PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Tel: 972-2-677-6965

Fax: 972-2-6446483

e-mail: udassin@cc.huji.ac.il

STAFF

Professor Emeritus

Schiller, M., M.D

Associate Professor

Udassin, R., M.D

Clinical Associate Professor

Abu-Dalu, K., M.D

Senior Lecturer

Gross, E., M.D

Lecturer

Vromen, A., M.D

Instructor

Arbel, D., M.D

INTRODUCTION

The primary clinical interests of the Department of Pediatric Surgery are in major congenital anomalies and malformations, gastrointestinal and chest surgery, trauma and burns, pediatric solid tumors, parenteral nutrition and metabolic disorders in the neonatal and infantile period.

Laboratory research is carried out at the Surgical Laboratory and at the Trauma Research Center, and includes topics such as  ischemia and reperfusion of the bowel; short gut syndrome; the role of prostaglandins in necrotic bowel disease; modulation of esophageal caustic injury in an animal model; epidemiology and mechanics of childhood trauma; the role of insulin and prostaglandins in experimental endotoxic shock and ultramicrostructural changes of isolated organs perfused with endotoxin; the pulmonary and RES response to experimentally induced E. coli sepsis in biliary system obstructed animals; experimental hepatoma, experimental small bowel transplant, experimental studies of bacterial adhesiveness.

Major clinical interests include metabolic changes in surgical infants and neonates; necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC); neonatal intestinal obstructions; esophageal malformations; venous and other vascular anomalies, surgical infections, intravenous nutrition, burns and trauma.

Prevention of post-traumatic esophageal strictures, trials on biliary atresia characterized by an ongoing inflammatory process, studies on RBC aggregation in premature newborns.

RESEARCH AREAS

§         Ischemic bowel (Udassin)

§         Gastro-esophageal reflux (Udassin)

§         Familial dysautonomia (Udassin)

§         Esophageal injury (Arbell, Udassin)

§         RBC aggregation in premature newborns (Arbell, Udassin)