Nahshon Rand

Description of the main medical specialization: Orthopedic Surgery and Spine Surgery

Place of work (hospital):  Assuta Hospital, Tel Aviv

Languages: Hebrew, English

More than 20 years of experience, during which he performed more than 3,200 surgeries, including:

Lumbar discectomies
IDET (intradiscal electrothermoplasty)
Cervical discectomies
Nucleoplasty
Vertebral fixation
Scoliosis surgery
Lumbar laminectomy

Membership in professional organizations:

The Israel Medical Association
The Israel Orthopedic Association
The Israel Spine Society
The Orthopedic Research Society
The North American Spine Society
The Vanderbilt Orthopedic Society

Employment:

1983–2000 – Medical officer and army physician (career army service) in command and staff roles (service track that combined fellowships and professional work). Positions included secretary of the supreme medical appeals committee, director of the medical, 1988–1994 – Specialization in orthopedic surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1995–1998 – Fellowship in spine surgery, Vanderbilt Spine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

1998–2000 – Senior surgeon; specialist in orthopedic surgery and spine surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

2000–present – Specialist in orthopedic surgery and spine surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tzrifin

2000–present – Specialist in orthopedic surgery and spine surgery and deputy director of the Israel Spine Center at Assuta Hospital, Tel Aviv

Publications:

Floman Y, Millgram MA, Ashkenazi E, Smorgick Y, Rand N.: Instrumented slip reduction and fusion for painful unstable isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2008 Oct 21(7):477–83

Anekstein Y, Floman Y, Smorgick Y, Rand N, Millgram M, Mirovsky Y.: Seven years follow-up for total lumbar facet joint replacement (TOPS) in the management of lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis. Eur Spine J. 2015 Mar 8

Floman Y, Smorgick Y, Rand N, Bar-Ziv J: Inferior vena cava thrombosis presenting as lumbar radiculopathy. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Nov 86(11):952–5