Senior physician
Ultrasound Unit and High-Risk Pregnancies
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hadassah University Hospital Mt. Scopus
Telephone: 972-50-7874544
E-mail: valskydan@hadassah.org.il
Education
1976-1986: Secondary school, Donetsk Ukraine. (With a Gold Medal).
1986-1992: Academy of Pavlov Medical School, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Completed with distinction five years of six-year program for medical students.
1993-1997: Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Graduated as a Doctor of Medicine. MD Thesis: “Polymorphism of the catechol O-methyltransferase promoter region and normal personality.” Research Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital. Jerusalem, Israel. Thesis advisor: Prof. Richard P. Ebstein.
1997-1998: Internship at Bikur Holim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
§ 1999-2004: Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
§ Gynecologic Surgery Department: 2 years.
§ Delivery ward; high risk pregnancy unit: 2 years.
§ Infertility and IVF unit: 6 months.
§ Ultrasound unit: 12 months.
§ Basic research rotation, 6 months.
Dissertation: “The role of endometrial chemokines in the interaction of human and murine trophoblast in the process of attraction: implications for implantation.” Advisors: Prof. Simcha Yagel, Dr. Debra S. Goldman-Wohl.
2003: Passed Stage I Residency Board examination.
2003: Passed Stage II residency examination with highest honors
2004-2006: Graduated 2-year course in Ultrasound in OB/Gyn, Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine
2005: International VISUS 3D Ultrasonography Course, Anatalya, Turkey.
2010: Advanced course of ultrasonography of fetal morphology. Barcelona, Spain. Approved by IGCON, Barcelona and Fetal Medicine Foundation, London.
2010: Advanced course of fetal echocardiography. Barcelona, Spain. Approved by IGCON, Barcelona and Fetal Medicine Foundation, London.
2009-2010: Fellowship in Fetal Medicine (Intrauterine Fetal Therapy in Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies), Hospital Clinic Research Institute, ICGON, University of Barcelona, Spain. Head of the Department –Prof. Eduard Gratacos.
Employment Experience
2003 – Re’ut and Modi’in Women’s Health Centers, Clalit Health Services.
2004-2005: Chief-resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital – Mt. Scopus.
2005 – Senior physician, Ultrasound Unit and High-Risk Pregnancies, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital Mt. Scopus.
2007- Risk management coordinator of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers at Mt. Scopus.
Appointments at the Hebrew University
2003-2006: Instructor at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine.
2006- Lecturer at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine.
Other Professional Academic Activities
2007- Reviewer for Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
2007- Reviewer for Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
2007- Lecturer at the Academic School of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba. Courses:
§ Ultrasound for technicians (beginning level)
§ Ultrasound for Midwives
§ Ultrasound of the Female Pelvic Floor for specialists in ultrasound
2007- 2010 Organization of courses:
§ Course for physicians of the latest topics of interest in OB/Gyn, organized by invitation of the Israel Foreign Ministry and the Government of Ukraine, in Kiev (30th hour course).
§ Course for midwives in the Jerusalem area on topics in ultrasound in Obstetrics, Hadassah. Mount Scopus (16th hour course).
§ Course for physician sonographists, advanced level, School of Ultrasound, Meir Hospital, Kfar-Saba. 3DTUS of pelvic floor: norma and pathology, imaging techniques of the anterior and posterior compartments (one-day course).
Grants and Awards
2003 Highest honors (summa cum laude) on Stage II residency examinations.
2003 Outstanding clinical lecturer of the Hebrew University
2004 Outstanding research award of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Medical Centers.
2004 Grant of the Israel Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology: “The role of endometrial chemokines in the interaction of human and murine trophoblast in the process of attraction: implications for implantation,” ($3000)
2005 The best free communication presentation in the category of “New technologies” on 15th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 25-29 September 2005, Vancouver, Canada.
2006 Grant of the Joint Research Fund of Hebrew University-Hadassah, Keren Meshutefet: “Regulation of sFlt-1 in normal placenta and placenta of preeclampsia”, ($9000)
2006 Women’s Health Grant, Regulation of sFlt-1 in normal placenta and placenta of preeclampsia, with Prof. Eli Keshet, (NIS 90,000).
2007 The best free communication presentation in the category of “Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Imaging” on 17th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7-11 October 2007, Florence, Italy.
2010 The best free communication presentation in the category of “Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Imaging” on 20th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10-14 October 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.
Teaching at Hebrew University
1999- Clinical lecturer for medical students (fifth year) course of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
2003- Coordinator of obstetrics teaching for medical students, Hebrew University
2005- Clinical lecturer in the course of Genetic Counselors.
2009- Representative of the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine on the National Medical Examination Committee for national exams in Gynecology.
2009- Lecturer in the course Medical Humanities for first year medical students.
Supervision of doctoral degree students (MD)
2007-2008 Ronen Pomp, ID 034087536. Hebrew University. (Co-supervisor - Prof. S.Yagel, Dr. Y. Lavy.) Evaluation of the pelvic floor by 3DTUS in women after Tension-free Vaginal Tape placement. Degree completed summa cum laude.
2007-2008 Ruth Gisar, ID 043460815. University of Ben Gurion. (Co-supervisor - Prof. S.Yagel). Postpartum evaluation of the pelvic floor by 3DTUS in primiparous women.
Supervision of basic science research of fellows in Ob/Gyn
2008-2009 Angelika Bord. Fellow in the Department of Ob/Gyn Hadassah Mount Scopus. (Co-supervisor - Prof. S.Yagel). Functional evaluation of the primiparous women after sonographic diagnosis of levator ani trauma.
2009-2010 Revital Derei. Fellow in the Department of Ob/Gyn Hadassah Mount Scopus. (Co-supervisor - Prof. S.Yagel). Use of Three-Dimensional Ultrasound in Evaluation of Placenta in the First Trimester.
See full list of publications in PubMed