Eran Leitersdorf, M.D. (Head, Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis and Department of Medicine B)

Dr. Eran Leitersdorf is a graduate of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School. He trained in Internal Medicine and Lipid Metabolism at Hadassah under Prof. Yechezkiel Stein. During the years 1986-8 he had a postdoctoral fellowship training in Molecular Genetics at the laboratory of Drs. M.S. Brown and J.L. Goldstein in Dallas, Texas. In 1992 he was a visiting professor at the laboratory of Drs. A. Motulsky and S. Deeb at the George Washington University in Seattle and in 1995 at the laboratory of Dr. J.-C. Fruchart at the Pasteur Institute in Lille, France. He is a Professor of Medicine and the Dorothy and Maurice Bucksbaum Chair in Molecular Genetics. He is the Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine B and the Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis at Hadassah. He is a recipient of five Hebrew University - Faculty of Medicine Prizes, the Fogarty (NIH) and the IAS Awards. His main research interests are in Lipid Metabolism, Atherosclerosis, Molecular Genetics and Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism. His laboratory work is supported by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences, the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development and the Ministry of Health as well as by multinational drug companies and private foundations. He published 115 original papers, reviews, editorials and commentaries. He is the Chairman of the Israeli Atherosclerosis Society and a member of the European and the International Atherosclerosis Societies. He is an Associate Editor of the journal "Atherosclerosis" and "Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology" and a reviewer for many other scientific journals and national organizations.