Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Hadassah Medical Center
P.O.Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Mobile no.:+972-507874926
Office Tel.:+972-2-6776342
Office Fax:+972-2-6423074
E-mail address: akhoury@hadassah.org.il
Personal details
Born: 24.2.1969
Citizenship: Israeli
Marital status: Married + 3
Education
1987 Graduated St. Joseph High School, Nazareth, Israel in Mathematics, Electronics, Physics and Computer Science Cum Laude.
1987 – 1988 The Technion - Institute of Polytechnics Haifa, Israel - Electrical Engineering.
1988 - 1992 Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, B.Sc. in Medical Sciences
1992 – 1995 Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, M.D. Thesis: Bovine Collagen Sponge as a skin substitute in deep second degree burns.
1995 – 1996 Internship: Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
1996 – 2002 Residency: Orthopedic Surgery Department , Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel.
1996 – 1997 United States Medical Licensing Examinations - Step 1, Step-2 and the USMLE English Test.
1999 Board Examinations in Orthopedic Surgery – Stage I
2000 Instructor, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem.
2001 Final Board Examinations in Orthopedic Surgery – Stage II
2003-2004 A clinical fellow of lower extremity and trauma surgery, Orthopedic surgery, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Science Center, Postgraduate medical studies, University of Toronto
2004-2005 Research fellow, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Science Center and the Orthopedic Biomechanics laboratory, Postgraduate medical studies, University of Toronto
Professional Courses
1995 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course A.C.L.S. Hadassah Jerusalem.
Advanced Trauma Life Support Course A.T.L.S. Hadassah, Jerusalem.
1997 AO Basic Course in Internal Fixation of Fractures, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1999 AO – IMN Course, Tel Aviv, Israel
2000 AO Advanced Course in Fracture Fixation, Davos, Switzerland.
2000 Modified Cardiac Life Support Course M.C.L.S., Hadassah, Jerusalem.
2004 AO Pelvic and Acetabular fractures fixation course, Toronto, Canada
2005 Upper extremity trauma handling, AAOS, Washington.
Academic Appointments - Hebrew University
Professional Experience – Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
1995-6 Internship, Hadassah University hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
1996-2003 Residency, Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital.
2005 – present Attending senior orthopedic surgeon, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah University hospital.
Other activities
a. Awards
2003 e Howard Rosen Scholarship for orthopedic trauma fellowship, 60,000 NIS.
2006 Atesok K, Khoury A, Weil Y, Peyser A, Liebergall M, Mosheiff R. Intraoperative three dimensional imaging (ISO-C-3D) in trauma surgery. (Awarded as "Best Poster" OTA)
b. Professional membership
1995 Israel Medical Association
2003 Israel orthopedic Surgeons Association
2004 American Orthopedic Trauma Association
2002 A-O Alumni member
2005 International member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
2003-2005 College of physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
c. Professional committees
2005 Hospital committee for infection control, Hadassah Medical Center.
d. Research
1997-1999 Active Co-Investigator: An Efficacy and Safety Study of rh/BMP-2/Absorbable Collagen Sponge in Open Tibial Shaft Fractures Requiring Surgical Management. An international multi-centric study conducted by Genetics Institute, USA.
2002- Investigator: guided regeneration of weight bearing bones: quantification of the efficacy of the osteoconductive factor FGF-9.
2002- Principle Investigator. Comparative, multi-center study, evaluating the treatment outcome of high-energy femoral fractures as a measure to the effectiveness of the orthopedic trauma system in Israel.
2005 Computational imaging analysis: Assessing different patterns of displacements of Lateral compression fractures of the pelvis
Current Research
· Developing a novel diagnostic tool assessing Lateral compression fractures of the pelvis, a biomechanical and clinical study.
· Patient specific Finite element modeling of the pelvis.
· Intraoperative guided navigation: 1-Cone beam CT for image guided surgery. Pre-clinical investigation in Tibial plateau fractures. 2- Computer Assisted surgery in combination with cone beam CT technology. Fracture reduction project.
Grants
1. Whyne CM, Khoury A, Bulmer B, Stephen D, Kreder H. Quantifying the Stability of Lateral Compression Pelvic Fractures. O&AI Musculoskeletal Research Grant. 2005-2006. (Co-PI)
This pilot project is aimed at developing a sensitive and repeatable intraoperative device to measure pelvic stability and a multidimensional research protocol to assess stability in lateral compression pelvic fractures.
2. Whyne CM, Khoury A, Roth S, Bulmer B, Stephen D, Kreder H. Lateral Compression Pelvic Injuries: To fix or not to fix? University of Toronto, Zimmer Unrestricted Funds. 2004-2005. (Co-PI)
This project utilized computational analysis to quantify pelvic displacement patterns in lateral compression fractures.
3. Khoury A. Biomechanical assessment of the Insufficiency Fractures of the pelvis, using Finite Element Modeling. Hadassah internal funds. 2205-2006. (PI).
This study utilizes Finite element analysis of a pelvic model, previously validated at our lab, for the assessment of the insufficiency fractures of the pelvis, and the effect of bone density changes on the fractures occurrence.
4. Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (NIHP), “Comparative, multi-center study evaluation the treatment outcome of high-energy femoral fractures as a measure of the effectiveness of the orthopedic trauma system in Israel”, R. MosheiffPI , L. Brocke, M. Avitzur, A Khoury, 439,450 NIS.
This is a multicenter, prospective study, evaluating femoral fractures outcome, at level 1 and 2 hospital s in Israel and comparing the results between the two categories.
Teaching Experience
1997- Teaching Orthopedic Surgery Course to Fifth Year Medical Students at the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem.
Teaching at Hadassah Medical Center Nursing School.
2001 – Teaching of Operating Theatre Nursing Course
2003-2005 Teaching of Orthopaedic surgery residents, University of Toronto
2003-2004 Teaching Orthopedics for Medical clerks at University of Toronto
Tutoring M.D thesis
Morsi Khashan Bone guided regeneration in bone critical defect: the efficacy of stem cells coated membranes for guided regeneration of weight bearing bone.
Tutoring Basic Science
Dr. Omri Lubovsky Acetabular Orientation: a novel method for the evaluation of acetabular spatial orientation. (2006)
Publications
PI = Principle investigator, C – Co-Author, S = Student, T = Technician
In bold = Chosen reprints best representing my research (#3,4,5,6,9)
M.D. Thesis
Bovine Collagen Sponge as a skin substitute in deep second degree burns. Prof. Arieh Eldad, Prof. Hana Ben-Bassat, Laboratory for experimental surgery, Hebrew University, Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, 1995.
Peer Reviewed Original Papers
1. Khoury, API., Mosheiff, RC. and Liebergall, MPI. (1999) Thromboembolism in Orthopedic Trauma Patients. Journal of Israel Medical Association. (Hebrew). 137(11): 515-520.
2. Khoury API, London EC, Mosheiff RPI. (2002) Percutaneous fixation of distal tibial fractures. Foot Ankle Int; 23(9):818-24.
3. Weil YPI, Liebergall MC, Khoury AC, Moshieff RPI. (2004) The use of computerized fluoroscopic navigation for the removal of pelvic screws. Am J Orthop; 33(8):384-5.
4. Mosheiff RPI, Khoury AC, Weil YC, Liebergall MPI. (2004) The use of computerized navigation in the treatment of gunshot and shrapnel injury. Comput Aided Surg, 9(1-2):39-43.
5. Mosheiff RPI, Khoury AC, Weil YoramC, Liebergal MPI. (2004) First generation of fluoroscopic navigation in percutaneous pelvic surgery. J Orthop Trauma.;18(2):106-11.
6. L. JoskowiczPI, D. KnaanS, H. LivyatanS, Z. YanivS, A. KhouryC, R. MosheiffC , M. LiebergalC. (2003) "Anatomical image-based rigid registration between fluoroscopic X-ray and CT: methods and experimental results". CARS'2003, H.U. Lemke et. al. editors, Elsevier 2003, pp 419--425.
7. Barzilay YPI, Liebergall MC, Safran OC, Khoury AC, Mosheiff RPI. (2005) Pelvic fractures in a level I trauma center – A test case to the efficacy of the evolving trauma system in Israel. IMAJ, 7: 619-622.
8. Peyser A, Khoury A, Liebergall M. Shrapnel Management. JAAOS, in press, 2006.
9. Amal Khoury, Meir Liebergall, Yoram Weil, Rami Mosheiff . Navigation Assisted Intramedullary Nailing – Technical Report. Am J Orthop, accepted for publication, 2006.
10. Peyser A, Applbaum Y, Khoury A, Liebergall M, Atesok K. Osteoid Osteoma: CT guided radiofrequency ablation using a water-cooled probe. Ann of Surg Oncol, in press. 2006. Electronic publication ahead of print: http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-006-9293-4.
Peer Reviewed Clinical Observations (Case Reports)
Abstracts
1. Weil Y, Liebergall M, Khoury A, Mosheiff R. Tantalum rod for the treatment of humeral non-union in the elderly. J Bone Joint Surg [Br], Suppl. II, 88-B:337, 2006.
2. Khoury A, Kreder H, Srinskas T, Hardisty M, Whyne C. Lateral compression fracture of the pelvis represents a heterogeneous group of complex 3D patterns of displacement. J Bone Joint Surg [Br], Suppl. II, 88-B:341, 2006.
3. A. Khoury, CM Whyne, MJ Daly, DJ Moseley, G. Bootsma, T. Skrinskas, JH Siewerdsen, DA Jaffray. Intraoperative cone-beam ct for measurement and correction of periaxial malrotation of the femoral shaft: a surface-matching approach. J Bone Joint Surg [Br], Suppl. II, 88-B:342, 2006.
Submitted
1. Khoury A, Kreder H, Skrinskas T, Hardisty M. Lateral compression fracture of the pelvis represents a heterogeneous group of complex 3D patterns of displacement. J Orthop Trauma.
2. Khoury, J.H Siewerdsen, C.M. Whyne, H.J. Kreder, D.J. Moseley, D. Jaffray. Cone Beam CT for image guided surgery: Pre-clinical investigation in Tibial Plateau fractures. J Orthop Trauma.
3. Khoury A, Whyne CM, Daly MJ, Moseley DJ, Bootsma G, Skrinskas T, Siewerdsen JH, Jaffray DA. Intraoperative Cone-Beam CT for measurement and correction of peraxial malrotation of the femoral shaft: a surface matching approach. Journal of Medical Physics.
4. K. Atesok, *J. Finkelstein, A. Khoury, A. Peyser, Y. Weil, M. Liebergall, R. Mosheiff: The use of intra-operative three-dimensional imaging (iso-c-3d) in fixation of intra-articular fractures. JOT
5. A.Khoury, K.Atesok, M.Liebergall, R.Mosheiff. The Role of Iso-C3D in Syndesmotic Ankle Injury, Foot & Ankle Int.
Proceedings
1. Khoury A, Mattan Y, Dimant A, Segal D, Liebergall M. Total joint replacement above the age of 75 years. The 17th Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Association, November 1997, Haifa, Israel. (Presented)
2. Khoury A, Kaplan L, Sagiv S, Millgram M, Floman Y. The surgical management of post-traumatic kyphosis. The 18th Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Association, November 1998, Haifa, Israel. (Presented)
3. Barzilay Y, Safran O, Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Segal D, Liebergall M. Epidemiology of pelvic fractures: a retrospective study. The 19th Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Association, December 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
4. Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Sarfran O, Toybenshlak M, Segal D, Liebergall M. Percutaneous fixation of acetabular fractures. The 20th Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Assocaition, December 2000, Tel Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
5. Khoury A, Liebergall M, Segal D, Ben David D, Mosheiff R. Percutaneous plate fixation of the distal tibia. The 20th Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Assocaition, December 2000, Tel Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
6. Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Liebergall M. High-energy trauma in morbid obesity patients. The 21st Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Assocaition, December 2001, Tel Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
7. M. Liebergall, Khoury A, R. Mosheiff. Shrapnel and bullets – when, how and whether they should be removed? Invited lecture: National Trauma Forum, Rabin Medical Center, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Petach Tikvah, Israel, June 2002.(Presented)
8. Khoury A, Liebergall M, Weil Y, Mosheiff R. navigation assisted intra-medullary nailing- the first generation. . The 22st Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Assocaition, December 2002, Tel Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
9. Palladas L, Khoury A, Liebergall M, Pidhortz K, Mosheiff R. Penetrating injuries to the Sciatic nerve. The 22st Annual Congress of the Israel Orthopaedic Assocaition, December 2002, Tel Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
10. Khoury A, Liebergall M, Weill Y, Mosheiff R. Navigation-assisted intramedullary nailing--the first generation. The ISRACS’ 2003, Tel-Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
11. Mosheiff, R, Khoury A, Weill, Y, Liebergall M. First generation of computerized fluoroscopic navigation in percutaenous pelvic surgery. The ISRACAS 2003, Tel-Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
12. Joskowicz L, Knaan D, Livyatan H, Yaniv Z, Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Liebergall M. Anatomical image-based rigid registration between fluoroscopic X-ray and CT: methods and experimental results''. Proc. of the 17th Int. Congress on Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery. The ISRACAS 2003, Tel-Aviv, Israel. (Presented)
13. Khoury A, Liebergall M, Weill Y, Mosheiff R. Navigation-assisted intramedullary nailing--the first generation. CAOS'2003: 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Marbella, Spain
14. Mosheiff, R, Khoury A, Weill, Y, Liebergall M. First generation of computerized fluoroscopic navigation in percutaneous pelvic surgery. CAOS'2003: 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery, Marbella, Spain
15. Joskowicz L, Knaan D, Livyatan H, Yaniv Z, Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Liebergall M. Anatomical image-based rigid registration between fluoroscopic X-ray and CT: methods and experimental results''. Proc. of the 17th Int. Congress on Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, CAOS'2003, H.U. Lemke et. al. eds, Elsevier 2003.
16. Khoury A, Liebergall M, Weill Y, Mosheiff R. Navigation-assisted intramedullary nailing--the first generation. The 19Th annual OTA meeting, Salt lake city, Utah, USA.
17. Khoury A, Kreder H, Roth S, Hardisty M, Whyne C. Patterns of Injury in Lateral compression fractures of the pelvis, a Retrospective CT study. The CORS meeting, Montreal, Canada 2005.
18. Khoury A, Siewerdsen J, Whyne C, Kreder H, Moseley D, Jaffray D. Cone Beam CT for image guided surgery: Preclinical investigation in Tibial Plateau fractures. CAOS 2005 Helsinki, Finland
19. Khoury A, Kreder H, Srinskas T, Hardisty M, Whyne C. Lateral compression fracture of the pelvis represents a heterogeneous group of complex 3D patterns of displacement. Gallie day 2005, University of Toronto.
20. M. Liebergall, A. Khoury, R. Mosheiff. Shrapnel and bullets – when, how and whether they should be removed? Invited lecture: National Trauma Forum, Rabin Medical Center, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Petach Tikvah, Israel, June 2002. (Keynote lecture)
21. M. Hernandez, R. Mosheiff, A. Khoury, M. Liebergall. The role of high-tech in Poller screw insertion. Poster. 22nd Annual Meeting of Israel Orthopaedic Association, Tel Aviv, December 2002.
22. Joskowicz L, Mosheiff R, Knaan D, Linyatan H, Yaniv Z, Khoury A, Liebergall M. Anatomical image-based registration between fluoroscopic x-ray and CT images: experimental results. 23rd Annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, December 2003, Tel Aviv.
23. Beyth S, Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Liebergall M. Cell based therapy for complicated fractures and bone loss. A preliminary report. 23rd Annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, December 2003, Tel Aviv
24. Mosheiff R, Khoury A, Weil Y, Liebergall M. First Generation of computerized fluoroscopic navigation in percutaneous pelvic surgery. 71st annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 10-14, 2004, San Francisco, USA.
25. Weil Y, Mosheiff R, Khoury A, Liebergall M. The use of computerized navigation in the treatment of gunshot and shrapnel injury. The 2004 International Conference on Medical Consequences of Terrorism, 15-17 June 2004, Tel Aviv. (Lecture)
26. S. Beyth, A. Khoury, R. Mosheiff and M. Liebergall. Long bones fractures in Terror setting: cell based therapy for complicated fractures – a preliminary report. The 2004 International Conference on Medical Consequences of Terrorism, 15-17 June 2004, Tel Aviv.
27. A. Khoury, Hans Kreder,Tomas Skrinskas, Michael Hardisty, Sandra Roth, Cari Whyne. Lateral compression fracture of the pelvis represents a heterogeneous group of complex 3D patterns of displacement. University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Gallie day 2005.
28. A. Khoury, Hans Kreder,Tomas Skrinskas, Michael Hardisty, Sandra Roth, Cari Whyne. Lateral compression fracture of the pelvis represents a heterogeneous group of complex 3D patterns of displacement. 25th Annual meeting of the Israel Orthopedic Association, 21-22 December 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel.
29. A. Khoury, CM Whyne, MJ Daly, DJ Moseley, G. Bootsma, T. Skrinskas, JH Siewerdsen, DA Jaffray. Intraoperative cone-beam ct for measurement and correction of periaxial malrotation of the femoral shaft: a surface-matching approach. 25th Annual meeting of the Israel Orthopedic Association, 21-22 December 2005, Tel Aviv, Israel.
30. Khoury A, Kreder H, Srinskas T, Hardisty M, Whyne C. Lateral compression fracture of the pelvis represents a heterogeneous group of complex 3D patterns of displacement. Orthopedic Research Society annual meeting, Chicago, March 2006.
31. Khoury A, Whyne CM, Daly MJ, Moseley DJ, Bootsma G, Skrinskas T, Siewerdsen JH, Jaffray DA. Intraoperative Cone-Beam CT for measurement and correction of peraxial malrotation of the femoral shaft: a surface matching approach. Orthopedic Research Society annual meeting, Chicago, March 2006.
32. Skrinskas T, Khoury A, Whyne CM. In-Vitro lateral compression fracture stability. Canadian Orthopedic Association annual meeting, Toronto, June 2-4 2006. (poster)
33. Khoury A, Kreder H, Srinskas T, Hardisty M, Whyne C. Lateral compression fracture of the pelvis yields complex 3D patterns of displacement. Canadian Orthopedic Association annual meeting, Toronto, June 2-4 2006. (poster)
34. Atesok K, Khoury A, Weil Y, Peyser A, Liebergall M, Mosheiff R. Intraoperative three dimensional imaging (ISO-C-3D) in trauma surgery. OTA meeting October 5-7 2006, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Poster (Awarded as "Best Poster")
35. Atesok K, Khoury A, Weil Y, Zuaiter I, Liebergall M, Mosheiff R. The use of intraoperative three-dimensional imaging (Iso-C3D) in fixation of intraarcitular fractures. 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
36. Atesok K, Khoury A, Weil Y, Khaimov N, Liebergall M, Mosheiff R. CT (Iso-C-3D) image based computer assisted navigation in trauma surgery: a preliminary report of 5 cases. (poster). 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
37. Beyth S, Daskal A, Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Liebergall M. Cigarette smoking is associated with lower concentration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
38. Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Peyser A, Beyth S, Liebergall M. the first generation of computer assisted fracture reduction. 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
39. Khoury A, Avitzour M, Weiss Y, Mosheiff R, Peyser A, Liebergall M. What is the practical outcome of hip fracture management following the ministry of health new policy? 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
40. Peyser A, Goldman V, Khoury A, Mosheiff R, Liebergall M. Surgical treatment of reversed oblique subtrochanteric fractures of the hip with PCCP device. 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
41. N.Shazar, R.Mosheiff, M.Bernstein-Weyel, N.Bruck, A.Khoury. The stoppa approach for acetabular fractures. 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
42. J. Finkelstien, A.Khoury, C.Whyne. Finite element analysis of spinal fracture injury mechanisms. 26th annual meeting of the Israeli Orthopedic Association, 19-20 December 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
43. Atesok K, Khoury A, Weil Y, Peyser A, Liebergall M, Mosheiff R. Intraoperative three dimensional imaging (ISO-C-3D) in trauma surgery. AAOS 2007, San Diego, USA. 14-18 February 2007, Poster (Awarded as "Best Poster" OTA)
Invited Talks
1. The Role of Computer Assisted surgery in Orthopedics. Grand Surgical round, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Science Center Toronto, Canada