Prof. Yoram Yagil
Medical School
School of Medicine, Hadassah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Specialties
Internal Medicine and Nephrology
E-mail
[email protected] , [email protected]
Positions
Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Barzilai Medical Center
Director of the Israeli Rat Genome Center
Chairman of the Ethics Committee for Research in Animals- Barzilai Medical Center
Senior Advisor for Nephrology and Blood Pressure- the IDF
Founder and coordinator of the Program for Health Services for UN employees in Gaza
Coordinator of the nephrology program of the School of International Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Clinical Experience and Continuing Medical Education
1978-1979 Rotating Internship: Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem
1979-1984 Residency in Internal Medicine: Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem
1984-1985 Clinical and Research Fellow: Hypertension Division, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
1985-1986- Clinical Fellow: Nephrology Division, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1986-1987- Research Fellow: Nephrology Division, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1987-1988 Research Fellow and Instructor: Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Academic Appointment
Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Membership in Professional Organizations in Israel and Abroad
Israel Medical Association
State Physicians Association
Israeli Society of Hypertension
American Society of Hypertension
European Society of Hypertension
International Society of Hypertension
American Society of Physiology
American Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology
European Renal Association
Fellow of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of the AHA
Membership in National and International Committees
Member of the Central Education Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Chairman of the Counseling Committee for Water and Dialysis
Chairman of the Counseling Committee for Standardization of Equipment for Dialysis
Member of the Nephrology and Internal Medicine Examination Board - Israeli Scientific Council
Member of the International Advisory Board - SHR Council
Member of EURHYPGEN - the European Hypertension Genetics group, sponsored by the European Community
Reviewer of Research Requests
Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Health (Mad'an Rashi) Chair of the Review Committee 2001-2005
German Israeli Fund (GIF)
Israeli Science Foundation (Academia) Member of the Review Committee 2001
Ben-Gurion University intramural grants
Hebrew University and Hadassah intramural grants
Technion intramural grants
Tel-Aviv University intramural grants
Telethon, Italy
Welcome Foundation, United Kingdom
Scientific Journal Reviewer
Harefuah
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences
Hypertension
Circulation
Journal of Hypertension
American Journal of Physiology
Physiological Genomics
Nephron
American Journal of Hypertension
Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Life Sciences
Journal of Molecular Medicine
Journal of Pathology
Member of Scientific Journal Boards
Hypertension
Journal of Hypertension
Israel Journal of Hypertension
Ongoing Researches
The genetic basis of hypertension
The genetic basis of FSGS and proteinuria
The genetic basis of type 2 diabetes mellitus
The role of ACE2, a novel candidate gene, in hypertension
Scientific Publications
A total of 82 publications in medical journals in Israel and abroad have been published so far.
Chapters in Books
Yagil, Y., Ferne, M., Bergner Rabinowitz, S., and Ben Ishay, D. Antibody response to Gp.- A Streptococcus in Familial Nephritis. In: Parker, M.T. (ed) Pathogenic Streptococci: Proceedings of 7th International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases. Oxford, 1978
Yagil, Y., Jamison, R.L. Papillary Necrosis. In: Principles and Practice of Nephrology. Editors: Jacobson, H.R., Striker, G.E. and Klahr, S., 1990
Ben-Ishay, D. and Yagil, Y. Experimental and genetic aspects of hypertension. The Sabra hypertension-prone and resistant strains. In: Handbook of Hypertension. Editors: Ganten & Reed, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1994
Yagil, Y and Yagil, C. The genetic basis of hypertension. In: The Human Genome Project in Israel. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Jerusalem, 1998