פרופ' רם איתן

Ram Eitan, M.D.                                            

Gynecologic- oncology Division

Helen Schneider Hospital for Women

Rabin Medical Center

Medical education:

M.D.    1990-1997     Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Faculty of Health Science, School of Medicine.

Thesis: Eye Banking: The Experience at the Soroka Medical Center Advisor: Dr Tova Lifshitz, Chief, Ophthalmology Department

Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva

Licensure and Certification

2005           Israel Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

1998         Certification - Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

1998           MD - State of Israel, Ministry of Health

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

Oct 2006 - present        Gynecologic- oncology Division, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center

                                        Cervical Colposcopy and Dysplasia Clinic, Women's Health Center, Modi'in, Maccabi Health Care System

Sept 2005 - Sept 2006 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Attending Physician

Oct 2004 - Aug 2005                 Resident: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Jul 2002 - Aug 2004      Fellow: Gynecologic Oncology Service,
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

Apr 1998 - Jun 2002                  Resident: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Apr 1997 – Mar 1998    Intern:  Shaare Zedek Medical Center

1992-1996                     Department of Opthalmology, Soroka Medical Center, Member of the cornea and eye banking team.
Cornea donation and harvesting

1991-1993                     Alsam Beer-Sheva. Organizer and supervisor of a workshop on health and health education for reformed drug abusers in the inner city of Beer-Sheva

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (2008-2013)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Articles Published

1.Eitan R, Kushnir M, Lithwick-Yanai G, David MB, Hoshen M, Glezerman M, Hod M, Sabah G, Rosenwald S, Levavi H. Tumor microRNA expression patterns associated with resistance to platinum based chemotherapy and survival in ovarian cancer patients. Gynecol Oncol. 2009;114(2):253-9. (Obstetrics & Gynecology 4/79; IF 3.888; Cited 40)

2.Eitan R, Levavi H, Peled Y, Brenner R, Sabah G, Ben-Arie A, Dgani R, Fishman A, Sulkes A, Fenig E, Koren C.  Should simple hysterectomy be added after chemo-radiation for stage IB2 and bulky IIA cervical carcinoma? Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2010;50(3):289-93. (Obstetrics & Gynecology 58/79; IF 1.237; Cited 0)

3.Peled Y, Ben-Haroush A, Eitan R, Eiger M, Pardo J, Krissi H. The accuracy of the preoperative diagnosis in women undergoing emergent gynecological laparoscopy for acute abdominal pain.Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2011 Dec;284(6):1439-42(Obstetrics & Gynecology 56/79; IF 1.277; Cited 0)

4.Eitan R, Haim Krissi, Uziel Beller, Hanoch Levavi, Chen Goldschmit, Avi Ben-Haroush, Yoav Peled. Laparoscopic adnexal transposition – novel surgical technique. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2011 Dec;21(9):1704-7. (Obstetrics & Gynecology 40/79; IF 1.646; Cited 1)

5.Peled Y, Melamed N, Krissi H, Eitan R, Yogev Y, Pardo J. The impact of severe hyperemesis gravidarum on the triple test screening results. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Jun;25(6):637-8. (Obstetrics&Gynecology 46/79; IF 1.495; Cited 0)

6.Haim Krissi , Ram Eitan , Chen Goldchmit ,Yoav Peled. Uterosacral-cardinal ligaments stretching prior to vaginal hysterectomy increases uterine descent - A novel technique. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2012 Jan;160(1):71-3.

(Obstetrics &Gynecology;  27/79 IF 1.974; Cited 0)

7.Haim Krissi, Ram Eitan, Yoav Peled. The role of primary physicians in the diagnostic delay of lower urinary tract and pelvic organ prolapse symptoms. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2012 Mar;161(1):102-4. (Obstetrics &Gynecology;  27/79 IF 1.974; Cited 0)

8.Haim Krissi, Ram Eitan, Ram Eduard, Yoav Peled. Diagnostic Delay for Lower Urinary Tract and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Symptoms in Women. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2012 Jul;286(1):115-8. (Obstetrics & Gynecology 56/79; IF 1.277; Cited 0)

9.heavily pretreated advanced ovarian carcinoma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jun 14. [Epub ahead of print] (Oncology 123/196; IF 2.005; Cited )

10.Cohen S, Bruchim I, Graiver D, Evron Z, Oron-Karni V, Pasmanik-Chor M, Eitan R, Bernheim J, Levavi H, Fishman A, Flescher E. Platinum-resistance in ovarian cancer cells is mediated by IL-6 secretion via the increased expression of its target cIAP-2.. 2012 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print]  (Medicine, Research & Experimental 15/112; IF 5.200; Cited )

11. Ofer Gemer MD^*, Ram Eitan MD^*(^*RE & OG contributed equally to this work), Michael Gdalevich MD, MPH, Ala Mamanov MD,Benjamin Piura MD, Alex Rabinovich MD, Hanoch Levavi MD, Biatrice Ryss MD, Reuvit Halperin MD, Shahar Finci  MD, Uzi Beller MD, Ilan Bruchim MD, Tally Levy MD, Inbar Ben Shachar MD, Alon Ben Arie MD, Ofer Lavie MD. Can parametrectomy be avoided in early cervical cancer? An algorithm for the identification of patients at low risk for parametrial involvement. European Jour Surg Oncol. 2013 Jan;39(1):76-80. (Surgery 43/199; IF 2.499; Cited )

12.Krissi H, Eitan R, Ram E, Peled Y. How accurate is preoperative evaluation of pelvic organ prolapse in women undergoing vaginal reconstruction surgery? 2012;7(10):e47027. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047027. Epub 2012 Oct 9. (Biology 12/85; IF 4.092; Cited 0)

Articles Accepted

1.  Haim Krissi*, Yoav Peled*, Ram Eitan, Amani Bishara, Chen Goldschmit,  Avi Ben-Haroush.(* equal contribution). Single-dose methotrexate injection for ectopic pregnancy: Risk factors for treatment failure in 102 consecutive cases. Int J Gynecol Obstet. (Obstetrics & Gynecology 24/79; IF 2.045; Cited )

2.  Peled Y, Krissi H, Sabah G, Levavi H, Eitan R. Disrupted abdominal laparotomy wounds in gynaecologic oncology patients: benefits of active surgical re-closure. J Wound Care. 2013 Jan;22(1):1-3. ( No IF; Cited )

3. Ram Eitan, Hanoch Levavi, Gad Sabah, Yoav Peled, Haim Krissi. Clinical course of patients treated for advanced ovarian carcinoma without surgical intervention. PLoS One.  (Biology 12/85; IF 4.092; Cited )

Review Articles Published

1. Ram Eitan, Rachel Michaelson-Cohen, Hanoch Levavi, and Uziel Beller.

 The Counseling and Management of Young Healthy BRCA Mutation Carriers.

Int J Gynecol Cancer 2009 Oct;19(7):1156-9 (Obstetrics & Gynecology 40/79; IF 1.646; Cited 3)

Review Articles Accepted

1.    Adi Shacham- Abulafia, Ran Nagar, Eitan Ram, Hanoch Levavi, Gad Sabah,    Liat Vidal, Ofer Shpilberg, Pia Raanani. Burkitt's Lymphoma of the Ovary: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Acta Haematol. 2013;129:169-174. (HEMATOLOGY 52/68; IF 1.354; Cited )

Chapters in books:

1.    Eitan R, Flores RM, Chi DS. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy. In: Covens A, Kupets R (eds). Laparascopic Surgery for Gynecologic Oncology. McGraw-Hill. New York, NY. 2008

2.    Eitan R, Chi DS. Secondary Cytoreduction in the Treatment of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer. Textbook of Gynaecological Oncology. Editor: Ali Ayhan, Murat Gultekin, Polat Dursun Publisher: Gunes Tıp Kıtabevleri, Ankara, Turkey 2009

3.    Eitan R, Chi DS. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy.Textbook of Gynaecological Oncology. Editor: Ali Ayhan, Murat Gultekin, Polat Dursun Publisher: Gunes Tıp Kıtabevleri, Ankara, Turkey 2009

4.    Eitan R, Chi DS. Secondary Cytoreduction in the Treatment of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer. In: Bristow R, Armstrong D (eds). Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Series: Ovarian Cancer. WB Saunders. Philadelphia, PA. Copyright 2010