Nephrology and Hypertension Services
Division of Medicine
iritmy@hadassah.org.il
Education:
1989-1991 - The High School by the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1995-2001 - School of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Military Service:
1992 – 1995 - Lieutenant , Israel Defense Forces
Academic Degrees:
1998 - B.Sc
2002 - M.D
Specialty boards certification of Israeli Medical Association, Scientific Council:
Internal Medicine – February 2008
Awards and Honors:
2005 - Berman scholarship - "Clinical models for CRP induced atherosclerosis".
2010 - The Israeli Society for Nephrology & Hypertension annual Research grant - "The 17 cells in renal allograft rejection".
Hospital Appointments:
2002 - Internship, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
2003 – 2007 - Resident. Department of Internal Medicine C, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
2008- Present - Fellow in Nephrology, Nephrology and Hypertension Services, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
2009–Present - Attending physician, Internal Medicine B, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
Hadassah Committees:
2010 – Present - Member of the Hadassah committee for working methods.
University Appointments:
2006 – Present - Instructor
2007 - Present - Member of the Medical school admission committee.
Teaching Assignments:
2003 – Present - Internal Medicine for medical students (4th and 6th years), clinical rounds.
2008 – Present - Nephrology for 6th year medical students
List of Publications:
1. Yaron G, Brill A, Dashevsky O, Mor Yosef-Levi I, Grad E, Danenberg HD, Varon D. C-reactive protein promotes platelet adhesion to endothelial cells: a potential pathway in atherothrombosis. 2006, Br J Haematol. Aug;134(4):426-31.
2. Irit Mor Yosef – Levi, Haim D. Danenberg. C reactive protein and atherothrombosis – a prognostic factor or a risk factor? 2007, Harefua, Dec;146(12)970-4,996
3. Etty Grad, Mordechai Golom, Irit Mor-Yosef, Nikolay Koroukhov, Chaim Lotan, Elazer R. Edelman, and Haim D. Danenberg. Transgenic expression of human C-reactive protein suppresses endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and bioactivity after vascular injury. 2007,Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. Jul;293(1):H489-95.
4. Nechama M, Uchida T, Mor Yosef-Levi I, Silver J, Naveh-Many T. The peptidyl-prolyl isomerase Pin1 determines parathyroid hormone mRNA levels and stability in rat models of secondary hyperparathyroidism. 2009, J Clin Invest. Oct;119(10):3102-14.
Presentations in Scientific Meetings
1. The 45 annual convention of the Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (March 2009) – "Transjugular Kidney Biopsy: enabling safe tissue diagnosis in high risk patients".
2. The 46 annual convention of the Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (April 2010) - "Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: are men and women equal?"