Positions and place of work:
Director of the Advanced Endoscopic Endoscopy Service and Endoscopic Ultrasound, Institute of Gastroenterology, Rabin-Beilinson Medical Center.
Main specialization:
Gastroenterology - biliary diseases, biliary stones
Pancreatic diseases, pancreatic tumors
Types of surgeries:
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
Gastroscopy examination
Colonoscopy examination
Screening tests of colon cancer
Treatment of large polyps and multiple polyps
ERCP - endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Arrangement with insurance companies and funds:
Harel, Migdal, Menora, Clal, Ayalon
education:
Rapaport School of Medicine, Technion, Haifa
B.Sc & M.D. in medical science, Technion, Haifa
Clinical experience:
From 2017 - Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Service of the gastrointestinal tract and ultrasound
Endoscopic, Institute of Gastroenterology, Rabin-Beilinson Medical Center
2008-2017 More than 500 endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) procedure per year including treatment procedure, Ichilov Medical Center Tel Aviv.
2009-2017 - 250 ERCP operations per year (endoscopy of the bile ducts and pancreas), Ichilov Medical Center Tel Aviv.
2008-2017 - 200 - Endoscopic mucosal resections (EMR) per year, Ichilov Medical Center Tel Aviv.
2017- 2011 - 2500 endoscopic procedures per year, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, early detection, resection of polyps, outpatient clinics.
Research experience:
2003-2005 - Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA.
February 2001 Mount Sinai Medical Center, Liver School of Medicine and Laboratories, New York, USA.
Publications
1. Osher E, Scapa E, Klausner J, Greenman Y, Tordjman K, Melhem A, Nachmany I, Sofer Y, Geva R, Blachar A, Stern N, Santo E .Pancreatic incidentaloma: Differentiating Non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors ( PNET) from intra-pancreatic accessory spleen (IPAS). Endocr Pract. 2016 Jul;22(7):773-9
2.Gluck N, Fishman S, Melhem A, Goldfarb S, Halpern Z, Santo E. A novel colonoscope with panoramic visualization detected more simulated polyps than conventional colonoscopy in a live swine model. Endosc Int Open. 2015 Dec;3(6):E642-5
3. Gluck N, Melhem A, Halpern Z, Mergener K, Santo E. A novel self-propelled disposable colonoscope is effective for colonoscopy in humans. Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 Sep 18
4. Halpern Z, Gross SA, Gralnek IM, Shpak B, Pochapin M, Hoffman A, Mizrahi M, Rochberger YS, Moshkowitz M, Santo E, Melhem A, Grinshpon R, Pfefer J, Kiesslich R. Comparison of adenoma detection and miss rates between a novel balloon colonoscope and standard colonoscopy: a randomized tandem study. Endoscopy. 2015 Apr;47(4):301
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