Date &  Place of Birth: May 30, 1948; Givot Zaid, Israel.

Marital Status: Married,  3 children.

1969-1975 - The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School  Title of Doctoral Dissertation: Splenorenal Shunt for Bleeding Esophageal Varices

1977-1984 - Residency in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.

1984 - Israeli Board Certification in General Surgery

1984-1986 - Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery,  Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.

1985 - Lecturer in Surgery, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.

1986 - Israeli Board Certification in Pediatric Surgery

1989-1991 - Research and Clinical Fellowship in Surgical Nutrition, Intensive Care and Surgical Metabolism, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.

1990 - Senior Lecturer in Surgery, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.

1991-Present - Permanent Senior Physician, Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.

1995 - Head of Department of Surgery B, Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba.

1997 - Associate professor in Surgery, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.

Membership in Professional Societies (past and present)

Israel Medical Association.

Israel Surgical Society.

Israel Pediatric Surgery Society.

British Association of Pediatric Surgery (BAPS).

Societe Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC).

American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN).

Surgical Infection Society (SIS).

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).

American College of Surgeons (ACS).

The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS).

European Associasion of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES).

Main Clinical Activity

Gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery

Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery (biliary,  hernia, colon, spleen, anti-G-E reflux, hyperhidrosis and more)

Breast Cancer Surgery

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Selected List of Publications (out of more than 100 papers)

Zamir O, Goldberg M, Udassin R, Peleg O, Nissan S, Eyal F: Idiopathic gastrointestinal perforation in the neonate. J Pediatr Surg 23:335-337, 1988.

Zamir O, Hanani M: Intercellular dye-coupling in intestinal smooth muscle. Are gap-junctions required for intercellular coupling? Experientia 46:1002-1005, 1990.

Zamir O, Hasselgren PO, von Allmen D, Fischer JE: The effect of interleukin-1 and the glucocorticoid receptor blocker RU 38486 on total and myofibrillar protein breakdown in skeletal muscle. J Surg Res 50:579-583, 1991.

Zamir O, Hasselgren PO, Kunkel SL, Higashiguchi T, Frederick JA, Fischer JE: Evidence that TNF participates in the regulation of muscle proteolysis during sepsis. Arch Surg 127:170-174, 1992.

Zamir O, Hasselgren PO, Dayal R, Higashiguchi T, Frederick JA, Fischer JE: Effect of sepsis and cytokine administration on release of  gut peptides. Am J Surg 163:181-185, 1992.

Zamir O, Hasselgren PO, O'Brien W, Thompson RC, Fischer JE: Muscle protein breakdown during endotoxemia and following treatment with interleukin receptor antagonist (IL-1ra). Ann Surg 216:381-387, 1992.

Zamir O, Hasselgren PO, von Allmen D, Fischer JE: In vivo administration of  Interleukin-1 induces muscle proteolysis in normal and adrenalectomized rats. Metabolism 42:204-208, 1993,

Zamir O, Szold A, Matzner Y, Ben-Yehuda D, Deutsch I, Freund HR: Laparoscopic splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura. J Laparoendosc Surg 6:301-304, 1996.

Zamir O, Udassin R, Seror D, Vromen A, Freund HR:  Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in children under 2 years of age. Surg Endosc  11:1202-1205, 1997.

Nissan A, Zamir O, Spira RM, Seror D, Alweiss TM, Beglaibter N, Eliakim R, Rachmilevitz D, Freund HR: A more liberal approach to the surgical treatment of Crohn’s disease. Am J Surg  174:339-341, 1997.

Beglaibter N, Berlatzky Y,  Zamir O, Spira RM, Freund HR: Retroperitonal lumbar sympathectomy J Vasc Surg  35: 815-817, 2002.

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