ד"ר גיל זלצמן CV  

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Update: July 11th, 2005

Name:                          Gil Zalsman MD                                  

Place of work:              Geha Psychiatric Hospital                     

                                    Petach Tiqva, Israel

Faculty:                        Medicine, Tel Aviv University   Department: Psychiatry

Date and Place of Birth: July 17th, 1964; Israel

Military Service: 1982-1986, Commander of a Medical Company. Rank- Captain.

Marital Status: Married+2.

 

A. EDUCATION

 

1987-1992       Medical studies, Hebrew University and Hadassa Medical School,

                        Jerusalem, Israel

 

1989                Bachelor of Medical Science (B.Med.Sc) Degree. Hebrew University

and Hadassa Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

1993                Medical Doctor (M.D.) Degree. Hebrew University and Hadassa

Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

Doctoral Dissertaion:    “The psycho-social axis in psychiatric evaluation of inpatient adolescents by semi structured interview”- Supervisor: Prof. Alan Apter, Geha Hospital.

 

1996                Post Doctorate Fellow at the Child Study Center, Yale University

School Of  Medicine. Under supervision of  Donald J. Cohen M.D.

 

1996                ECFMG Certification- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical

                        Graduates, (USMLE) USA Government.

 

1997                Diploma in Psychiatry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv

                        University, In excellence.

 

2000                Diploma in Child Psychiatry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv

                        University.

 

2003-2005       Post Doctorate Research Fellow at the Neuroscience Division, Psychiatry Department, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA. Supervisor: Prof. J John Mann, Director. Two years program on “Neurobiology of Suicide and Familial Pathways of Depression and Suicide”.

 


B. FURTHER STUDIES

 

1989                Elective studies in Child Psychiatry at “Child Study Center”, Yale

School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

1992-1993       Courses In Hypnosis, beginners and advanced, Postgraduate Medical

Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler School of Medicine.

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Certified Hypnotherapist .

1993-1997       Studies in Psychiatry, Postgraduate Medical Studies, Faculty of

Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv

University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1994-1995       Course in Molecular Genetics, Postgraduate Medical Studies, Faculty

of Continuing Education, Sackler School of Medicine. Tel Aviv

University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1995-1999       Psychotherapy, 4 years Program of  Psychotherapy, Sackler Faculty of

Medicine, Tel   Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel.

1997-1999       Studies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Postgraduate Medical

Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine,

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2001-2002       Management Reserve Development Program for Middle Management

Rank. A two years program of public health mangment by “Clalit- Shirutei Briut”, Israel.

2001                42nd Annual Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics. The Jackson Laboratory & The Johns Hopkins University. Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. July 16-27, 2001.

2003                Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in The Primary Care Setting. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, Continuing Education. One day course. 10.5.03. New York, NY.

2003                SPSS-Intermidate computer Course. New York State Psychitric Institute, Department of Education and Training. New York, NY, USA.

2003                Advanced Statistics (Stat II) for Research Fellows. Lecturer: Roger Vaughan PhD. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry. Fall 2003.

2003                Columbia University Course for Clinical Investigators: “Protection of Human Research Participants (Good Clinical Practice) for Patient-Oriented Clinical Investigators”. 14.12.03

2004                Research Design Course. Lecturer: Jill M. Harkavy-Friedman Ph.D. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry. Winter 2004.

2004-2005       Course on “Statistical Issues in Microarrays Data” (P8114). Lecturer: Paul Pavilidis Ph.D. Columbia Genome Center. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Winter 2005.

2004-2005       Inter Personal Therapy for Adolescents depression (IPT-A)- Training and personal supervision in by Laura Mufson PhD, Child Psychiatry Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY.

2004-2005       Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for suicidal multi-problem adolescents- Two days workshop by Alec L. Miller PsyD, Adolescent depression and suicide program, Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Marsha Linehan Institute.

2004-2005       Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression workshop by Michael Sweeny Ph.D., Child Psychiatry Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY.

2005                Application of Transmagnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Major Depression and OCD. Division of brain stimulation, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY.  June 20th, 2005   

 

 

 

 

C. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

 

1984-1986       Medical teaching methods instructor. Commander of “National Medical Teaching Squad”- The academy of Combat Medicine, ZAHAL.

1993-1998       Lectures to New Comers Physicians in Psychiatry, In “Kupat Holim”

Instruction Center, Rabin Medical Center.

1995-1996       Tutor to Medical Students, Geha psychiatric Hospital, Sackler

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1997                Lectures to American Medical Students, Geha psychiatric Hospital,

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2001                Lecturer,  Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Department of psychiatry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1998-present    Lectures to psychiatry residents, Postgraduate Medical

Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine,

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1998-present    Lectures to child and adolescent psychiatry residents, Postgraduate Medical  Studies, Faculty of Continuing Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1999-present    Member in reception committee for Sackler School of  Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.             

Present             Lectures to Medical Students, Geha psychiatric Hospital, Sackler

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. Excellence mark in student’s feedback 1998.

Present             Member of Teaching Committee, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Sackler

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2001                Member of Teaching Committee, Psychiatry department, Sackler

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2000-Present   Teaching patient- doctor relationship as part of communication workshop for 2nd year medical students (“Madaei haitnagoot”).

2001-Present   Examiner in child psychiatry board examinations, Israel Medical Association, Scientific Council, Israel.

2002-current    Reviewer for the “Archive of General Psychiatry” on the subject of genetics of suicidal behavior, parasuicide, family-based studies and neurobiology of childhood disorders in general.

2002                Reviewer for the “Psychiatry Research” on the subject of genetics of suicide.

2002-present    Member in the psychiatric residency written examination (“shlav alef”) committee. Israel Medical Association, Scientific Council, Israel.

2003                Reviewer for the “Israeli Journal of Psychiatry”.

2003-2004       Reviewer for “International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

2003                Examiner in hypnosis, Ministry of Health, Israel.

2003-Present   Officer, Psychiatry Department, Columbia University School of Medicine, College for Physicians and Surgeons.

2004                Reviewer of research grants in the field of suicidology, The Israel Science Foundation (ISF), The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

2004                Reviewer for “Molecular Psychiatry” on the subject of  genetics of unipolar disorder.

2004                Reviewer for “Europeanr Psychiatry

2004                Co-editor of special issue on adolescent suicide at “International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health”.

2005                Director of Psychiatry Program, Continuing Medical Education Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

 

 

D. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

 

1992                Intern, Woolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel

1993-1997       Resident in Adult Psychiatry. Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petach Tiqva.

1996                Completed Written Specialty Examination, June 96.

1997                Completed Psychiatry Oral Specialty Examination, Scientific Council,

Israel Medical Association, December 3rd, 1997.

Expert in General Psychiatry License No. 17256 (since June 1998).

1999                Completed Child Psychiatry Oral Specialty Examination, Scientific

Council, Israel Medical Association, April 29th, 1999, in excellence.

Expert in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry License No. 17469 (since December 1999).

2000                Senior Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Geha Mental Health Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tiqva, Israel.

2000-2003       Deputy Director, Adolescent Inpatient Department, Geha Mental Health Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.

2005                Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Geha Mental Health Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, affiliated with Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

 

 

 

 

E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Scholarships

1989                The Dean Scholarship, Hebrew University and Hadassa Medical

School, Jerusalem, Israel. A scholarship for 6 weeks,

Child Psychiatry elective studies at “Child Study Center”, Yale

School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

 

Fellowships

 

1996                Research Fellowship: Leonard G. Berger Fellowship for Young Researchers, Yale child study center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

 

Present             Research Fellowship, Neuroscience Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

 

Grants

1997                The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel- The Charles Smith

Foundation. For: A genetic study of tryptophan hydroxylase in suicidal

Adolescents. Grant no. 28-98.

1998                The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel- The Charles Smith

Foundation. For: A genetic study of serotonin transporter in suicidal

Adolescents. Grant no. 9b-99.

2002                Compugen company research grant for development of clozapine database in inpatient adolescents with first episode schizophrenia.

2002                Janssen Cilag (J-C healthcare Ltd) research grant for double blind randomized placebo control multi-centric study for efficacy of risperidon in the treatment of conduct disorder children.

2005                NIMH grant: Familial Pathways to early Onset Suicide Attempts MH056390 (PI: Mann JJ, Greenhill L, Columbia University) Co-PI and external consultant for this project. $300,000 for 5 years.

2005                Young Investigator Grant: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): “Genetic Association Study of Multiple Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) using DNA Microarrays in Postmortem Brains of Suicide Victims”. Mentor: Victoria Arango PhD, Columbia University. $70,000 for two years.

 

 

Submitted Grants

 

2005                    Young Investigator Grant: The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel, Founded by The Charles E. Smith Family: “Linkage Study of Suicidal Behavior and Depression In a Genetic Isolate of the Circassians-Shapsugs Tribe in Israel”. Mentor: J. John Mann M.D., Director, Neuroscience Division, Columbia University.

 

 

Awards

 

2001                Excellent researcher award for the year 2001.

                        Israel Psychiatric Association, Israel Medical Association.

 

 

F. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

1992-Present   Israel Medical Association

1993-Present   Israel Psychiatric Association

1994-Present   International association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP).

1994-Present   Israeli Hypnosis association      

1994-Present   Israel Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Association- 4 years elected Member in The Central Board (1994-1998).

1999-present    Member in the Foundation board of The Israeli Association for Families that their Spouses Committed Suicide (“bishvil hachaim”), ‘Amuta’ No. 58-035-791-1.

1996-present    Member in the  National Center for Children’s Health and Safety, “Beterem”, Shnieder Children Hospital, ‘Amuta’ No. 58-026-964-5

2002-present    Member of the AEP, the Association of European Psychiatrists.

2002                Isreal Society for Forensic Psychiatry.

2002-2003             Elected president of the Association for Suicide Prevention in Israel, a branch of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP).

2003                Elected as a corresponding member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since December 2003.

2005                Elected associate member of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, USA.

 

G. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:

 

1994                IACAPAP 13th international congress, San Fransisco, USA.

 

1995                Understanding Youth Suicide : a meeting of differing perspectives,

University of Pittsburgh, Center for Continuing Education in health

sciences. 29/8- 1/9 1995.

 

1995                The congress of  International Society of Adolescents

Psychiatry, Athens July 95. “

1996                Israeli psychiatric association annual meeting , Hilton TA

 

1996                Has participated in IACAPAP Venice Working Group as active

member in Developing a Declaration for Universal Guidelines for

Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents. April 22-24.

 

1996                Annual Congress of American Academy for Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

 

1997                The annual meeting of the Israeli Hypnosis Association, Zichron

Yaakov, Israel.

 

1997                8th congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association, Jerusalem

Israel.

 

1997                World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

1998                Member of the Organizing Committee, “The Promised Childhood”-

 Jerusalem 2000 Congress, IACAPAP.

 

1998                Organized the annual congress of the Israeli Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry Association, 23-26 of April, Antalya, Turkey.

 

1998                7th European symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior,

Gent, Belgium, September 09-12, 1998.

 

1999                Organized the Israeli child and adolescent psychiatric association annual meeting , Turkey.

 

‏‏2000                Eastern Mediterranean Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Conference, February 8-11, Sharem El Sheikh, Egypt.

2000                Israeli psychiatric association annual meeting , Jerusalem.

2000                Israeli child and adolescent psychiatric association annual meeting , Eilat.

2000                Organizing committee of  “The Promised Childhood” –IACAPAP 2001 congress in Tel Aviv, 29.4.2001.

2002                Update in Geriatric Psychiatry. Israeli Psychiatric Association and the British Royal College of Psychiatry. 27.2.02-3.3.02, London, UK.

2002                9th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicide Prevention. Warwick, England 14-17 September, 2002.

AEP spring congress, Rome, Italy 24-27.4.03.

2004                Society of Biological Psychiatry, 59th Annual Scientific Program and Convention, April 29th - May 1st, 2004, at the Waldorf Astoria - New York, NY, USA.

2004                American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting, 1-6 of May, 2004, New York, NY, USA.

2004                10th European symposium on suicide and suicidal behavior, Copenhagen 25-28 August, 2004

2004                American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington DC, October 19-24, 2004.

2004                WPA international Congress, Florence, Italy, 10-13 November, 2004

 

G1. M.D. STUDENTS

 

1) Menashri Michal

1.      Date of beginning of M.D. thesis: December 1998

2.      Name of student: Michal Menashri (6th year).

3.      Title of MD thesis: “Association study of serotonin transporter gene in suicidal adolescents”.

4.      Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

2) Carmon Einat

1.      Date of beginning of M.D. thesis: May 1999

2.      Name of student: Carmon Einat(5th year).

3.      Title of MD thesis: “Efficacy and tolerability of Risperidone treatment in schizophreniform disorder in adolescents”.

4.      Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

3) Levran Shaul

1.Date of beginning of M.D. thesis: October 2000

2.Name of student: Levran Shaul (6th year).

3.Title of MD thesis: “Pharmaco-genetics of DRD4 polymorphism and response to neuroleptic medication in adolescents with schizophrenia”.

4.Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

4) Feld Joy

            1.Date of beginning of M.D. thesis: December 1999

2.Name of student: Feld Joy(Olspanger) (6th year).

3.Title of MD thesis: “Aggresssion, depression, anger and suicide among schizophrenic adolescents inpatients”.

4.Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

 

5) Shepshelovish Daniel

            1. Date of beginning of M.D. thesis: February 2002

2. Name of student: Shepshelovish Daniel (5th year).

3. Title of MD thesis: “The Safety of Clozapine for schizophrenic Adolescents”.

4. Academic Institution: Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

6) Keren Geva

1. Date of beginning of M.D. thesis: 2001

2. Name of student: Keren geva

3. Title of MD thesis: Gender differences in suicidal behavior

4. Academic Institution: Technion Medical School

 

 

G.3 RESIDENTS’ BASIC SCIENCE PROJECTS SUPERVISED BY CANDIDATE

 

YEAR         NAME                         TITLE                                      HOSPITAL   

 

2000           Rachel Lewis                DRD4 genetics and suicide       Geha

2001           Machmud Naser           COMT genetics and suicide      Geha

2002           Ruth Baruch                 5-HT2a genetics of suicide        Geha

2003           Alon Aslanov                Citalopram in adolescents         Geha

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