1989 - 1995     בית הספר לרפואה של האוניברסיטה העברית והדסה בירושלים. תואר ראשון בהצטיינות.

1996 - 2001     התמחות ברפואה פנימית במרכז הרפואי שערי צדק.

2001 - 2003     תת התמחות במחלות זיהומיות, בית החולים שערי צדק.

2001                 רופא משפחה ומחלות זיהומיות בקופת חולים לאומית.

2004-  2005     רופא בכיר ביחידה למחלות זיהומיות במרכז הרפואי קפלן.

2005                 רופא בכיר במחלקה למיקרוביולוגיה קלינית ומחלות זיהומיות בהדסה, אחראי על תחום מניעת זיהומים בעין כרם ובהר הצופים.

2007                 לימודי מסטר באפידמיולוגיה קלינית, ביה"ס לבריאות הציבור של האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים. קבלת פרס הצטיינות.

רשימת פרסומים

1. Benenson S, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Alberton J, Rudensky B, Hadas- Halpern I, Yinnon AM. The risk of vascular infection in adult patients with nontyphi Salmonella bacteremia. Am J Med. 2001; 110:60-3.

2. Benenson S, Halle D, Rudensky B, Faber J, Schlesinger Y, Branski D, Rabinowitz N, Wilschanski M. Helicobacter pylori genotypes in Israeli children: the significance of geography. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2002; 35:680-4.

3. Yinnon AM, Schlesinger Y, Benenson S, Raveh D.  Infections in the elderly (Hebrew). Internal Medicine Review 2003; 46: 20-27.

4. Raveh D, Rudensky B, Schlesinger Y, Benenson S, Yinnon AM. Susceptibility trends in bacteraemias: analyses of 7544 patient-unique bacteraemic episodes spanning 11 years (1990-2000). J Hosp Infect 2003; 55: 196-203.

5. Benenson S, Yinnon AM, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Raveh D. Optimization of empirical antibiotic selection for suspected Gram-negative bacteremia in the emergency department. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005; 25:398-403.

6. Benenson  S, Dahan  D, Zimhony O, Solomon  M, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Yinnon A.M. Atopic Dermatitis - A Risk Factor for Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Two Cases and Review. Am J Med 2005; 118:1048-51. 

7. Bar-meir M, Raveh D, Yinnon AM, Benenson S, Rudensky B, Schlesinger Y. Nontyphi Salmonella gastroenteritis in children presenting to the emergency department; characteristics of patients with associated bacteremia. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2005; 11:651-5.

8. Faber J, Bar-Meir M, Rudensky B, Schlesinger Y, Rachman Y, Benenson S, Sirota G, Stankiewic H, Halle D, Wilschanski M. Treatment regimens for Helicobacter pylori infection in children – is in vitro susceptibility testing helpful? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2005; 40:571-4.

9. Jerassy Z, Yinnon A.M., Mazouz–Cohen S, Benenson S, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Raveh D. Prospective hospital-wide studies of 505 patients with nosocomial bacteremia in 1997 and 2002. J Hosp Infect 2006; 62:230-6.

Accepted for publication:

10. Tzukert K, Block C, Sviri S, Benenson S. A sixty year-old man with fever and a lung mass. Clin Infect Dis 2007.

In process:

11. Benenson S, Cohen MJ, Adler A, Arad I, Minster N, Moses AE, Block C. Extended spectrum beta lactamase Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit.

12. Cohen MJ, Adler A, Block C, Gross I, Minster N, Roval V, Tchakirov R, Moses AE, Benenson S. Acquisition of vancomycin resistant enterococci in internal medicine wards.

13. Benenson S, Cohen MJ1, Block C, Stern S, Weiss Y, Moses AE. Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) prevalence in long term care facilities in Jerusalem.

14. Adler A, Raveh D, Rudensky B, Yinnon AM, Benenson S. Enteric Gram-negative bacteremia at the emergency department: risk factors for extended-spectrum β-lactamase and outcome with emphasis on empirical treatment.

15. Benenson S,  Carmeli Y,  Block C,   Adler A,  Navon-Venezia S. Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae endocarditis in a young adult; Successful treatment with gentamicin and colistin.

Book Chapters:

16. Benenson S. Assessment and treatment of community acquired pneumonia. In: Yinnon AM et al, eds. Appropriate use of antimicrobials and guidelines for prevention of nosocomial infections (Hebrew) 4th ed, Jerusalem 2004.

17. Benenson S. Antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma victims. In: Yinnon AM et al, eds. Appropriate use of antimicrobials and guidelines for prevention of nosocomial infections (Hebrew). 4th ed, Jerusalem 2004.

Presentations at professional conferences

18. Benenson S, Yinnon AM, Schlesinger Y, Rudensky B, Raveh D. Optimization of empirical antibiotic selection for suspected Gram-negative bacteremia in the emergency department. 13th European Conference on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Glasgow 2003.

19. Benenson S, Cohen MJ, Minster N, Gross I, Roval V, Bar- Oz B, Ergaz Z, Moses A, and Block C. Control of an outbreak of gastrointestinal colonization by extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in two neonatal intensive care units. 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Francisco, 2006.

20. Benenson S, Cohen MJ, Gross I, Roval V, Minster N, Moses AE and Block C. Point prevalence of gastrointestinal carriage of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in patients hospitalized in internal medicine. 6th international conference of the Hospital Infection Society (HIS), Amsterdam, 2006.

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