Prof. Shlomi Constantini
Director; Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery; Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital
Professor Shlomi Constantini has been the director of the department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Dana Children’s Hospital since 1996. His department is the largest tertiary facility in Israel and includes 2 senior neurosurgeons, a nurse practitioner and several international trainees at any time. He is also the direction of the Israeli International Neurofibromatosis Center IINFC
After completing medical degree & neurosurgical residency, Shlomi received his training from Fred Epstein at NYU, specializing in complex brain and spinal cord surgical challenges in children, focusing on those that are most difficult to operate.
Professor Constantini is active internationally while serving roles in global organizations such as: Immediate past president of IFNE, past general secretary of ISPN, and past Vice president of EANS.
Shlomi is intensely performing research and has published over 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals and over 50 book chapters. Professor Constantini is a member of the editorial board of many journals.
Education
Hadassah Medical School,Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1980 Medical Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1984 Medical School combined with Masters in Neurobiology Thesis: Glucose transport in nerves of normal & diabetic rats. Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1979 Hippocampal Electrophysiology Dr. H. Jahnsen in Copenhagen
1982 Sensory Transduction Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories
1992 Neurotraumatology and Stroke With Wise Foung M.D, Ph.D NYU Medical Center Research Fellowship
1979 – 1982 Clinical Laboratory Shaare Zedek Hospital Jerusalem, Israel
1982 3 month rotations in Cardiology, Nephrology, & Pulmonology, Mount Sinai Hospital NYC, NY
1987 EANS Course in Supratentorial Tumors, Wroclaw, Poland
1988 EANS Course in Infratentorial Tumors, Amsterdam, Holland
1989 Micro-Neurosurgery Course, Prof. Yasargil in Zurich, Switzerland
1990 Neurosurgery: Cum Laude, Israeli Specialization Boards
1990 Neurosurgical Laboratory, Gemelli Hospital Rome, Italy
1991- 1993 Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Prof. Fred Epstein NYU Medical Center
1994 Neuro-Endoscopy Course, NYU Medical Center Postgraduate School
1995 “Spine Days” Program, Aesculapium, Tutlingen, Germany
1997 Advanced Neuro-Endoscopy, Aesculapium, Tutlingen, Germany
Known expertise
- Pediatric Nourosurgery
- Nourosurgery
- Continuing education
Clinical experience
1984 One year rotating internship Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
1985-1990 Residency in Neurosurgery, Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel
1993 Attending Physician, Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel
1996 Present Director, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery , Dana Children’s Hospital Tel Aviv Medical Center
2006 Present Director, The Gilbert Israeli & International Neurofibromatosis Center (IINFC), Dana Children’s Hospital Tel Aviv Medical Center
Academic experience
1990 Lecturer in Neurosurgery, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1997 Senior Lecturer Tel Aviv University Medical School
2003 Present Associate Professorship, Tel Aviv University Medical School
2002-2003 Visiting Professorship, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Canada
Prizes and achivements
1979-1982 Dean’s Honor List and Stipend
1982 Aharon Katzir Fellowship
1982 Wolf Foundation Fellowship
1982 Forsheimer Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC
1983-1985 Foulks Foundation Fellowship
1984 Dr. Albert Sulke Award for Outstanding M.Sc. Thesis (Cum Laude)
1984, 1985 Fellowship: Center for Medical Education at Ben-Gurion University
1988 Leo Davidoff Award for Study on Metabolic Changes in Head Trauma
1989 Faculty Award for Research on Intracranial Pressure Measurements
1989 Leo Davidoff Award for Study on Thromboembolic Phenomena
1991 Fulbright Fellowship
1993 Rolex-Selected Projects List for the “Round Cerebral Retractor”
1994 The Mahaly Best Clinical Research Award of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Union membership
- Israeli Neurosurgical Society
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- Pediatric Section of the AANS
- Tumor Section of the AANS
- European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN)
- International Federation of Neuroendoscopy (IFNE) Founding Member and President – Elect
- European Neurosurgical Society (EANS) – Vice President
- International Society Pediatric Neurosurgey (ISPN) – General Secretary
