Sergey Spektor
Description of the main medical specialization: ֲ Neurosurgery
Place of work (hospital): Assuta Hospital
Medical specialization :
– Complex neurosurgery
– Cerebrovascular surgery
– Skull base surgery
– Endoscopic surgery
– Open surgery
Languages: Hebrew, English, Russian
Education:
Doctor of Medicine: Sverdlovsk Medical Institute, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Subspecialty in cerebrovascular surgery and removal of skull base tumors at Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Specialization in neurosurgery at the Center for Microneurosurgery in Yekaterinburg, one of Russiaג€™s largest neurosurgery centers.
Post-doctoral degree (equivalent to PhD) in neurosurgery at the Burdenko Institute of Medical Sciences, Moscowג€™s main neurosurgery institute. Doctorate in surgical treatment of multiple cerebral artery blockages and the physiological changes related to th, Neurosurgery residency at Hadassah Ein Kerem
Certified in Neurosurgery by the Israeli Scientific Council
Course on Good Clinical Practice for Investigators
International Conference on Harmonisation ג€“ Good Clinical Practice Guidelines course
Description of additional medical specialization:
-Brain tumor resection surgeries
– Skull-base tumors
– Brain-stem surgeries
Position in the hospital: Director of the Assuta Neurosurgery Center
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Employment:
Senior Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery Department, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2001-present
Director, the Center for Skull Base Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, 2010-2019
Senior Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery Department, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), 2000-2001
Senior Neurosurgeon and Head of the Neurosurgery Department, large Russian regional neurosurgery center, 1983-1991
Publications:
Over 80 articles on neurosurgery in the world’s leading journals
Editor, Acta Neurochirurgica, the peer-reviewed European Journal of Neurosurgery
Israeli representative to the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
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Areas of expertise:
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Highly complex neurosurgeries
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Removal of brain tumors such as meningiomas including parasagittal meningiomas, skull base meningiomas in the posterior brain stem
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Removal of tumors from the skull base and tumors on or in close proximity to the brainstem
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Excision of tumors that impair vision (optic nerve tumors) and hearing (acoustic neuromas)
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Excisions of pituitary tumors (adenomas)
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Surgeries to repair cerebrovascular malformations: resection of venous artery malformations, closure of aneurysms (such as brain cavernomas), cerebral hemorrhage repairs and cerebral bypasses
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Micro-neurosurgeries
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Neuroendoscopies
ֲ· ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Endonasal surgeries