 1994
MD degree conferred in June 1996
Postgraduate
ACLS 2003
Courses
· Refresher Trauma Course for Surgeons (Israeli Defense Forces) 2000
· ATLS (ACS) 1997, 2004
Teaching
Medical Students
Experience
Bedside teaching on rounds at UH-USC
Lectures for student in Core Curriculum in General Surgery -USC
Teaching in the operating room
Evaluation of student's write-ups
Weekly "attending staff" rounds at LAC+USC Medical Center
Surgical residents
Bedside teaching on rounds at LAC+USC Medical Center
Teaching in the operating room with special focus on Laparoscopic Surgery
Wet and dry lab training session within the Minimally Invasive Research and Education Center at the Hoffman Research Building, USC, Los Angeles
Teaching other surgeon
Assistance in running hands on course and post graduate seminars with a didactic session and a laboratory training session within the Minimally Invasive Research and Education Center at the Hoffman Research Building, USC, Los Angeles
Nurse practitioners: Bedside teaching at LAC-USC
During Residency in General Surgery
Surgical Clerkship Tutor to 3rd year medical students, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, New York State/American Program, November 2003- January 2004
Surgical Clerkship Tutor to 3rd year medical students, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, New York State/American Program, November 2002 – February 2003
Surgical Clerkship Tutor to 5th year medical students, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 2002-2003
Lecturer - Course of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, 6th year medical students, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 2000-2003
Lectures in General Surgery, School for New Immigrant Doctors, Tel Aviv Medical Center, 2000
Membership
2004 - SAGES
2001 - European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
2001 - Israeli Society of Endoscopic Surgery
1996 - Israeli Medical Association
Licensure
June 2004 - California State Physician’s Certificate of Registration
May 22, 2003 - Israeli Board of Surgery
April 21, 1996 - Israeli Medical License
1998 - ECFMG Certificate (valid)
2003 - USMLE step 3
Oral presentation at scientific meetings
12th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES). 9-12 June, 2004. Barcelona, Spain. Keidar A, Abu-Abeid S, Carmon E, Szold A,. High rate of reoperations after laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding for morbid obesity.
12th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES). 9-12 June, 2004. Barcelona, Spain. Szold A, Weinbroum A, Keidar A. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Pneumoperitoneum and Liver Injury: An Isolated Organ Model Study.
Joint Meeting of the Israeli Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Israeli Society of Gastroenterology. Dead Sea, Israel, December 2003. Tulchinsky H, Keidar A, Strul H, Goldman G, Rabau M. Extracolonic manifestations of FAP folowing total proctocolectomy.
Joint Meeting of the Israeli Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Israeli Society of Gastroenterology. Dead Sea, Israel, December 2003. Neufeld D, Keidar A, Zissin R. Clinical aspects of abdominal wall abscesses in patients with Crohn’s disease.
Surgical Federation, 23rd National Congress of Surgery, Dead Sea, Israel. June 2003. Keidar A, Abu-Abeid S, Szold A, Klausner J. Laparoscopic revisional surgery for relief of
stenosis following Vertical Banded Gastroplasty with immediate placement of an adjustable
gastric band.
Israeli Surgical Federation, 23nd National Congress of Surgery, Dead Sea, Israel. June 2003. Sagi B, Keidar A, Klausner J, Szold A. Endoscopic surgery for disorders of esophagogastric
junction.
Israeli Surgical Federation, 23nd National Congress of Surgery, Dead Sea, Israel. June 2003.
Carmon E, Keidar A, Ravid A, Goldman G, Rabau M. The correlation between quality of life and functional outcome in ulcerative colitis patients after proctocolectomy ileal pouch anal
anastomosis. 1st European Endoscopic Surgery Week, 11th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Glasgow, Scotland. 15-18 June, 2003.
Sagie B, Keidar A, Szold A. Laparoscopic reoperations in the diaphragmatic hiatus: technical
aspects and late outcome. 1st European Endoscopic Surgery Week, 11th International Congress of the European. Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Glasgow, Scotland. 15-18 June, 2003. Keidar A, Szold A. Laparoscopic splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in patients with very low platelet counts.
1st European Endoscopic Surgery Week, 11th International Congress of the European. Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Glasgow, Scotland. 15-18 June, 2003. Keidar A, Abu-Abeid S, Szold A. Lap-Band slippage after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: incidence, manifestations and treatment.
Annual Meeting of Israeli Society of Gastroenterology, Dead Sea, Israel. December 2002. Keidar A, Shacham Z, Sagi, B, Szold A. Complete fundoplication has equal long term outcome in normal and poor esophageal motility patients.
Digestive Disease Week, Atlanta, USA. 2002. Strul H, Barenboim E, Leshno M, Gartner M, Kariv R, Eljadeff E, Eljadeff Y, Kazanov D, Strier L, Keidar A, Knaani Y, Degani Y, Sobol-Drory H, Halpern Z, Arber N. The I1307K adenomatous polyposis coli gene variant does not contribute in the assessment of the risk for colorectal cancer in Ashkenazi Jews.
Annual Meeting of Israeli Society of Endoscopic Surgery, Eilat, Israel. October 2002. Keidar A, Shacham Z, Sagi, B, Szold A. Complete fundoplication has equal long term outcome in normal and poor esophageal motility patients.
8th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery and SAGES, NYC, USA. March 2002. Keidar A, Kanitkar S, Szold A. Laparoscopic repair of recurrent inguinal hernia, long term follow up.
Israeli Surgical Federation, 22nd National Congress of Surgery, Tel Aviv, Israel. May 2001. Keidar A, Lev-Chelouche D, Ravid A, Goldman G, Rabau M: Our experience with surgical treatment of FAP patients.
Joint Meeting of the Israeli Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology, Nazareth, Israel. September 2000. Keidar A, Lev-Chelouche D, Ravid A, Goldman G, Rabau M. Proctectomy with straight versus colonic pouch reconstruction for low rectal adenocarcinoma: comparison of functional outcome.
Israeli Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Haifa, Israel. May 1999. Keidar A, Klausner J, Szold A. Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernia.
Meeting of the Israeli Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Society, Herzliya, Israel. 1995.
Keidar A, Gur E, Shafir R.: Effect of perilesional injection of GM-CSF on burn wound repair in rats.
Posters
Surgical Spring Week and SAGES meeting, Hollywood, Florida, April 2005. Abu-Abeid S, Keidar A, Bar-Zohar D, Klausner J. Port complications following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity.
Israeli Surgical Federation, 22nd National Congress of Surgery, Tel Aviv, Israel. May 2001. Abu-Abeid S, Keidar A, Szold A, Klausner J. Safety and feasibility of revisional laparoscopic surgery for morbid obesity: conversion of open silastic vertical banded gastroplasty to laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
Israeli Surgical Federation, 23nd National Congress of Surgery, Dead Sea, Israel. June 2003. Keidar A, Forer B, Zikk D, Klausner J, Szold A. Endoscopic stapling of Zenker’s diverticulum.
Invited Lectures
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as a surgical treatmentof morbid obesity, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 31, 2006, Israeli Society of Laparoscopic Surgery.
Publications
Keidar A, Feldman M, Szold A. Analysis of outcome of laparoscopic splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura by platelet counts. Am J Hematol. 2005 Oct; 80(2):95-100.
Osadchy A, KeidarA, Zissin R. Small bowel obstruction due to a paracecal hernia: computerized tomography diagnosis. Emergency Radiology. 2005 Jun; 11(4):239-241.
Keidar A, Carmon E, Szold A, Abu-Abeid S. Port complications following laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding for morbid obesity. Obesity Surgery. March 2005.
Tulchinsky H. Keidar A, Goldman G, Klausner J, Rabau M. Surgical treatment and long-term outcome of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. 16‑Year Experience at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. The Israeli Medical Association Journal, 7:82-85, 2005.
Tulchinsky H. Keidar A, Strul H, Goldman G, Rabau M. Extracolonic Manifestations of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Post Proctocolectomy. Archives of Surgery. 2005 Feb;140(2):159-63; discussion 164.
Keidar A, Szold A , Carmon E, Blanc A, Abu-Abeid S. Band slippage after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: etiology and treatment. Surg Endosc. 2004 Nov 11; [Epub ahead of print].
Keidar A, Sagi B, Szold A. Laparoscopic splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura in patients with severe refractory thrombocytopenia. Pathophys Haemos Thrombosis. 33: (2) 116-119 2003.
Strul H, Barenboim E, Leshno M, Gartner M, Kariv R, Aljadeff E, Aljadeff Y, Kazanov D, Strier L, Keidar A, Knaani Y, Degani Y, Sobol-Drory H, Halpern Z, Arber N. The I1307K adenomatous polyposis coli gene variant does not contribute in the assessment of the risk for colorectal cancer in Ashkenazi Jews. Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers Prev. 12(10):1012-1015, 2003.
Keidar A, Szold A. Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernia with selective use of mesh. Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy, and Percutaneous Techniques. 13(3):149-54, 2003.
Carmon E, Keidar A, Ravid A, Goldman G, Rabau M. The correlation between quality of life and functional outcome in ulcerative colitis patients after proctocolectomy ileal pouch anal anastomosis. Colorectal Dis. 5, 228-232, 2003.
Abu-Abeid S, Keidar A, Gavert N, Blanc A, Szold A. The clinical spectrum of the band erosion following laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding for morbid obesity. Surg Endosc. 17(6): 861-3, (epub - March 07) 2003.
Keidar A, Lev-Chelouche D, Ravid A, Goldman G, Klausner J, Rabau M. Comparison between colonic J pouch anal anastomosis and straight coloanal anastomosis following low anterior resection of the rectum. Harefuah. (Hebrew)142(1): 22-24, 2003.
Lev-Chelouche D, Sagie B, Keidar A, Klausner JM, Szold A. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: indications, technique, complications and follow-up. The Israeli Medical Association Journal. 5:101-104, 2003.
Keidar A, Kanitkar S, Szold A. Laparoscopic repair of recurrent inguinal hernia: long term follow up. Surg Endosc 16(12):1708-12, 2002.
Lev-Chelouche D, Keidar A, Rub R, Matzkin H, Gutman M. Hydronephrosis: an ominous prognostic sign for colorectal carcinoma. Eur J Surg Oncol 27(5):482-6, 2001.
Abu-Abeid S, Keidar A, Szold A. Resolution of chronic medical conditions after laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding for the treatment of morbid obesity in the elderly. Surg Endosc 15:132-4, 2001.
Szold A, Kais H, Keidar A, Nadav L, Eldor A, Klausner JM. Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a surgical disease. Surg Endosc 16(1):155-8, 2002.
Strul H, Liberman E, Kariv R, Gartner M, Kazanov D, Keidar A, Carmeli Y, Degani Y, Halpern Z, Arber N. Retrospective assessment of microsatellite instability in gastrointestinal neoplasia in Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews. Res Comm Mol Pathol Pharmacol. June 2002.
Accepted for publication
Neufeld D, Keidar A, Gutman M, Zissin R. Clinical aspects of abdominal wall abscesses in patients with Crohn’s disease. J Gastrointest Surg. Feb 2005.