Prof. Pinhas Hashkes
Director of the Children's Rheumatology Unit
- Expertise: Pediatrics
- Sub Expertise: Pediatric rheumatology
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Additional Fields:
- Treating arthritis in children
- Diagnosis and treatment of vasculitis in children
- Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of recurrent fever of non-infectious origin (autoinflammatory syndromes) such as familial Mediterranean fever
- PFAPA syndrome
- "growing" pains
Professional Experience
- 1989-1994 Residency in pediatrics at Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus
- 1994-1997: Fellowship in pediatric rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, USA
- 1997-2002: Senior doctor and director of the children's rheumatology clinic at Ziv hospitals in Safed, Poria and "Ha'Emek" in Afula
- 2007-2009 - Researcher, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Autoinflammatory Disease Clinic, still affiliated with special volunteer status
- 2003-2009: Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at the Cleveland Clinic, USA
- 2009- Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Public Positions
- Representative of pediatric rheumatology in the committee of the Israeli Rheumatology Association
- Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatrics
- 2012-2018 Chairman of the Examinations Committee on behalf of the Scientific Council of the Medical Association in Rheumatology, Children's Track
- Reviews articles for the most significant medical journals
- Active in promoting the introduction of new drugs in the field of pediatric rheumatology to the health basket (including drugs for the treatment of arthritis and recurrent febrile illnesses/autoinflammatory syndromes)
Memberships
- American Association of Rheumatology (ACR)
- The Israeli Rheumatology Association
- The Israeli Department of Pediatric Rheumatology
- PRINTO organization responsible for clinical studies in Europe
- European Pediatric Rheumatology Society (PReS)
- International Association of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases (ISSAID)
Training
- Medical degree (MD) from the Hebrew University - 1989
- Master's Degree in Epidemiology (MSc) from the University of Cincinnati - 1997
- Certification from the American Society of Rheumatology (ACR) in performing ultrasound (sonar) of the skeletal system (RhMSUS) - 2015
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University
Research Areas and Articles
- Autoinflammatory diseases, including new treatments
- Post-Corona Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (PIMS, MIS-C)
- The modern treatment of children's arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis), including biological treatments
- Use of ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of arthritis in children
- Rheumatic fever treatment
- Long-term outcomes of pediatric rheumatic diseases, including drug safety and use, and mortality
- Studies to understand the issue of "growing" pains
Awards
- 1997 - American Rheumatology Association Research Award for Superspeciality on Long-Term Liver Side Effects of Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Arthritis
- 2005 - American Pediatric Association Mentoring Award for Outstanding Intern Presentation at the Association's Annual Conference
- 2005 - The American Rheumatology Association's article of the year in the USA on the treatment of arthritis in children in the journal J
- 2008 - American Rheumatology Association Mentorship Award of a Pediatric Resident
- 2008 - American Society of Hematology Medical Student Mentor Award
- 2008 - Award of Case Western University in the USA for medical education
- 2009 - List of the best doctors in the USA 2007-2009
- 2011 - the list of selected doctors in Israel, until today (first by Maariv newspaper and later by Forbes)
Additional lnfo
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LanguagesHebrew | English
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Private Medical Serviceyes
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Doctor's Legal Opinionno