Prof. Avinoam Reches

Head of Neurology and Movement Disorders Unit, Hadassah, Jerusalem

Specialty: Neurology, Parkinson’s disease, neurodegenerative diseases, incoordination

Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Israel Medical Association

Prof. Avinoam Rehes graduated from School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital “Hadassah” and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

1970-1973 – compulsory service in the Israeli army as a medical battalion of paratroopers. 1973-1978 – Practice of Neurology at the University Hospital “Hadassah”

1978-1983 – senior doctor in the department of neurology, Hadassah. Participation in research – “movement disorders”

1980-1983 – Practice at Neurological Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA, with the support of the formation of the US-Israel, a Fulbright scholarship and NIH-Fogarty

Since 1983 Senior doctor at the Hadassah

Since 2005 Head of the Movement disorders Department, Hadassah

Dr. Reches is a neuroscience professor since 1995. Previously he also was as Chairman of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Rehabilitation Department of (1988-1995, 1998-1999).

In 1992-1996 – Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Jerusalem for students and medical education

In 1992-1996 he. – Head of the Center for Medical Education, Medical Faculty in Jerusalem

1988-1995 – Member of the Research Council of the Medical Faculty, Hebrew University

In 2000-2005 – Chairman of the Research Council of Medical Faculty in Jerusalem

Within the framework of social activities Prof. Reches:

Member of the Association of Neurological Israel

Since 1999 – Member of the National Council on bioethics

Since 2004 – Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Israel Medical Association

Since 2001 – Head of the Center for Medical Ethics

Clinical experience:

– Neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease

– Other movement disorders and all areas of neurology

Prof. Avinoam Reches regularly publishes works on medicine, ethics, law and health economics.