Hadassah Medical CenterHadassah Medical Center
   Home    About    Treatment In Israel    Contact 
Home > Physicians, Researchers

Dr. Tsafrir Loebl, MD

Updated October 2009

 

 

Eating Disorders Unit

Department of Psychiatry

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center,

Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem 91120

Tel: 972-2-617-77-187

Mobile: 972-2-054-773-75-79

loebl@hadassah.org.il

 

 

 

Education

 

 

1995: B.Med.Sc (Medical Sciences) Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

 

2000: M.D.Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

 

Postdoctoral Training

 

1999-2000: Internship, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

 

2000-2005: Residency in Psychiatry, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach-Tiqva, Israel

 

2000-2003:  Post-Graduate studies in Psychiatry, The Faculty for Post-Graduate studies in  Medicine, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

 

2001-2004: Dynamic Psychotherapy Training, The Institute of Psychotherapy in Psychoanalytical Approach, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach-Tiqva, Israel

 

2005-2009: Research Fellowship, The Center for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, U

 

Licensure and Certification

 

1999 - Limited license in Medicine, Ministry if Health, Israel

 

2000 - License in Medicine, Ministry if Health, Israel

 

2004 - Board certified in Psychiatry, Ministry if Health, Israel

 

2004 - ECFMG certificate, USA

 

2005 - Limited license in Medicine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

Academic Appointments

 

2005-2009: Research Fellow Harvard University School of Medicine

 

Hospital or Affiliated Institution Appointments

 

1999-2000: Intern, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

2000-2004: Resident, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach-Tiqva, Israel.

 

2004-2005: Staff Psychiatrist, Weight & Eating Disorders Center, Sheba Medical Health Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.

 

2005-2009: Research Fellow. The Center for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

 

2009-current: Senior Psychiatrist, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

 

Professional Societies

 

2000-current: Israeli Medical Association - Member

 

2000-current: Israeli Psychiatric Society - Member

 

Community Service Related to Professional Work

 

1989-1998: Israel Defense Forces - Medic (Compulsory and Reserve Service)

 

1999-current: Israel Defense Forces - Physician (Reserve Service)

 

2000-2002: Physicians for Human Rights Association - Volunteer

 

Awards and Honors

 

2005:  INVEST International Fellowship Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH

 

Original articles

 

Loebl T., Smoking and Mental Disorders: Focus on neuroprotection, In: Brain Protection in Schizophrenia, Mood and Cognitive Disorders, Ritsner MS Ed. Springer Press (In Press)

 

Loebl T, Angarita GA, Pachas GN, Huang KL, Lee SH, Nino J, Logvinenko T, Culhane MA, Evins AE.

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of long-acting risperidone in cocaine-dependent men. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;69(3):480-6.

 

Katz G, Knobler HY, Laibel Z, Strauss Z, Durst R. Time zone change and major psychiatric morbidity: the results of a 6-year study in Jerusalem. Compr Psychiatry 2002; Jan-Feb 43(1):37-40.

 

Valevsky A., Loebl T, Keren T. Response of catatonia to Risperidone: two case reports. Clin. Neuropharmacol. 2001; July-August 24(4): 228-31.

 

Abstracts

 

A. Eden Evins, Tsafrir Loebl, Gladys Pachas, Johanna Nino, Annie Shawn, and Max Tedaldi, Evaluation of Safety of Varenicline in Schizophrenia, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobbaco 2009 Joint Conference, April 2009, Dublin, Ireland.

 

 Loebl T, Angarita GA, Huang KL, Sang LH, Pachas GN, Evins AE. A Double-Blind Controlled Study of the Effects of Risperidal-Consta on Brain Reward Circuitry Function, Craving and Cocaine Use in Active Cocaine Dependence. NIDA International Forum. 2006 June 18, Scottsdale, AZ.

 

Dissertations

 

Loebl T. Comparison of Psychiatric Hospitalization of Tourists in Jerusalem between the 80’s and the 90’s. [MD dissertation]. Jerusalem (Israel): The Hebrew University; 2000.

 

Loebl T.  Changes in Gene Expression Following Exposure to 9-THC. [Residency Dissertation]. Rehovot (Israel): Weizmann Institute of Science; 2004.

 

 

 




Dr. Tsafrir Loebl


            
     
 


         Powered by