SKIN ULTRASOUND

Professor of Dermatology and Psychiatry at University of Rochester. 

Interested in assessing disease severity in patients with psoriasis utilizing high frequency ultrasound.

Education

1976 M.D. - Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

1986 Specialist in Diagnostic Radiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

1987 Training in Ultrasound Diagnosis, Department of Radiology, Besancon University Hospital, France

1989 Training in Ultrasound Diagnosis, Division of Ultrasound, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia PA, USA

Current Academic and Professional Position

2008-date Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa

1997-date Director, Ultrasound Unit, Department of Radiology, Rambam Medical Center

2006-date Fellow Member, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine [AIUM]

2001- date President, Israel Society for Diagnostic Ultrasound in Medicine [ISDUM]

Teaching Experience

2000-date Clerkship Tutor, in charge of the Teaching Program at the Department of Radiology,

Rambam Medical Center, for 4th-6th year students, Faculty of Medicine, Technion

2007-date In charge of Visiting Foreign Students to Faculty of Medicine, Technion

Research Interest

Vascular and General Diagnostic Ultrasound

Diagnostic Imaging in Oncology

Publications (only six selected, since 2000)

Gaitini D, Soudack M, Epelman M, Assalia A, Kopelman D, Hashmonai M. Engel A. J Clin Ultrasound 29:265-272 (2001)

Gaitini D, Baruch Y, Ghersin E, Waissman E, Kerner H, Shalem B, Yaniv G, Sarfaty C, Azhari H. J of Ultrasound in Med and Biology 30:1321-1327(2004)

Gaitini D, Soudack M. J Ultrasound Med 24:1127-1136 ( 2005)

Gaitini D, Zivari M, Abadi S, Goldberg SN, Adam D. J of Ultrasound Med and Biology 34:586-597 (2008)

Gaitini D, Beck-Razi N, Mor Yosef D, Fischer D, Ben Itzhak O, Krausz M, Engel A.  Am J Roentgenology (AJR), 190: 1330-1306(2008)

Engel A, Soudack M, Ofer A, Nitecky SS, Ghersin E, Fischer D, Gaitini D. Am J Roentgenology (AJR) 193:1212–1221, (2009)

Consultant Department of Dermatology,

Roskilde Hospital

Professor Health Sciences Faculty; University of Copenhagen

Professional posts:

Liaison Officer, International Society for TeleDermatology

Executive Committee, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Board member (National representative), European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Board Member, European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry

Editor, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology News

Board Member (National representative), Nordic Dermatological Society

President, Danish Dermatological Society, 2002- 2004

Scientific posts:

Editor-in-Chief, ‘Case Reports in Dermatology’. Open Access Journal published by Karger AG, Basel, Switzerland

Editorial Board, Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, 2005-8.

Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, San Diego, California, USA

Associate Editor for Clinical Dermatology, Acta Dermatovenerologica Adriatica, Pannonica et Alpina

Section Editor for ‘Continuous Medical Education’, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerolology

Editorial Board, Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Editorial Board, The Open Dermatology Journal, www.bentham.org.

Vice-Chairman, Executive Scientific Committee, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2001-2004

Scientific Committee, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 1996 - 2003

Research council, Sygehus Nord (Hospital North), Region Sjælland

Board Member Biomedical optics (BIOP) Graduate School, Technical University of Denmark

Publications and presentations

Author of approx. 268 publications, including 8 books and 168 papers, 161 presentations (including three honorary lectures and 93 invited lectures) and 76 posters.

Médica residente en radiodiagnóstico en Passo Fundo, Brasil.