Academic Education
1987-1992: MB ChB, Manchester Victoria University Medical School, Manchester, United Kingdom.
December 1995 – 2000: Resident Program of Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem.
Appointments at the Hebrew University
01-04-07-present: Lecturer in Anesthesiology.
Service in other Academic and Research Institutions
November 2005: Short educational leave, Department of Obstetric Anaesthesia, Guys and Thomas’ NHS Trust, London, UK.
Awards and Prizes
1999: Gertie Marx Resident Research 3rd Prize. Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology.
1999: Resident Research Prize, Israeli Society of Anesthesiology.
2001: Dean List as Distinguished Teacher at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem.
2002: Dean List as Distinguished Teacher at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem.
2003: Dean List as Distinguished Teacher at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem.
2004: Best overall research paper award, Joint Israel Meeting on Obstetric Anaesthesia and Perinatology.
2004: Best anesthesia research paper award, Joint Israel Meeting on Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.
2004: Dean List as Distinguished Teacher at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem.
2006: Dean List as Distinguished Teacher at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem
2007: Best anesthesia research paper award. Obstetric Anaesthetist’s Association, Sheffield, UK. June 2007.
2007: Research award for senior physicians, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center.
2007: Dean List as Distinguished Teacher at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem
2008: Dean Clinical Teaching Excellence Prize, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem
2008: Harvey Granat Neuroanesthesia Prize, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem
List of Original Articles and Chapters
(Updated December 17th 2009)
1. Chapters in Collections
Weiniger CF, Ginosar Y, Sprung CL, Weiss Y: Artery and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization. In: Critical Care Medicine. Eds: Parillo and Dellinger : Principles of Diagnosis and Management, 2E. 1999.
Weiniger CF: TENS for analgesia during labor. In: Evidence based anesthesia in labor. Ed: S Halperin. BMJ Group Publishing. 2005.
Weiniger CF, Matot I: Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution; Its Role as a Blood Conserving Technique. In: New Developments in Blood Transfusion Research. Editor F. Columbus. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2006.
2. Articles
1. Weiniger, CF. Pi, Elram, T. C, Ginosar, Y. C, Mankuta, D. C, Weissman, C. C, Ezra, Y. C (2005). Anaesthetic management of placenta accreta. Utility of a preoperative high and low suspicion classification. Anaesthesia 60:1079-84.
2. Matot, I. Pi, Weiniger, CF. C, Zeira, E. T, Galun, E. C, Joshi, BV. C, Jacobson, JA.C (2006). A 3 adenosine receptors and mitogen-activated protein kinases in lung injury following in vivo reperfusion. Crit Care 10:R65.
3. Weiniger, CF. Pi, Shalev, A.C, Mor-Ofek, H.C, Freedman, S.C, Weissman, C.C, Einav, S. Pi (2006). Secondary post traumatic stress disorder amongst hospital healthcare personnel exposed to terror. J Clin Psychiatry 67:890-896.
4. Weiniger, CF. Pi, Wand, S.S, Nadjari, M. C, Elchalal, U.C, Mankuta, D.C, Ginosar, Y.C, Matot, I.C (2006). Residual bladder volume in labor: a prospective non-interventional study comparing laboring parturients with and without epidural anesthesia. Acta Anesth Scand. 50 (10):1297-303.
5. Shikanov, A.S Domb, AJ.C, Weiniger, CF. Pi (2007). Long acting local anesthetics to prolong the effect of analgesia. Journal Controlled Release.117(1):97-103.
6. Matot, I.C, Shleifer, A.C, Hersch, M.C, Lotan, C.C, Weiniger, CF.C, Dror, Y.C, Einav, S. Pi (2006). In-hospital cardiac arrest: is outcome related to the time of arrest? Resuscitation 71:56-64.
7. Weiniger, CF. Pi , Ginosar, Y.C, Elchalal, U.C, Nokrian, M.C, Einav, S.C, Ezra,Y. Pi (2007). Prospective randomized trial to examine the success rate of external cephalic version for breech presentation at term in nulliparous women: spinal analgesia versus no analgesia. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 101(6):1343-50.
8. Einav, S. Pi, Matot, I.C, Berkenstadt, H.C , Bromiker, R.C and Weiniger, CF. Pi (2008). A survey of labour ward clinicians' knowledge of maternal cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Int J Obstet Anesth.17(3): 238-42.
9. Matot, I. Pi , Einav, S.C, Weiniger, CF. C, Pearl, R.C, Abramovitch, R.C, Joshi, BV.C, Jacobson, KA.C (2008). Lung Injury after In Vivo Reperfusion: Outcome at 27 Hours Post-reperfusion. Anesthesiology. 109(2):269-78.
10. Einav, S. Pi, Shalev, A.C, Mor-Ofek, H.C, Freedman, S.C, Matot, I.C, Weiniger, CF. Pi (2008). Differences in psychological effects in hospital doctors with and without post traumatic stress disorder. Br J Psychiatry.193(2):165-6.
11. Sokolsky-Papkov, M.C, Golovanevski, L.C, Domb, AJ.C, Weiniger, CF. Pi (2009). Prolonged Local Anesthetic Action Through Slow Release from Poly(Lactic Acid Co Castor Oil). Pharm Res. 26(1):32-9.
12. Einav, S. Pi, Itshayek, E.C, Kark, JD.C, Ovadia, H.C, Weiniger, CF.C and Shoshan, Y.C (2008). Serum S100B levels after meningioma surgery: a comparison of two laboratory assays. BMC Clinical Pathology Sep 19;8:9.
13. Ginosar, Y. Pi, Davidson, EM. C, Firman, N. C, Lemmens, HJ. C, Weiniger, CF. Pi. A randomized controlled trial using patient controlled epidural analgesia with 0.25% versus 0.0625% bupivacaine in nulliparous labor: the effect on analgesia requirement and maternal satisfaction. Accepted to Int J Obstet Anesth November 4th 2008.
14. Ginosar, Y. Pi, Nadjari, M C, Hoffman, A. C, Firman, N. C, Davidson, EM. C, Weiniger, CF.C, Rosen, L. C, Weissman, C. C, Elchalal, U.PI and the ACET study group (2009). Antepartum continuous epidural ropivacaine therapy reduces uterine artery vascular resistance in preeclampsia: a randomised, dose-ranging, placebo- controlled study. British J Anaesthesia.102(3): 369-78 2009.
15. Ginosar, Y. Pi, Weiniger, CF.C, Kurz, V. C, Babchenko, A. C, Nitzan, M. C, Davidson, EM. Pi (2009). Sympathectomy-mediated vasodilatation and differential sensory block after epidural bupivacaine: a randomized concentration ranging study. Can J Anesthesia. 56(3):213-21.
16. Weiniger, CF. Pi, Yaghmour, H. C, Nadjari, M. C, Einav, S. C, Elchalal, U. C, Ginosar, Y. C, Matot, I. C (2009). Walking reduces post-void residual volume in parturients with epidural analgesia for labor: a randomized controlled study. Acta Anesth Scand. 53(5): 665-72.
17. Ginosar, Y. Pi, Weiniger, CF.C, Kurz, V. C, Babchenko, A. C, Nitzan, M. C, Davidson, EM.Pi (2009). Pulse oximeter perfusion index as an early indicator of sympathectomy after epidural anesthesia. Acta Anesth Scand. 53(8):1018-26.
18. Sokolsky-Papkov, M.C, Golovanevski, L.C, Domb, AJ.C, Weiniger, CFPI. Poly (DL:Lactic acid-castor oil) 3:7-bupivacaine formulation: reducing burst effect prolongs efficacy in vivo. Accepted to Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 27th October 2009.