Chairman, Department of Neurology at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Nir Giladi, MD, is a renowned leader in the field of Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, movement disorders, neuromuscular diseases, memory disorders, infections of the central nervous system and autoimmune diseases. He is an associate professor in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
The main research interests of Prof. Giladi are epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. Prof. Giladi is a member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society (MDS) and is an officer (treasurer elect) since 2010. Prof. Giladi is also a member of the International Board of the Research Group of the World Health Organization on Parkinson’s Disease and other Movement Disorders.
Prof. Giladi has nearly 200 papers published in peer reviewed journals and has served on the editorial boards of the Movement Disorders Journal, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders and the Journal of Neural Transmission (associate editor). Conducted over 100 lectures at Seminars and Congresses.
Education
Medical School:
1977-1983 Ben Gurion University Beer-Sheeba, Israel
1985-1989 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Specialization:
1985-1989 Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1991-1992 Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Certifications:
- 1984 American Licensing Exam for Foreign Med. Graduates (ECFMG)
- 1990 American Licensing Exam
- 1993 Neurologist
Continuing Education:
- 1989-1991 Fellowship in Movement Disorders, Columbia University, NY, USA
- 1994 Visiting Researcher, Columbia University, New York, USA
- 2001 Visiting Researcher, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- 2006 Visiting Professor, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2010 Fellowship at Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Yangzhou University Yangzhou P.R. China
Union membership
- 2000-2002 Members of the Membership Committee, International Movement Disorders Society
- 2003-2005 Member of the International Executive Committee, Movement Disorders Society
- 2003 Member of the Board Research Group of the WHO on Parkinson’s Disease and other Movements Disorders
- 2005-2006 Member of the Award Committee International Movement Disorders Society
- 2009-2013 Elected Treasurer of the International Society for Movement Disorders
