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Professor Isaiah D. Wexler, M.D., Ph.D.

 

 

Associate Professor

Pediatric Metabolism and Feeding Disorders

Department of Pediatrics

Hadassah University Hospital

Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.

Telephone (h): 972-2-9931365

(w): 972-2-5844430

Cellular:  972-050-7874351

Fax: 972-2-5844427

E-mail: shwexler@hadassah.org.il

 

 

Personal Details

 

Date of birth: January 2, 1953

Country of birth: United States

Year of Immigration: 1997

Nationality: Israeli

 

 

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

 

1974   B.A.

Yeshiva University, New York, NY

1976   M.A.

Fordham University, New York, NY (Political Science)

1978   M.S.

Yeshiva University, New York, NY (Jewish philosophy)

1978   Ordination

Yeshiva University, New York, NY (Rabbinics)

1983   Ph.D.

Fordham University, New York, NY (Political philosophy)

1983  M.D.

New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

1995   Ph.D.

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (Biochemistry)

 

 

 

POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

 

July 1983 - June 1986:

Resident, Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

July 1986 - June 1987:

Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

July 1987 - July 1989:

Fellow in Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

 

 

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

 

1984:

Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

1985-present:

Licensed to practice medicine in the state of Ohio

1987:

Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics

1992:

Board certification in pediatric endocrinology

1997: 

Recertification in pediatric endocrinology

1998-present:

Licensed to practice medicine in Israel

1999-present:

Specialty Israeli license in pediatrics

2006-present:

Subspecialty Israeli license in pediatric endocrinology

 

 

APPOINTMENTS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

 

October 1, 2007

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics

 

 

Academic and Research appointments

 

1986 - 1987:

Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

1989 - 1990:

Senior instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

1990 - 1999:

Assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

1996 - 1999:

Assistant professor, Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

1997 - 1999:

Researcher, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

1999 - 2000:

Associate professor, Department of Pediatrics,   Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2000 - 2003:

Medical Research Director, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Jerusalem, Israel

2000 - present:

Associate professor (adjunct), Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2000 - present:

Attending physician, Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah University Medical CenterMt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

2005- present:

Medical Director, Hadassah Pediatric Feeding Disorders Center

 

 

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

Peer Reviewed Articles

 

Goldshmidt N, Metzger S, Wexler I, Herscovici Y, Chajek-Shaul T (2005).  Association of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal in the same kindred. Int J Cancer, 116: 808-812.

 

Wexler ID, Branski D, Kerem E (2005). Pediatricians coping with a “low-intensity conflict.” Lancet, 365: 1278-1279.

 

Korman SH, Wexler ID, Gutman A, Rolland,M, Kanna J, Kure S (2006). Treatment from birth of nonketotic hyperglycinemia due to a novel GLDC mutation. Ann Neurol 59: 411-415.

 

Wexler ID, Knoll S, Picard E, Engelhard D, Kerem E (2006). Risk factors associated with complicated pneumococcal pneumonia. Pediatr Pulmonol 41: 726-734. 

 

Wexler ID, Branski D, Kerem E (2006).  War and children. JAMA 296: 579-581.

 

Reiter J, Wexler ID, Anat T, Naim S, Zangen D (2007).  Participation of type 1 diabetics in prolonged religious fasts. Diabet Med 24: 436-439.

 

Wexler ID, Johannesson M, Edenborough FP, Sufian BS, Kerem E (2007). Pregnancy and chronic pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175: 300-305.

 

Korman SH, Jakobs C, Darmin PS, Gutman A, van der Knaap MS, Ben-Neriah, Z, Dweikat I, Wexler ID, Salomons GS (2007). Glutaric aciduria type 1: clinical, biochemical and molecular findings in patients from Israel, Eur J Paed Neuro 11:81-89.

 

Levy-Khademi F, Tenenbaum AN, Wexler ID, Amitai Y (2007).  Accidental organophosphate intoxication in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 23:716-18.

 

Nahum Y, Tenenbaum AN, Wexler ID, Levy-Khademi F (2007).  Effect of eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) for pain relief during suprapubic aspiration in young infants, Clin J Pain 23:756-759.

 

Corn BW, Kovner F, Bek S, Wexler I, Lifschits B, Seger R (2008). ERK Signaling in colorectal cancer: A preliminary report on the expression of phosphorylated ERK and the effects of radiation therapy, Am J Clin Oncol 31:255-288.

 

Shiri S, Wexler ID, Meiner Z, Kreitler S (2008).  Psychological impact of treating victims of terror:  Post-traumatic growth and stress among hospital based health care personnel, Psychother Psychosom 77:315-318.

                       

Corn BW, Wexler I, Suntharalingam M, Inbar M, Curran W  (2008). Globalization of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: Implementation of a Model for Service Expansion and Public Health Improvement, J Clin Oncol 26:1160-1166. 

 

Shiri S, Wexler ID, Meiner Z, Kreitler S (2008).  Psychological impact of treating victims of terror:  Post-traumatic growth and stress among religious body handlers, J Nerv Ment Dis 196: 906-911.

 

Wexler ID, Abu Libdeh A, Kastiel Y, Nimrodi A, Kerem E, Tenenbaum A (2009). Optimizing healthcare for individuals with Down Syndrome in Israel. IMAJ, in press.

 

Shiri S, Wexler ID, Kreitler S (2009). Cognitive orientation Is predictive of

posttraumatic growth after secondary exposure to trauma. Traumatology, in press.

 

Chapters

 

Wexler ID, Kerem E (2007) Effect of war on children. In Textbook of Pediatrics (Nelson’s), 18th edition. Kliegman R, ed., Philadelphia, Saunders, chapter 35.2; 169-171.

 

Wexler ID, Kerem E (2009) Children and war:  The role of health care professionals. In The Impact of War and Terror on Middle Eastern Children and Adolescents, Munoz R, Muntasser S, eds., American Psychiatric Association, in press.

 

Wexler ID, Zangen D (2009) Diabetic Ketoacidosis. In Conn’s Current Therapy, 61st edition, Elsevier Press, Burlington, MA, 2009.

 

Wexler ID, Kerem E (2010) Effect of war on children. In Textbook of Pediatrics (Nelson’s), 19th edition. Kliegman R, ed., Philadelphia, Saunders, in press.

 

Wexler I, Zangen D (2010) Diabetic Ketoacidosis. In Conn’s Current Therapy, 62nd edition, Elsevier Press, Burlington, MA, in press.

 

Shiri S, Wexler ID (2010) Posttraumatic growth as a process of finding meaning following secondary exposure to deadly political violence. In Confronting dying and death: A guide for Professionals Helpers. Eds. Kreitler S, Fleck G, in press.

 

Corn B, Wexler ID (2010). The evolving role of the oncologist: Meeting the existential needs of our clients. In Confronting dying and death: A guide for Professionals Helpers. Eds. Kreitler S, Fleck G, in press.

 

Shiri S, Wexler ID, Simonsson PR, Kreitler S (2010) Fear and hope: The relationships between traumatic stress symptoms and positive psychological impact among survivors, rescuers and health care providers following exposure to politically motivated violence. In The Resilience of Hope. Eds. McDonald J, Stephenson A. Interdisciplinary Press, in press.

 

Dissertations

 

Wexler, ID. Edmund Burke's Theory of Property, Francis Canavan, mentor (New York: Fordham University, 1983).

 

Wexler ID. Inborn Errors of Pyruvate Metabolism, Mulchand Patel, mentor (Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University, 1995), refs 1-7, 10, 28, 29.

 

 

**for more publications please look at Pubmed

 

                                                                                               

                                                                                   




 



            
     
 


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