Department of Neurosurgery
Hadassah University Hospital
Ein-Karem, Jerusalem
E-mail: rsegal@hadassah.org.il
Former Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Born in Rosario, Argentina, 1943
M.D. from Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Rosario, Argentina, 1967
Completed Neurosurgical Residency at Beilinson Medical Center,Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1975
Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, U.S.A, 1977 - 1978
Clinical and Research Fellowship in Microneurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A, 1978 – 1979
Chief, Neurosurgery Section, VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 1981 – 1999
Attending Neurosurgeon at the Presbyterian University, Montefiore, Children’s, and South Side Hospitals, University of Pittsburgh, 1989-1999
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 1984 – 1999
Co-director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic, Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1993 – 1999
Member, Department of Veterans Affairs Neurosurgical Consultants Committee, Washington, DC, U.S.A, 1990 – 1999
Senior Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, since 1999
Clinical Fellowship in Spinal Instrumentation, Prof. Jean Dubousset, Hopital Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France, 1992
Neuroendoscopy Workshop, Los Angeles VA / UCLA, U.S.A., 1995
Course in Intradiscal Thermal Annuloplasty, Basel, Switzerland, 2002.
Medical Societies (Member)
Israel Neurosurgical Society since 1975
Pennsylvania Medical Society (U.S.A) since 1983.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (U.S.A.) since 1985
Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (U.S.A) since 1985
Joint Section on Pain, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (U.S.A) since 1994
American Society of Pain Medicine (U.S.A.) since 1996
American Neuromodulation Society (U.S.A) since 1996
International Neuromodulation Society since 1997.
Israel Spine Society since 2000.
Editorial Boards (Member)
Neurological Research since 1991.
Current Research Interests
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.
Spine and Nerve Sheath Tumors.
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Causalgia).
Research Funding
National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S.A., 1979-1986; 1992-1997.
American Heart Association, U.S.A. 1982 –1983; 1983 – 1984.
Merit Review ( Federal U.S.A.) 1981 – 1987.
Copeland Fund (U.S.A.) 1989 – 1991.
Medtronic Inc. (U.S.A.) 2001- 2002
Ricardo Segal, Former Professor at the University of Pittsburgh in U.S.A came back to Israel to join Hadassah in 1999. He trained many American and foreign neurosurgery residents in the States and directed the neurosurgical treatment of veterans as well as a laboratory for animal research. He has brought his rich experience in Spine, Peripheral Nerve, and Pain Surgery as well as Pediatric Neurosurgery to the Neurosurgery Department in Hadassah.
Selected Publications References
Book Chapters
Segal R, Dujovny M, Drayer BP: Hidrocefalia infantil y tomografia computada. In: Vinas FD, ed. Hidrocefalia. Sintomatologia Clinica, Diagnostico y tratamiento. Argentina: Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. 1979:123-149.
Segal R, Harris A: Interventional and ablative procedures for cancer pain. In: Lotze MT, Rubin JT, eds. Regional Therapy of Advanced Cancer. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1997:401-415.
Segal R, Ferson PM, Nemoto E, et al: Blood flow monitored transthoracic endoscopic sympathectomy. In: Rengachery SS, Wilkins RG eds. Neurosurgical Operative Atlas Vol. 7. Wilkins and Wilkins 1998:149-157.
Rosenthal G, Segal R, Umansky F: Penetrating Brain Injuries. In: Schmidek HH, Sweet WH eds. Operative Neurosurgical Techniques. Elsevier Science 2005. In Print.
Journal Articles
Segal R, Izak G, Feldman S: Augmented red cell sequestration after electrical stimulation of the posterior hypothalamus in rats. J Reticuloendothelial Soc 9:225-236, 1971.
Blum B, Segal R: Modifications in cortically induced peripheral motor nerve activity induced by the center median in the cat and in the squirrel monkey. Physiology and Behavior 10:755-758, 1973.
Segal R, Sroka H, Sandbank U, Kott E: Hemiballismus with lesion of the subthalamic nucleus and neuroaxonal degeneration of the homolateral substantia nigra. Ann Neurol 2:169-172, 1977.
Segal R, Gendell H, Canfield D, Dujovny M, Jannetta PJ: Cardiovascular response to pulsatile pressure applied to the ventrolateral medulla. Surg Forum XXX:433-435, 1979.
Segal R, Dujovny M, Nelson D, Kossovsky N, McManus G, Fernandez Gatti E: The safety of intraventricular gentamicin therapy: Experimental study in rabbits. Surg Forum XXXII:496-498, 1981.
Segal R, Gendell HM, Canfield D, Dujovny M, Jannetta PJ: Hemodynamic changes induced by pulsatile compression of the ventrolateral medulla. Angiology 33:161-172, 1982.
Segal R, Jannetta PJ, Wolfson (Jr) SK, Dujovny M, Cook EE: Implanted
pulsatile balloon device for simulation of neurovascular compression syndromes in animals. J Neurosurg 57:646-650, 1982.
Jannetta PJ, Segal R, Wolfson (Jr) SK: Neurogenic hypertension: Etiology and surgical treatment. I. Observations in 53 patients. Ann Surg 201:391-398, 1985.
Jannetta PJ, Segal R, Wolfson (Jr) SK, Dujovny M, Semba A, Cook EE, Porter DK: Neurogenic hypertension: Etiology and surgical treatment. II. Observations in an experimental nonhuman primate model. Ann Surg 202:253-261, 1985.
Segal R, Jannetta PJ, Wolfson (Jr) SK, Dujovny M, Cook EE: La hypertension arterial y el neurocirujano. Neurocirugia 1:137-146, 1985. (In Spanish, English abstract)
Segal R, Saito R, Sen C: Ulnar neuropathy caused by fat necrosis with cystic myxoid degeneration at the upper forearm. Neurosurg 23:669-671, 1988.
Linskey ME, Segal R: Median nerve injury from local steroid injection in carpal tunnel syndrome. Neurosurg 26:512-515, 1990
Segal R, Alsawaf M, Tabatabai A, Saito R, Segal E, McKinstry R: The use of visible light-curing resin for vertebral body replacement. J. Neurosurg. 75:91-96, 1991.
Segal R, Pollack I, Segal E, Hanley E, Sclabassi R, Hirsh W: Herniated L4-
5 disc following Harrington instrumentation for thoracolumbar spine fracture. Neurosurg 29:135-136, 1991.
Segal R, Machiraju U, Larkins M: Tortuous Peripheral Arteries: A cause of focal neuropathy. J Neurosurg 76:701-704, 1992.
Segal R, Murali S, Tipton K: Treatment of "Chronic" Unstable Angina Pectoris: Use of a Totally Implantable Programmable Device for Continuous Intrathecal Opiate Infusion: Case Report. Neurosurg 38:385-388, 1996.
Segal R, Stacey BR, Rudy TE, Baser S, Markham JR: Spinal cord stimulation revisited. Neurological Research.20:391-6, 1998.
Segal R: Spinal cord stimulation, conception, pregnancy, and labor: case study in a complex regional pain syndrome patient. Neuromodulation 2, 1999.
Itshayek E, Spector S, Gomori M, Segal R. Fibrous Dysplasia in Combination with Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Occipital Bone and the Clivus: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Neurosurgery 51:815-818, 2002.
Itshayek E, Goldman J, Chikoya L, Gomori M, Segal R.: “Extradural hematoma of the clivus, not only diagnosis of the severe injured patient – case report and review of the literature”. Journal of Trauma 2005. In Print.