Rafael Nesher, Ph.D.
Telephone: (+972)-2-677-6787
Fax: (+972)-2-643-7940
E-Mail: rafael.nesher@huji.ac.il

Dr. Rafael Nesher is a graduate of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, where he specialized in Physiological Chemistry and Cardiology. Subsequent to training in Metabolism and Endocrinology at Washington University School of Medicine, in the area of diabetes and metabolism, Dr. Nesher accepted an appointed at the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hadassah Medical Center where he holds the appointment of Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University - Faculty of Medicine. At the Hadassah Hospital, Dr. Nesher serves as the Director of the Endocrine Service Laboratory, as well as the Scientific Coordinator of the Hadassah Diabetes Center (HDC) Dr Nesher has been designated the Director of the newly established HDC - Islet Transplant Program. Dr. Nesher's primary research involves islet cell physiology with emphasis on beta-cell signal transduction and on coupling defects related to type 2 diabetes mellitus. Dr. Nesher has a strong interest in clinical aspects of diabetes mellitus as well as in animal models of human diabetes. He is a member of numerous national and international professional organizations and has been awarded the Sigma Xi award, the Wolfson and the M. Stiech prizes for his research.