Director of the
Clinical Immunology and Allergy unit
Department of Medicine
Hadassah University Hospital
Ein-Karem, Jerusalem
Tel: 972-2-6778899
E-mail: Shalit@hadassah.org.il
Prof. Meir Shalit is a graduate of the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.
Following a 4-year service in the Israel Defense Forces, Prof. Shalit completed his residency in Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine A at Hadassah Medical Center.
He subsequently did his fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology (1985 - 1987) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
In 1991 - 1992 he was visiting scientist in the Laboratory of Host Defenses at the NIH.
Prof. Shalit has served at many national and international professional committees and is a recipient of awards from the American and European Academies of Allergy and Immunology.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and is the author of more than 90 articles.
Prof. Shalit's clinical and research interests are focused on mast cells and eosinophils function and activation, drug allergies and latex allergy.
Prof. Shalit is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Clinical Immunology and Allergy unit of the Department of Medicine.
For List of Publications
see PubMed