Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Burn unit & hand surgery unit
Ein kerem – Jerusalem
Tel: 972-2-6777111
Fax: 972-2-6434434
E mail – rtomerz@hadassah.org.il
Personal Data
Born July 26th, 1970, Afula, Israel.
Current position
Attending, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Appointment at the Hebrew University
Instructor in Plastic Surgery in Israel, October 2003
Fellowship
February-August 2009: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Israel, Clinique de Louvre, Paris, France
Residency
July 2000 – June 2001 General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
July 2001 – November 2006 Plastic Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
Internship
March 1995 – March 1996 Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Medical School
1988 – 1995 Bruce Rappaport Medical School Technion Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa, Israel
Prizes Awarded
August 1992 Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences – Cum Laude
May 2002 M.D. Thesis: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the demonstration of monoclonality in cutaneous lymphocytic infiltrates – primary experience in Chaim Sheba medical center – Commended for excellency
May 2002 Doctor of Medicine – Cum Laude
2002-2008: Excellent teacher, School of Medicine, Hebrew University, 7 consecutive years.
July 2006 Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Publications
Tzur T, Liberman S, Felzenstein I, Cohen R, Rivkind AI, Almogy G. Liver abscesses caused by streptococcus milleri: An uncommon presenting sign of silent colonic cancer. Isr Med Assoc J. 2003 March; 5(3):206-7.
Eldad A, Icekson M, Tzur T, Slosser D, Mally A, Ariely D, Burvin R, Ad-El DD, Neuman A. Silver-Sulfadiazine eschar pigmentation mimics invasive wound infection: a case report. J Burn Care Rehabil. 2003 May-June; 24(3): 154-7.
Eldad A, Tzur T. Vaccum – a novel method for treating chronic wounds. Harefuah. 2003 Dec; 142 (12): 834-6, 877, 878.
Ad-El DD, Eldad A, Mintz Y, Berlatzky Y, Elami A, Rivkind AI, Almogy G, Tzur T. Suicide bombing injuries: the Jerusalem experience of exceptional tissue damage posing a new challenge for the reconstructive surgeon. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Aug;118(2):383-7; discussion 388-9.
More in PubMed
Chapter in Book
A. Eldad, J. Peleg, T. Tzur, Terror and war burns in Israel, Terror & Medicine, 433-445.
Presentations
T. Tzur, D. Slosser, C. Pidhorz, The double axial pattern flap: a case report. Poster presentation. In the 28th annual meeting of the Israel society of plastic & aesthetic surgery, 27-28 November, 2001, Tel-Aviv Israel. Won first prize.
T. Tzur. Plastic surgery involvement in the treatment of terror assault casualties 29 Sept. 2000 – 31 July 2001. Oral presentation. In the 29th annual conference of the Israeli society of plastic surgery with the Israeli society for surgery of the hand, 20-21 November, 2002, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Slosser D., Tzur T. Our experience in vertical scar reduction mammoplasty. Oral presentation. In the 29th annual conference of the Israeli society of plastic surgery with the Israeli society for surgery of the hand, 20-21 November, 2002, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
A. Ofek, T. Tzur. Progressive tissue necrosis due to crush avulsion injury of the torso: report of two cases presenting a fatal expression of ring degloving injury. Oral presentation. In the 30th annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 12-13 November, 2003, Tel-Aviv Israel.
Tzur T., Ariely D. Intense pulse light (IPL) treatment of skin telangiectasia after radiotherapy for carcinoma of the breast. Oral presentation. In the 30th annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 12-13 November, 2003, Tel-Aviv Israel.
Tzur T., Green C.H., Neuman A. et al. The use of Breast Balloon Dissector in augmentation mammoplasty: our experience in 100 consecutive cases. Oral presentation. In the 31st annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 10-11 November, 2004, Haifa Israel.
Tzur T., Ariely D. Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser vaporization for the treatment of multiple trichoepithelioma. Poster presentation. In the 32nd annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 9-10 November, 2005, Haifa Israel.
Margulis A., Bauer BS., Icekson M., Tzur T. et al. Small volume tissue expansion of the face for reconstruction of congenital and acquired head and neck defects. Oral presentation. In the 32nd annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 9-10 November, 2005, Haifa Israel.
Icekson M., Margulis A., Pikarski A., Tzur T. et al. Our experience in myocutaneous flaps reconstruction for posterior exanteration. Oral presentation. In the 32nd annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 9-10 November, 2005, Haifa Israel.
Agam K., Tzur T. Pyoderma gangrenosum induced by extravasation of oxaliplatin: a case report. Oral presentation. In the 33rd annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 25-26 October, 2006, Tel-Aviv Israel.
Yanko- Arzi R., Cohen M., Kaliner U., Castiel-Green H., Tzur T. et al. Complication rate in breast reconstruction using round versus contour profile tissue expander – a 5 year experience. Oral presentation. In the 33rd annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 25-26 October, 2006, Tel-Aviv Israel.
Ofek A., Margulis A., Ariely D., Castiel- Green H., Icekson M., Tzur T. et al. Surgical treatment of Bannayan-Zonana syndrome. Oral presentation. In the 33rd annual conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, 25-26 October, 2006, Tel-Aviv Israel.
Falk H., Kunicher N., Gayego A., Tzur T., Panet A. Analysis of viral tropism in the skin and application for gene therapy. Oral presentation. In the 14th annual congress of the ESGCT, 9-12 November, 2006, Athens, Greece.