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Consortium Genetically Tests 40 Percent of People in Israel with IRDs
Late diagnosis of Alstrom syndrome in a Yemenite-Jewish child.
[THE ISRAELI INHERITED RETINAL DISEASES CONSORTIUM (IIRDC)- CLINICAL-GENETIC MAPPING AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES]
A novel intronic mutation of PDE6B is a major cause of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa among Caucasus Jews
Chromatic pupilloperimetry for objective diagnosis of Best vitelliform macular dystrophy.
A nationwide genetic analysis of inherited retinal diseases in Israel as assessed by the Israeli inherited retinal disease consortium (IIRDC)
THE TARGET SIGN: A Near Infrared Feature and Multimodal Imaging in a Pluri-Ethnic Cohort with RDH5-Related Fundus Albipunctatus
Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa with incomplete penetrance due to an intronic mutation of the PRPF31 gene
Genetic causes of inherited retinal diseases among Israeli Jews of Ethiopian ancestry
Best Disease: Global Mutations Review, Genotype-Phenotype Correlation, and Prevalence Analysis in the Israeli Population
Nationwide Prevalence of Inherited Retinal Diseases in the Israeli Population
Retinal Disease Gene Calculator
The Israeli Stem Cell Research Consortium
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Prof. Anat Loewenstein
Head, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Prof. Ayala Polak
A member of the academic staff of Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, she is engaged in ophthalmology research, a member of the Israeli Ophthalmological Association, the Israeli Society for Eye and Vision Research, and more.
Prof. Benjamin Miller
Retinal Disease Specialist and Senior Ophthalmologist at the Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center
Prof.Ehud Assia
Medical Director of the Ein Tal Center, a specialist in cataract surgery and implanting premium and complex lenses.
Prof. Hana Garzozi
Ophthalmologist, cataract surgeon, laser cataract and glaucoma surgeon
Prof.Peer Jacob
Senior physician in the ophthalmology department at Hadassah Medical Center and the Hebrew University of 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.Arieh 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 Levkovitz
Executive Director Eye section in Maccabi, Senior doctor at Sheba Medical Center, Maccabi and Sheba Medical Center
Prof. Noam Shomron
Head of the Genetics and Bioinformatics Research Laboratory
Tel Aviv University
Prof. Dinah Zur
MD - Retinal specialist and electrophysiology of the visual system, Director of the Center for Retinal Degenerative Diseases
Sourasky Medical Center
Prof. Ron Ofri
Veterinary Ophthalmology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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