Scientific Council- August 2023
Lirot-The Israeli Research Association for Eye Health
Chairman of the Scientific Council:
Prof. Dror Sharon: Dept. of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Council:
Prof. Tamar Ben Yosef, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology.
Previous Chairman of the Scientific Council:
Prof. Ido Perlman: Pearl Seiden Chair in Vision Science Director, Vision Research Laboratory; Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology.
Scientific Committee:
Prof. Eyal Banin, Director, Center for retinal and Macular degenerations, Hadassah Ein Karem Medical Center, Jerusalem.
Prof. Michael Belkin, Director, Ophthalmic Technologies Labaratory, Goldschleger Eye Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer.
Prof. Ygal Rotenstraich, Director of the Ophthalmic Electrophysiology Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital.
Dr. Shiri Soderi, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa.
Prof. Yossi Mandel, Faculty of Life Science, Bar Ilan University.
Prof. Uri Polat, School of Optometry and Visual Science, Bar Ilan University.
Prof. Ruth Ashery-Padan, Dept. of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Prof. (Emeritus) Tuvia Horev, The Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health Sciences and the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management (GGFBM), Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Dr. Ifat Sher, Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital.
Members of the Scientific Council
Prof. Anat Loewenstein, Head, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
Prof. Ayala Polak, Head, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Kaplan Medical center, Rehovot.
Prof. Benjamin Miller, Director of the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.
Prof. Ehud Assia Director of the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Sapir Medical Center, Meir Hospital, Kfar Sava.
Prof. Hana Garzozi, Director of the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Bnei Zion Medical Center.
Prof. Jacob Peer, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Ein Karem Medical Center, Jerusalem
Prof. Naftali Savion, Clinical Biochemist, Tel Aviv University.
Prof. Orna Geyer, Director of the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa
Prof. Ruth Sigal, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikwa
Prof. Shlomo Melamed, Director of the Sam Rothberg Brother Glaucoma Center, Goldschleger Eye Institute at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
Prof. Tova Lifshitz, Head Dept. of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva.
Prof. Yosef Shiloh, The David and Inez Myers Chair in Cancer Research,
Dept. of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Prof. Arie Solomon, Researcher and physician, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Prof. Barak Adiel, Head of Vitreo-Retinal Service, The Sourasky Tel-Aviv Medical Center.
Prof. Danny Gaaton, Chairman, The Israeli Glaucoma Society.
Dr. Irit Rosenblat, Director of the ophthalmology service, HaSharon Hospital.
Prof. Itay Chowers, Chairman of Dept.of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
Dr. Michaela Goldstein, Director of the Vitreo-Retinal service, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
Dr. Modi Naftali, Director of the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Poria Hospital
Prof. Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen, Director, Ophthalmology Dept., Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa.
Dr. Rina Leibu, Ophthalmology Dept., Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.
Dr. Shmuel Livertovsky, Barzilai Hospital.
Dr. Yaron Lang, Founding Partner at Maayan Ophthalmic Center.
Dr. Hadas Newman, Electrophysiology Clinic for the vision, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
Prof. Hani Verbin, Executive Director Eye section in Maccabi, Senior doctor at Sheba Medical Center, Maccabi and Sheba Medical Center.
Prof. Noam Shomron, Tel Aviv University.
Prof. Dinah Zur, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
Prof. Ron Ofri, Veterinary Ophthalmology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.