Physiologist, Professor Lichtstein, Chair in Heart Studies at The Hebrew University elected Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
Professor David Lichtstein Elected Dean of Hebrew University’s Faculty of Medicine
Jerusalem — Professor David Lichtstein has been elected dean of the Faculty of Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Lichtstein is the Walter & Greta Stiel Chair in Heart Studies at The Hebrew University. He replaces Professor Eran Leitersdorf, who recently completed his four-year term as dean.
According to Professor Lichtstein, “The Hebrew University’s Faculty of Medicine is devoted to creating innovative teaching, research and patient care programs that will meet the demands of 21st century health care. As global health care moves toward prevention, wellness and cost effectiveness, we are adapting how we train the next generation of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and biomedical researchers. Through fruitful collaborations between preclinical and clinical faculty, we are also translating basic biomedical insights into clinical treatments. Thus, the Faculty of Medicine is well-positioned to maintain its leading role in the scientific community of Israel and the world.”
Professor Lichtstein was born in Lodz, Poland, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1957. As a student at The Hebrew University, he completed a Bachelor’s degree in Physiology and Zoology in 1970, followed by a Master’s degree in Physiology in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Physiology in 1977. He joined the Department of Physiology of The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in 1980 as a lecturer, and received full professorship in 1994. Prof. Lichtstein has held many roles at The Hebrew University and its Faculty of Medicine, including Chairman of the Neurobiology Teaching Division, Chairman of the Department of Physiology, Chairman of the Institute for Medical Sciences and, until recently, Chairman of the Faculty of Medicine. From 2007 to 2011, Professor Lichtstein was the Jacob Gitlin Chair in Physiology at The Hebrew University. In 2011 he was named the Walter & Greta Stiel Chair in Heart Studies at The Hebrew University. He also served as the President of the Israel Society for Physiology and Pharmacology from 1996 to 1999.
From 1977-1979 Professor Lichtstein was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in New Jersey. He was a visiting scientist at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1985-1986) and the Eye Institute (1997-1998) at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, and a visiting professor at the Toledo School of Medicine in Ohio (2007).
Professor. Lichtstein’s main research focus is the regulation of ion transport across the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells. His work led to the discovery that specific steroids that were known to be present in plants and amphibians are actually normal constituents of the human body and have crucial roles, such as the regulation of cell viability, heart contractility, blood pressure and brain function. His research has implications for the fundamental understanding of body functions, as well as for several pathological states such as heart failure, hypertension and neurological and psychiatric diseases.
SOURCE
http://www.afhu.org/professor-david-lichtstein-elected-dean-hebrew-universitys-faculty-medicine
Field of Study
- Ouabain
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- Dogoxin
Biography
1970 |
B.Sc. in Physiology and Zoology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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1970-1972 | M.Sc. in Physiology, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. |
1973-1977
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Ph.D., Department of Physiology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. (Thesis: “Increased Production of Gamma Aminobutyryl choline in Cerebral Cortex Caused by Afferent Electrical Stimulation” (Thesis Advisors: Prof. J. Dobkin and Prof. J. Magnes). |
1977-1979
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
1970-1972
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Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel |
1972-1974 | Assistant Instructor, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel |
1975-1977 | Instructor, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel |
1977-1979
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
1979-1983
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Lecturer, (REVSON fellowship) Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel |
1981 (summer)
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Visiting Scientist, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, New Jersey, USA |
1983-1987 | Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. |
1985-1986
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Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
1988-1994 | Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel |
1994-present | Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel |
1997-1998 | Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Mechanisms of Ocular Diseases, NEI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
2007 (summer)
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Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, Metabolism and cardiovascular Sciences, Medical Center University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA |
2007-2011 | Jacob Gitlin Chair in Physiology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
2011-present | Walter & Greta Stiel Chair in Heart Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
1979-present | International Society of Neurochemistry |
1979-present | Israel Society for Physiological and Pharmacological |
1980-present | Society of Neurosciences (Europe) |
1986-present | The American Society of Hypertension |
1992-present | Israeli Society for Neurosciences |
1999-present | The American Physiological Society |
Serving as a Reviewer for the scientific journals: | ||||
• | American Journal of Hypertension | • | Journal of Neural Transmission | |
• | American Journal of Physiology | • | Journal of Neurochemistry | |
• | Apoptosis | • | Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | |
• | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | • | Life Sciences | |
• | Basic Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology | • | NANO | |
• | Brain Research | • | Neurochemistry International | |
• | Bioconjugate Chemistry | • | Neuroscience | |
• | Cell Calcium | • | Neurotoxicity Research | |
• | Clinical Science | • | Pathophysiology | |
• | Endocrinology | • | Physiology and Behavior | |
• | European Neuropsychopharmacology | • | PNAS | |
• | General and Comparative Endocrinology | • | Psychiatry Research | |
• | Hypertension | • | Translational Research | |
• | Journal of Cell Sciences |
1982-1985 | Chairman of the Neurobiology Teaching Division, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
1988-1994 | Elected representative of the Senior Lecturers and Associate Professors for the University Senate |
1989-1997 | Member of the admission committee of the Medical School, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
1990-1996 | Member of the Committee for cellular biology of the graduate studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
1992-1996 | Member of the Teaching Committee, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
1992-1996 |
Chairman, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
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1994-1997 | Member of the Committee for graduate studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
1992-2002
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Member of the Management Committee of The Institute for Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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1996-1999 |
President of the Israel Society for Physiology and Pharmacology
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1998- 2002 | Chairman, Institute of Medical Sciences, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem |
1999-2002 | Member of the Planning and Development Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
2007–Present | Elected representative of the Professors for the executive University Senate |
2008-2012 | Member of the Planning and Development Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
2008-2012 | Chairman, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem |
2009 – Present | Elected member of the Senate to the Executive Committee of the Hebrew University |
PUBLICATIONS 2006 – 2012
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SOURCE
https://medicine.ekmd.huji.ac.il/En/Publications/publications/Pages/default.aspx?aut=Lichtstein,%20D
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