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Professor. Dimitrios Karussis MD |
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Personal Details Date of birth: 02.08.1962
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Place of birth: Thessaloniki, GreeceCitizenship: Greek |
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Higher Education |
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9/1986: Graduation (MD degree) from "Aristotelion" University, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece. |
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1/1989-12/1993: PhD thesis, in Neuroimmunology/ Neurobiology, entitled: "New therapeutic approaches for induction of tolerance in neurological autoimmune diseases", in the Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, and in the Department of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, under the supervision of Profs O. Abramsky, S. Slavin, A. Ben-Nun. |
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10/1994: PhD degree: Hebrew University, Jerusalem. |
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1989-1994: Specialization in clinical Neurology at the department of Neurology, Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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8/1994: Boards in Neurology, in Greece and EEC. |
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4/1995: Boards Certification in Neurology in Israel. |
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Appointments at the Hebrew University |
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1/4/1997: Lecturer/Researcher C |
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1/4/1999: Senior Lecturer |
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6/2003: Associate Professor |
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Service in other Academic and Research Institutions |
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1999, 2001, 2003: Teaching (3 hours) in the post-graduation courses on Neurology in Tel Aviv University |
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Other Activities |
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Prizes |
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8/1990: The "Lilian Nidermann-Shapira" prize for cerebrovascular diseases (for the work on thalamic CVAs). |
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3/1992: The "Keren Hayesod for Israel" prize for the experimental work on EAE. |
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11/1994: The prize for the best presentation in the "European Committee for treatment and research in multiple sclerosis" congress (ECTRIMS). |
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Professional activities |
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1995-today: Head of the EAE Laboratory in the department of Neurology, Hadassah, Jerusalem. |
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1998-today: Head of the multi-disciplinary Multiple sclerosis Clinic and center in Jerusalem (Hadassah). |
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1998-today: Member of the European "Steering Committee" for Bone Marrow Transplantation in multiple sclerosis. |
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1999-today: Member of the European Council and Committee for Treatment and Research In Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) |
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1999-today: Member of the scientific committee of the European School of Neuroimmunology (ESNI) |
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2000-today: Ad hoc reviewer in several international journals (have reviewed more than 50 papers) including Journal of Neurological Sciences, Multiple sclerosis, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Journal of Neurology, European journal of Neurology, Journal of Neuroimmunology |
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4/2002: Organized the second annual meeting of the Israel Society of Neuroimmunology |
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5/2003: Member of the Editorial Board of the journal: “Multiple Sclerosis” |
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1/2001-today: Member of the Advisory MS Board for TEVA-CORAL |
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2003: Member of the Advisory MS Board for SERONO Company |
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2003: Member of the MS International Forum (supported by Schering Co) |
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2004: Member of the Executive Committee Scientific Committee of the INTERNATIONAL MS FORUM (3 members) |
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2004: Member of the Management Committee and SECRETARY GENERAL of the Mediterranean Neurological Society |
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2004: Member of the Scientific and administration Committee of MS SYMPOSIA International Forum |
