Membership in Scientific Organizations & International Activity

School Contact Information

Koret School of Veterinary Medicine,
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural, Food & Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Address: Herzl 229, P.O. Box 12,
Rehovot 76100, Israel

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489021/31;
Fax: +972-(0)8-9467940
E-Mail: vet.school@mail.huji.ac.il

 

A. Membership in Israeli Professional Organizations

  • Member, The Israeli Veterinary Medical Association
  • Member, Israel Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Association
  • Member, Israeli Society for Vision & Eye Research
  • Member, HUJI Jerusalem Brain Community (JBC)

B. Appointments in Professional Organizations in Israel

  • 2001-2015: Member, Executive Board, Israeli Veterinary Medical Association (representing veterinarians employed in research institutions)
  • 2002-2009: Member, Executive Board, Israeli Society for Vision & Eye Research
  • 2008-2012: Member, Scientific Board, Israeli Veterinary Medical Association
  • 2008-2012: Member, Veterinary Specialization Board, Israeli Veterinary Medical Association

C. Membership in International Professional Organizations

  • 1994-2012: Member, European Society of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ESVO)
  • 1994-present: Member, International Society of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ISVO)
  • 1999-present: Member, Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO)
  • 2002-2008: Member, American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (ASVO)
  • 2005-present: Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ECVO)
  • 2009-present: Honorary Overseas Diplomate, Japanese Society of Comparative and Veterinary Ophthalmology (JSCVO)
  • 2013-present: Member, International Society for Eye Research (ISER)
  • 2014-present: Member, British Association of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (BrAVO)
  • 2017-present: Honorary member, Eastern European Society of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
  • 2021-present: Member, ECVO Clinical & Research Ethics Committee

D. Appointments in International Professional Organizations

  • 2000-2005: Member, Executive Board, European Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (ESVO), in charge of ESVO Continuous Education
  • 2001-2002: Vice President (& President-elect), ESVO
  • 2002-2005: President, ESVO
  • 2008-2010: Executive Board member, European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ECVO)
  • 2011: Chairman, Credentials Committee for selecting Founder Diplomates of the Asian College of Veterinary Ophthalmology, (AiCVO)
  • 2011-2016: Member, Scientific Committee ECVO
  • 2011-present: International Academic Advisor, Korean Animal Hospital Association (KAHA)

E. Ad-hoc Reviewer in International Journals

  • Acta Veterinaria Scandinavia
  • Acta Histochemica
  • American Journal of Veterinary Research
  • Anatomical Record
  • Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research
  • Archives of Ophthalmology
  • BMC Genomics
  • BMC Ophthalmology
  • BMC Veterinary Research
  • British Journal of Nutrition
  • Clinical Nutrition Experimental
  • urrent Eye Research
  • Current Gene Therapy
  • Documenta Ophthalmologica
  • Equine Veterinary Journal
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Experimental Eye Research
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Graefe’s Archive for Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Israeli Journal of Veterinary Medicine
  • Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
  • Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Journal of Medical Primatology
  • Journal of Small Animal Practice
  • Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Journal of Veterinary Science
  • Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
  • Molecular Vision
  • Neuroscience Letters
  • PLoS (Public Library of Science) One
  • Poultry Science
  • Research in Veterinary Science
  • The Veterinary Journal
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Veterinary Ophthalmology

F. Editorial board member

  • Translational Vision Science & Technology, an ARVO (Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology) journal

G. International Meetings Organized (last 10 years)

  • 2008-2018: Member, Advisory Committee, Basic Science Course of the ACVO
  • 2010: Co-Chairman, Organizing Committee, ERG course and wetlab, ACVO annual meeting, San Diego, CA
  • 2015: Chairman, Scientific Organizing Committee, annual ECVO meeting, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2015-present: Ophthalmology Program Chair, SEVC (South European Veterinary Conference)

H. Invited Speaker, International meeting (last 5 years)

  1. 2013.  Companion animal ophthalmology – ophthalmic examination; diseases of the globe; ophthalmic emergencies; blindness. The North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC). Orlando, FL, USA.
  2. 2013.  Companion animal ophthalmology – blindness; red eye; cataract; glaucoma; diseases of the globe. Annual meeting of the Hungarian Veterinary Chamber. Budapest, Hungary.
  3. 2013.  Companion animal ophthalmology – red eye; cataract; blindness; glaucoma. 10th Panhellenic Veterinary Congress of Companion Animals, Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society. Athens, Greece.
  4. 2013.  Companion animal ophthalmology – retinal diseases. 8th annual meeting of the Turkish Small Animal Veterinary Association (TSAVA). Istanbul, Turkey.
  5. 2014.  Companion animal ophthalmology – ophthalmic examination; conjunctivitis; corneal ulcers; feline ophthalmology; eyelid surgery. Annual meeting of the Hungarian Small Animal Veterinary Association (HSAVA). Budapest, Hungary.
  6. 2014.  Companion animal ophthalmology – blindness; glaucoma; visual optics. 8th annual meeting of the Veterinary Practitioners Association of Thailand (VPAT). Bangkok, Thailand.
  7. 2014.  Retinal diseases. 4th annual meeting of the Asian Society and Asian College of Veterinary Ophthalmology (AiSVO & AiCVO). Taipei, Taiwan.
  8. 2014.  Companion animal ophthalmology – vision; ophthalmic examination; ocular pharmacology; feline conjunctivitis; diseases of the globe. The 37th WSAVA Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.
  9. 2014.  Companion animal ophthalmology – ophthalmic examination; diseases of the globe; inherited retinal diseases. The 8th annual Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC). Barcelona, Spain.
  10. 2015.  Companion animal ophthalmology – corneal ulcers; red eye; ophthalmology of exotic pets; non-ulcerative corneal diseases; blindness; feline conjunctivitis. The North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC). Orlando, Florida.
  11. 2015.  Companion animal ophthalmology – ophthalmic examination; blindness; diseases of the globe; ocular pharmacology. The 36th annual Brazilian Congress of the ANCLIVEPA (BCA). Porto Seguro, Brazil.
  12. 2015.  Visual optics. The 2015 annual meeting of the Czech Small Animal Veterinary Association (CSAVA). Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
  13. 2015.  Companion animal ophthalmology – glaucoma; vision. The 9th annual Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC). Barcelona, Spain.
  14. 2016.  Companion animal ophthalmology – corneal diseases, eyelid surgery. The 19th International Scientific and Practical Veterinary Conference IVC. Kiev, Ukraine
  15. 2016.  Companion animal ophthalmology. Eastern European Veterinary Conference (EEVC). Belgrade, Serbia.
  16. 2016.  Retinal electrophysiology. The 10th annual Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC). Granada, Spain.
  17. 2017.  Companion animal ophthalmology - eyelid surgery; lacrimal system; feline uveitis; conjunctivitis. Western Veterinary Conference (WVC). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  18. 2017.  Companion animal ophthalmology. 32nd annual meeting of the Association of Austrian Small Animals Practitioners (VÖK). Salzburg, Austria.
  19. 2018.  Companion animal ophthalmology – cataract referral; blindness in dogs; feline conjunctivitis; feline uveitis; vision in animal. Western Veterinary Conference (WVC). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  20. 2018. Conjunctivitis, the bulging eye. The 24th annual meeting of the Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations (FECAVA). Tallinn, Estonia.
  21. 2018.  Companion animal ophthalmology – conjunctivitis; the bulging eye. 13th annual meeting of the Turkish Small Animal Veterinary Association (TSAVA). Istanbul, Turkey.
  22. 2019. Companion animal ophthalmology. Annual meeting of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association, BSAVA. Birmingham, UK.
  23. 2019. Vision and cortical blindness. Annual meeting of the International Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (ISVO) and the Beijing Small Animal Veterinary Association. Beijing, China.
  24. 2020.  Companion animal ophthalmology – surgical wetlabs; blindness in cats; uveitis; dry eye; vision in animals; red eye; blindness. The North American Veterinary Conference (VMX). Orlando, Florida.
  25. 2020. The Art & Science of Electroretinography. International Veterinary Ophthalmology Lecture Series, Laboratorio Santgar, Mexico. (Online meeting due to corona pandemic).
  26. 2020. International Veterinary Ophthalmology symposium – electroretinography and blindness. Qualittas Veterinary Faculty, São Paulo, Brazil (Online meeting due to corona pandemic).
  27. 2021.  Companion animal ophthalmology – diseases of the globe; glaucoma; red eye; vision. The 21st annual Congresso Veterinario de Leon (CVDL). Leon, Mexico (Online meeting due to corona pandemic).
  28. 2021. Glaucoma (advanced level). The 15th annual Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC). Madrid, Spain (Online meeting due to corona pandemic).
  29. 2022. Companion animal ophthalmology. The 37th World Veterinary Association Congress (WVAC). Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Note: First Israeli veterinarian formally invited to lecture in the UAE since the signing of the Abraham Peace Accord.

  1. 2022. Companion animal ophthalmology. Seventh annual meeting of the Eastern European Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology. Katowice, Poland.
  2. 2023. Blindness in our patients. The 2nd annual meeting of the Union Congress of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. Shanghai. China.
  3. 2023. Two enigmas. Episcleritis and endothelial dystrophy. 17th annual Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC) meeting, Barcelona, Spain