Mordecai Popovtzer, M.D.

Graduated from the Hebrew Univ-Hadassah Med Sch in 1963; scholarship recipient (6yrs) and Med Sch's prize awardee for excelling in finals. Internship and medical & chief med resident at Tel Hashomer Hosp: Haim Sheba mentor(1963-1967). Felowship in Nephrology & Metabolism, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr & UCLA, Los Angeles, California(1967-1969) Assistant Prof of Med and Surg, Director Research Transplant Hemodialysis Unit, Univ Colorado Med Ctr, Denver ,Colorado(1969-!970), Assoc Prof of Med, Director of Hemodialysis Units, Univ Colorado Med Ctr(1971-1973) . Prof of Med& Chief, Nephrology Section, Temple Univ Sch Med, Philadelphia ,Pa & Elected to ASCI("young Turks") (1974-1977). Prof of Med & Chief of Nephrology & Hypertension Srv & Director Osteoporosis Ctr, Hadassah Univ Hosp.(1977-2001) President Israel Society of Nephrology &Hypert (1982), Secretary Israel Society of Calcified Tissues(1989).Field Editor Pflug Arch(1989). Awarded the Rotshild Prize for Innovation(1989). V-President & Chr Program International Cong Nephrol(1993) . Awarded the Millenium Award of the Israeli Society of Nephrology & Hypertension (Ullman Award) for contributions and achievements in Nephrology & Hypertension(2000).