April, 3, 1940  - Born in Jerusalem, Israel

1958 - Graduate from high school.

1958 - 1960 - Service in the Israeli Army.

Education

1960 - 1963 - Undergraduate studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem - B.Sc.

1963 - 1965 - Graduate studies at the Hebrew University  in  Jerusalem – M.Sc.

1966 - 1970 - Graduate studies at the Medical School, Hebrew  University - Ph.D.

1971 - 1973 - Post doctoral research at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. Biochemical Genetics.

1973 - 1974 - Research Associate at the Albert Einstein School  of Medicine of the Yeshiva University, New-York.

Appointments

1973 - Appointed as a Lecturer of Human Genetics. Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.

1974 - Joined the Department of Human Genetics, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.

1977 - Visiting scientist, Colorado Medical Center,  Denver, CO.

1977 - Appointed as Senior Lecturer in Human Genetics.

1981-1982 - Visiting scientist, National Institutes of  Health, Bethesda, MD.

1981 - Appointed as Associate Professor in Human  Genetics.

Since 1981 - Chairman Department of Human Genetics Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1985-1990 - Chairman  of  the  Israeli  Society  of   Human  Genetics.

1987 - Appointed as Professor in Human Genetics.

1989 - Visiting  Professor  at  the  University  of  California, Los Angeles.

1990 - Nominated  the  Blumberg - Kruster  chair  in clinical molecular biology, Hadassah-Hebrew University.

1992 - Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

1994 - Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

1998 - Visiting Professor at the Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN. USA.

2002 - Visiting Professor at the Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN. USA.

Memberships

1986-present - Member of the medical advisory board of the Dor Yeshurim Organization for the prevention of Jewish genetic disorders.

1990-Present - Member  of  the Counseling  Committee  of  the  Ministry of  Health for Clinical   Genetics Policies.

1993-present - Member of the medical advisory board of the American National MPS Society.

1995-present - Member of the medical advisory board of the American National Tay Sachs Association.

1994-present - Member of the Academic Committee, The Sheinfeld Center for Behavior Genetics, Hebrew University.

1996-present - Member of the Scientific Committee, The Israeli Cancer Foundation

1997-present - Member of the Committee, The European Study Group of Lysosomal Storage disorders.

1997-present - Member of the Permanent Committee of the International Congress of Human Genetics.

1999-present - Member of the Hadassah Helsinki committee for experimentations on human subjects.

1999-present - Member of the national Helsinki committee (Ministry of Health) on genetics experimentations  

- Member of the American Society of Human Genetics. 

- Member  of  the American  Association  for  the Advancement of Sciences.

-  Member of the European Society of Human Genetics.

-  Member of the Israeli Society of Human Genetics.

-  Member of the Israeli Society of Genetics.

-  Editor, American Journal of Medical Genetics