Chairman, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hadassah University Hospital
Ein Karem, Jerusalem.
Curriculum Vitae
Born: April 18, 1946; Jerusalem, Israel.
Marital Status: Married (Miriam); three children: Oren (1976), Guy(1980), Netta(1986).
Military Service
1964 - 1966 Lieutenant, Israel Defense Forces (Artillery).
1995 - Lieutenant colonel (Reserves), Israel Defense Forces (Medical Corps).
Education
1958-1964 Hebrew University High School.
1966-1972 Medical training, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.
1972-1973 Internship, Hadassah Medical School.
1973 - M.D. Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School.
Postgraduate Training
1974-1975 Residency (Surgery), Hadassah Medical School.
1975-1981 Residency (OB/GYN), Hadassah Medical School.
1980 - Israel Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
1980-1981 Research Fellow, Hormone Research Dept., Weitzman Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
1982-1984 Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Reproductive Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Department OB/GYN.
1988 - Diplomat American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Employment
1980-1981 First Assistant, Department of OB/GYN, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
1981-1983 Temporary Chief Physician, Department of OB/GYN, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
1984 - To date, Permanent Chief Physician, Department of OB/GYN Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
1986-1988 Director IVF Program Mount Sinai Medical Center, N.Y.
1988-1993 Director IVF unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
1993-1998 Chairman, Department of OB/GYN Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
1999 - Chairman, Department of Ob/Gyn Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, Jerusalem.
Academic Appointments
1976 - Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School.
1978 - Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School.
1981 - Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School.
1986-1987 Visiting Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
1987 - Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical School.
1992 - Visiting Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, Department OB/GYN.
1993 - Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School.
Awards and Honors
1976 Oscar Hirsch Faculty Prize for M.D. Thesis.
1978 Zohara Levitov Faculty Prize for Gynecology and Fertility Research.
1981 Israel Fertility Society Award for Most Outstanding Work in Fertility Research.
Licenses
· Israel Medical License no. 11881
· Israel Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology License no. 7122.
· State of Connecticut License no. 24787
· American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Dip. 25199
Membership in Societies
· Chairman of the Israel Fertility Society
· Israel Medical Association
· Israel Society for Obstetrics & Gynecology
· Israel Endocrine Society
· European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Advisory board member)
· International Group for the Study of Steroid Hormones
· International Society for the Study of Reproduction.
· American Fertility Society
· American Society of Gynecological Investigation (SGI)
· Fellow American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Editorial Board
· Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
· (Associate Editor for New Techniques)
· Reproductive Sciences (Associate Editor)
· Fertility Digest
Publications (since 1998)
Hanoch J., Lavy Y., Holzer H., Hurwitz A., Simon A., Revel. And Laufer N.: Young low responders protected from untoward effects of reduced ovarian response. Fertil. Seteril 6 (69): 1001-1004, 1998.
Revel A., Hurwitz A. And Laufer N.: The Genetic aspects of intracytoplasmic sperm injection Israel. J. Obstet.Gynecol vol. 9 (2): 93-98, 1998.
Haimov-Kochman R., Laufer N, and Milwidsky A.: Cesaran section for severe fetal distress in woman with diabetic ketoacidosis. Case report. Israel J. Obstet. Gynecol. Vol. 9 (2), 164-167. 1998.
Simon A., Hurwitz A., Zentner B., Bdolah Y. And Laufer N.: Transfer of frozen-thawed embryos in artificially prepared cycles with an without prior gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist suppression: a prospective randomized study. Hum. Rep. 13 (10), 2712-2717, 1998.
Simon A., Holzer H., Hurwitz A., Revel A., Zentner BS., Lossos F and Laufer N.: Comparison of Cryopreservation Outcome Following Intracytoplasmic Seprm Injection and Conventional In Vitro Fertilization. Journal of Ass. Reprod. And Gen. 15 (7), 431-437. 1998.
Simon A., Revel A., Hurwitz A. And Laufer N.: The Pathogenesis of Ovarian Hyprstimulation Syndrome: A Continuing Enigma. Journal of Ass. Reprod. And Gen. 15 (4), 202-209. 1998.
Simon A, Hurwitz A, Pharhat M, Revel A, Zentner B, Laufer N: A flexible protocol for controlled preparation of the endometrium without prior gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist suppression in women with functioning ovaries undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles. Fertil Steril 71: 609-613, 1999.
Rachel Avner, Jacob Wahrman, Carmelit Richler, Nabieh Ayoub, Adam Friedman, Neri Laufer, Stella Mitrani-Rosenbaum: X Inactivation-specific Transcript Expression in Mouse Oocytes and Zygotes. Mol.Hum.Repr. vol.6 no.7: 591-594, 2000.
Sozos J. Fasouliotis, Alex Simon, Neri Laufer: Evaluation and Treatment of Low Responders in Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Challenge to Meet. Journal of Assisted Reproduction 17 (7):357-373, August, 2000.
Nathan Rojansky, Abraham Benshushan, Samuel Meirsdorf, Aby Lewin, Neri Laufer, Anat Saphran: Seasonal Variability in Fertilization and Embryo Quality Rates in Women Undergoing IVF. Fertility and Sterility vol 74 no.3 9/2000; 476-481.
N. Laufer: Assisted Hatching – Is it a Serious Alternative? 2nd World Congress on Controversies in Ob/Gyn and Infertility, Paris June 2001.
Should Diagnostic Laparoscopy be Performed After Normal Hysterosalpingography in Treating Infertility Suspected to be of Unknown Origin? Human Reproduction Vol.17, No.1 pp.1-3, 2002.
Simplified Artificial Endometrial Preparation, Using Oral Estradiol and Novel Vaginal Progesterone Tablets (Endomentrin): a Prospective Randomized Study. A.Lewin, G.Pisov, R. Turgeman, M. Fatum, Y. Shufaro, A. Simon, N. Laufer, A.Revel, B. Reubinoff, A. Safran. Gynecol Endocrinol 2002; 16:1-6
Protecting Female Fertility from Cancer Therapy. Revel, N. Laufer. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 187 (2002) 83-91
A High Predictive Value of the First Testicular Fine Needle Aspiration in Patients with Non-obstructive Azoospermia for Sperm Recovery at the Subsequent Attempt. S.J. Fasouliotis, A. Safran, A.Porat-Katz, A.Simon, N.Laufer, A.Lewin Human Reproduction Vol.17,No.1.pp.139-142, 2002.
Impact of Repeated testicular fine Needle Aspirations (Tefna) and Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE) on the Microscopic Morphology of the Testis: an Animal Model. Y. Shufaro,D. Prus, N. Laufer, A. Simon. Human Reproduction Vol.17,No.7 pp.1795-1799, 2002.
Hysteroscopic Treatment of Intrauterine Lesions in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women. A. Shushan, A. Revel, N. Laufer, N. Rojansky. The Journal of the American of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. May 2002, Vol.9, No.2.
Is diagnostic laparoscopy ever indicated? N. Laufer, M. Fatum, Y. Lavy, A. Simon. Berlin April 2003,Controversies in Obstetrics Gynecology and Infertility.
Oocyte collection during crypreservation of the ovarian cortex. Revel,M.Koler,A.Simon,A.Lewin, N.Laufer, A.Safran. Fertility Steril. 2003 May; 79 (5): 1237-9.
Inhibitors that target protein kinases for the treatment of ovarian carcinoma. R.Arbel, N.Rojansky, B.Klein, R.Levitzki, A.Hartzstark, N.Laufer, H. Ben-Bassat. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, May 2003,Vol.188,No.5:1283-90.
Hyaluronic acid can successfully replace albumin as the sole macromolecule in a human embryo transfer medium. A. Simon, A. Safran, A. Revel, E. Aizenman, B. Reubinoff, A. Porat-Katz, A. Lewin, N. Laufer. Fertility and Sterility Vol.70, No.6, June 2003.
Treatment of obstetric hemorrhage with recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa). S. Segal, I.Y.Shemesh, R.Blumenthal, B.Yoffe, N. Laufer, Y.Ezra, I.Levy. M.Mazor, U.Martinowitz. Arch Gynecolo Obstet (2003) 268:266-267.
General Concepts of endocrine manipulation of assisted reproduction. S. Fasouliotis, N. Laufer.
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)- Antagonist versus GnRH-Agonist in ovarian stimulation of poor responders undergoing IVF. S. Fasouliotis, N. Laufer, Sh. Sabbagh-Ehrlich, A. Lewin, A. Hurwitz, A. Simon. Journal of Assisted Rep. and Generics, Vol.20, No.11, November 2003, pp. 455-460.
Emergency IVF is successful in preserving fertility of women subjected to chemotherapy treatment. A. Revel, H. Gino, A. Safran, N. Laufer, A. Simon
Twin delivery following 12 years of human embryo cryopreservation: case report. A.Revel, A.Safran, N.Laufer, A.Lewin, B.Reubinov, A.Simon. Human Reprod. 2004 February; 19 (2): 328-9.
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