DR. Shimon Rochkind

 

Dr. Shimon Rochkind, Specialist in Neurosurgery and Microsurgery

Director, Division of Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

E-mail: Rochkind@zahav.net.il

 

Neurosurgical residency completed in 1989 in Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

 

Fellowships:

 

1988-89: Pediatric Neurosurgical Fellowship, The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

1992: Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Senior Fellowship, Groot Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

 

Specialization in microsurgery and neurosurgery of peripheral nerves, brachial plexus, lumbo-sacral plexus and cauda equine.

 

Fellowship Director, American Society for Peripheral Nerve

Board Member of Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

 

Scientific and clinical interest:

 

1.      Clinical development and use of modern microsurgical and reconstructive approaches for treatment of peripheral nerve and brachial plexus.

2.      Clinical development and use of modern microsurgical approaches for treatment of cauda equine pathology, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus tumors.

3.      Experimental studies on reconstruction of complete peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury using nerve cell tissue engineering technology.

4.      Clinical and experimental development of laser technology and methodology for treatment of injured peripheral nerve.

 

Teaching and Visiting Professor at USA, Canada, Japan and European Societies, Academic of Russian Laser Academy of Science.

 

Member of:

 

 American Society for Peripheral Nerve; American Spine Society; World Federation for Neurological Surgery, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section of Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerve, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Israeli Neurosurgical Society; European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, World Association for Laser Therapy, and others.

 

Invited Guest Lecturer: USA, Canada, Japan, U.K., Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Cyprus, Turkey, Iceland, Australia and South Africa.

 

Senior Editor of Photomedicine and Laser Surgery journal.

Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery and additional 4 international clinical and scientific journals.

 

Reviewer of 24 international clinical and scientific journals, among them: New England Journal, Neurological Research, Biomaterials, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Experimental Pathology, Brain Research, Archives of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Journal of Anatomy, Journal of Neurochemistry.

 

Awards:

 

Recipient of 10 international and 2 national awards for basic and clinical research.

 

Patents: 8 patents for scientific developments USA, Europe, Israel.

 

Publications: Author of 61 peer review articles, 8 review papers, 6 case reports, 20 proceedings and 24 chapters in books.