2019 Committees
Organizing Committee, Israel:
Prof. Eitan Kerem, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
Prof. Joav Merrick, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel
Dr. Ariel Tenenbaum, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
Prof. Isaiah D Wexler, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
Dr. Rachel Marans, Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem
Prof. Cory Shulman, The Autism Center and The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program, The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University
Ass Prof. Judah Koller, Seymour Fox School of Education and the Autism Center of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Prof. Mona Khoury-Kassabri, Dean, The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University
Dr. Shirly Werner, The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University
International Organizing Committee:
Donald E Greydanus MD, DrHC (Athens), Founding Chair and Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Kerim M Munir, MD, MPH, DSc, Professor, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hatim A Omar, MD, Professor, Children’s Miracle Network Chair, UK Healthcare, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine and Young Parents Program, KY Clinic, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Professor Dilip R Patel, MD, MBA, MPH Chair, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
John Joseph Reisman, MD, FRCP(C), MBA, Professor, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
I Leslie Rubin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Co-director, Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Unit (PEHSU), Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Medical Director, Developmental Pediatric Specialists, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Amjad Horani, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, United States
Tomas Ferkol, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, United States
Local Advisory Committee:
Yackov Berkun, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Head, Department of Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Immunology and FMF Clinic, Hadassah University Hospital Mt Scopus
Gary Diamond, MD, Clalit Health Services
Esti Galili-Weisstub, MD, Hadassah University Hospital, Herman Dana Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Zachi Grossman, MD, Maccabi Health Services
Manuel Katz, MD, MPH, Israel Ministry of Health and Meuhedet Health Services, President Goshen Foundation and Past President, Israel Pediatric Association and Israel Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Gerry Leisman, MD, PhD, Professor, Neuro and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Haifa
Mohammed Morad, MD, Professor, Clalit Health Services, South Region
Raed Mualem, PhD, Nazareth Academic Institute and National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences
Riva Muskal, CEO, Keren Shalem
Shimon Reif, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah University Hospital
Mitchell Schertz, MD, Institute for Child Development, Meuhedet Health Services
Ditza Zachor, MD, Professor, Autism Center, Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Zerifin
Riva Muskal, CEO, Keren Shalem
International Advisory Committee:
Prof. David Bennett, Australia
Prof. Ruth S Buzi, USA
Prof. Jeffrey L Derevensky, Canada
Prof. Howard Dubowitz, USA
Prof. Christian Endler, Austria
David A Ervin, USA
Prof. Albert C. Hergenroeder, USA
Prof. Kathi Kemper, USA
Dr. Bruce Kirkcaldy, Germany
Prof. Yona Lunsky, Canada
Prof. Jennifer O’Dea, Australia
Prof. Vee Prasher, UK
Prof. Patricia Schofield, UK
Dr. Said Shahtahmasebi, New Zealand
Prof. Daniel TL Shek, Hong Kong
Prof. Bruce Thyer, USA
Dr. Søren Ventegodt, Denmark
Dr. Lee Tak Yan, Hong Kong
Prof. Lonnie Zeltzer, USA
