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Yakir Kaufman, MD

Neurology Services

Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital

POB 3900, Jerusalem, Israel

Tel: (972-2) 531-6814

Fax: (972-2) 653-6075

E-mail: ytkaufman@hotmail.com

Born: 15 March 1964, Haifa, Israel.

Marital Status: Married, 4 children

Military service: 1982 – 1986 (Rank: Captain)

Education

1981 High school graduation: Hebrew Reali School, Haifa, Major – Biology

1987-1988 Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Life Sciences Faculty – Biology

1988-1994 Hebrew University, Hadassah Faculty of Medicine

1994 MD. Hebrew University, Hadassah Faculty of Medicine

2001 Hypnotherapy Course (Ministry of Health)

2001 Passed Board examination in Neurology

2002 Completed Neurology residency and research thesis

2002-2004 Fellowship: Clinical and research, Behavioural Neurology, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Hospital and Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto

Medical Experience

1994-1995 Internship: Sha’are Tzedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

1995-2001 Residency: Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

2002-2004 Behavioural Neurology Clinical and Behavioural Neurology Inpatient Unit at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Hospital

2004- Head of Neurological Services and Brain Health Center,

Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Academic Degree

Instructor of Neurology – Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School

Instructor of Neurology, Neurology, Geriatrics and Psychiatry residents, University of Toronto

Fellow – Behavioural Neurology Program (research and clinical), Baycrest Hospital, University of Toronto

Associate Fellow – Rotman Research Institute

Membership

American Academy of Neurology – Member

Israeli Neurological Society – Member

Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society Member

CISEPO Consultant for Behavioural Neurology, Israel

Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel – Staff Neurologist

Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel – Affiliated Researcher

List of publications

Kaufman Y, Steiner I. Pathological laughing and crying: neuroanatomic correlation. Europ J Neurol, 1997, Vol 4, supp 1(abstract).

Ashkenazi A, Kaufman Y, Abramsky O, Ben-Hur T. Continuous bilateral focal motor seizures with retained consciousness after stroke. Neurology, 2000 Feb 22;54(4):976-8.

Kaufman Y, Deutsch S, Katz A, Silberman S, Asouli YR, Heilman KM, Wertman E. Influence of directional scanning on neglect dyslexia. Neurology, 1999, Vol 52 (supp1), No 6 (abstract).

Kaufman Y, Deutsch S, Katz A, Silberman S, Asouli YR, Heilman KM, Wertman E. Right neglect dyslexia in English and Hebrew after posterior left hemispheric lesion: characteristics and effects of reading directionality. J Neurol 1999, Vol 246 (supp 1), No 1, I104.

Kaufman Y, Newman JP, Boneh O, Ben Hur T. Normal pressure hydrocephalus manifesting as obsessive-compulsive behavior responding to CSF drainage. J Neurol 2003 May;250(5):622-3

Kaufman Y. Spirituality/Religiosity and Health in Aging Holocaust Survivors in David P. and Pelly S.(2003) Caring for Aging Holocaust Survivors. Toronto, Ont.: Baycrest Centre, 121-123.

Kaufman Y, Anaki D, Binns M, Freedman M. Rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease and spirituality/religiosity. Israel J Psychiatry 2004, Vol 41 (supp 1), No 4, 37-38.

Gelfin Y, Ermilov M, Korn-Lubetzki I, Kaufman Y, Javitt DC, Heresco-Levy U. D-serine adjuvant pharmacotherapy for psychiatric and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. Israel J Psychiatry 2004, Vol 41 (supp 1), No 4, 43-44.

Kaufman Y, Anaki D, Binns M, Freedman M. Spirituality and Religiosity but not Quality of Life are related to Rate of Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (submitted).

Kaufman Y, Anaki D, Binns M, Freedman M. Stroke, Other Neurological Diseases and Spirituality/Religiosity: Analysis of the National Population Health Survey (in preparation).

Kaufman Y, Bar-Or A, Binns M, Freedman M. Immunology of Fronto-Temporal Dementia: T Cell Reactivity (in preparation).

Kaufman Y, Bar-Or A, Moalem S, Freedman M. Stress, Hypoxia and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathophysiology (in progress).

Anaki D, Kaufman Y, Freedman M, Moscovitch M. Evaluation of face processing, affective and memory capacities in a patient with delusions of misidentification (in progress).

Kaufman Y, Katzberg H, House R, Binns M, Freedman M. Fronto-temporal Dementia and Occupational Exposure (in progress).

Anaki D., Kaufman Y., Freedman, M., Moscovitch M. Associative Prosopagnosia Without Perceptual Processing or Structural Descriptions Impairment: A Case Study (in progress).

Cotter A, Kaufman Y, Black S, Freedman M. SPECT in Alzheimer’s Disease: Effects of Spirituality and Religiosity (in progress).

Kaufman Y, Newman M, Freedman M. Inflammation and Apoptosis Profile in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease (in progress).

Baumann T, Gao F, Kaufman Y, Freedman M, Black S. Frontal Lobe and Mammilary Body Atrophy in Frontotemporal Dementia and in Non-Acute Alcohol-Related Dementia : An MRI Volumetric Evaluation (in progress).

Oral presentations (selected)

Kaufman Y, Steiner I. Pathological laughing and crying: neuroanatomic correlation. Annual meeting of the Israeli Neurological Society, 1996, Zichron Yaacov, Israel.

Kaufman Y, Steiner I. Pathological laughing and crying: neuroanatomic correlation. Annual meeting of the European Federation of Neurology Society, June 1997, Prague.

Kaufman Y, Deutsch S, Katz A, Silberman S, Asouli YR, Heilman KM, Wertman E. Influence of directional scanning on neglect dyslexia. 51 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April 1999, Toronto, Canada.

Kaufman Y, Newman JP, Boneh O, Ben Hur T. Normal pressure hydrocephalus manifesting as obsessive-compulsive behavior responding to CSF drainage. Accepted for the annual conference of the Israeli Psychobiology Society, March 2002.

Kaufman Yakir, Morris Freedman. Spirituality and Health. Rotman Research Institute annual retreat, October 2002 Toronto, Canada.

Kaufman Yakir. Psychoneuroimmunology, Spirituality and Health. Baycrest Centre department of psychiatry rounds, October 2003, Toronto, Canada.

Kaufman Yakir, Berlat Norman. Psychoneuroimmunology, Spirituality and Health: Implications for Health-care. Baycrest Centre Ground Rounds, November 2003, Toronto, Canada.

Kaufman Y, Anaki D, Binns M, Freedman M. Spirituality, Religiosity and the Rate of Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. University of Toronto Neurology Day, June 24, 2004, Toronto, Canada.

Poster presentations

Kaufman Y, Deutsch S, Katz A, Silberman S, Asouli YR, Heilman KM, Wertman E. Influence of directional scanning on neglect dyslexia. Annual meeting of the Israeli Neurological Society, 1999, Herzelia, Israel.

Kaufman Y, Deutsch S, Katz A, Silberman S, Asouli YR, Heilman KM, Wertman E. Right neglect dyslexia in english and hebrew after posterior left hemispheric lesion: characteristics and effects of reading directionality. Ninth meeting of the European Neurological Society, June 1999, Milan, Italy.

Ashkenazi A, Kaufman Y, Abramsky O, Ben-Hur T. Continuous bilateral focal motor siezures with retained consciousness after stroke. Ninth meeting of the European Neurological Society, June 1999, Milan, Italy.

Kaufman Y, Newman JP, Boneh O, Ben Hur T. Normal pressure hydrocephalus manifesting as obsessive-compulsive behavior responding to CSF drainage. Psychoneuroimmunlogy Research Society Conference, May 2002, Madison, USA.

Y. Kaufman, MD, Rabbi N. Berlat, M. Freedman. Promoting Well-Being in Older People: Spirituality and Religiosity -Implications for Health Care Professionals. Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU) Annual Conference, September 2003, Toronto, Canada.

Melanie Cohn, Brian Levine, Sandra E. Black, Brian Richards, Yakir Kaufman, Morris Moscovitch. Semantic and episodic memory loss in a case of Whipple’s disease encephalopathy. September 2003, Montreal, Canada.

Kaufman Yakir, Abramovitz Eitan, Nadvetzki Shlomo, Koll-Mizrachi Rachel, Shapira Chaim, Karusis Dimitri, Abramsky Oded, Ovadia Chaim. Stress reduction therapy in multiple sclerosis patients: immunologic, well-being and clinical outcomes. Israel Society of Neuroimmunology Annual meeting 2002.

Kaufman Yakir, Norman Berlat, Morris Freedman. Promoting well-being in older people: Spirituality and Health – Implications for Healthcare Professionals. Kunen-Luninfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU) conference, October 2003.

Kaufman Y, Anaki D, Binns M, Freedman M. Spirituality, Religiosity and the Rate of Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. 129th American Neurology Association annual meeting, October 5, 2004, Toronto, Canada.

Kaufman Y, Anaki D, Binns M, Freedman M. Rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease and spirituality/religiosity. Ninth Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, March 16, 2005.

Gelfin Y, Ermilov M, Korn-Lubetzki I, Kaufman Y, Javitt DC, Heresco-Levy U. D-serine adjuvant pharmacotherapy for psychiatric and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. Ninth Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, March 16, 2005.

Research Experience

1994-1995 MD thesis: Pathological laughing and crying: neuroanatomic correlation.Under the supervision of Prof. I Steiner, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

2000-2002 Immunology profile changes following stress reduction therapy in multiple sclerosis patients. Under the supervision of Prof. H. Ovadia, The Department of Neuroimmunology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel (submitted to the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, 2004).

2000-2002 Stressful life events in myasthenia gravis onset and exacerbation

2002-present Rate of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease and Spirituality/Religiosity. In collaboration with David Anaki, Malcolm Binns and Morris Freedman.

2003-present Stroke, Other Neurological Diseases and Spirituality/Religiosity: Analysis of the National Population Health Survey. In collaboration with David Anaki, Malcolm Binns and Morris Freedman.

2003-present Fronto-temporal Dementia and Occupational Exposure. In collaboration with Hans Katzberg and Morris Freedman.

2003-present Immunology of Fronto-Temporal Dementia: T Cell Reactivity. In collaboration with Amit Bar-Or (Neuroimmunology Centre, Montreal Institute of Neurology) and Morris Freedman.

Teaching Experience

1995-2002 Extensive clinical and academic teaching of medical students and residents in Neurology as an instructor in the faculty of medicine and as a chief resident in the department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

2001-2002 Main lecturer in the faculty of psychology on cognition in neurological diseases for neuropsychologists at the Hebrew University, Mount Scopus campus.

2002-2004 Extensive clinical and academic teaching of residents in neurology and geriatrics from the University of Toronto medical faculty as a fellow in the Behavioural Neurology Clinical and Behavioural Neurology Inpatient Unit at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Hospital.

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