Prof. Shmuel Benenson
Director of the Infection Prevention Unit
- Expertise: Internal Medicine
- Sub Expertise: Infectious diseases
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Additional Fields:
- Infections prevention
- Epidemiology
Professional Experience
- Residency in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Shaare Zedek (1997-2003)
- Senior doctor at the Infectious Diseases Unit at Kaplan Hospital (2005-2003)
- Senior doctor for infectious diseases and director of the infection prevention unit at both Hadassah hospitals (2005-2021)
- Family doctor and infectious diseases at Leumit Health Fund for more than 20 years
- Consultant in infectious diseases and infection prevention for the ALIN and Mishgav Ladach hospitals
Public Positions
- Member of the Admissions Committee for the School of Medicine, Hebrew University
- Member of the National Committee for the Prevention of Infections in Premature Babies
- Member of the committee for the prevention of infections in the health system
- Former secretary of the national Israeli circle for the prevention of infections in hospitals
- Reviewer in a large number of scientific journals
- Lecturer at the School of Medicine of the Hebrew University
- Guide for students and residents in scientific works
Memberships
- Medical studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1989-1995)
- Master's degree in epidemiology at the Hebrew University
- Academic associate professor in clinical microbiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Training
Prevention of hospital-acquired infections
Preventing the spread of resistant bacteria
Investigation of outbreaks and their prevention
Wise use of antibiotics
Published about 80 original articles in the scientific press in the field of infectious diseases and infection prevention
Awards
- Academic Excellence
- Excellence in teaching at the School of Medicine, Hebrew University
- 2007 – The Hebrew University School of Public Health & Community Medicine award for excellence in graduate education
- 2008 – Israel Society for Infectious Diseases annual conference award for best poster presentation: “Assessment of knowledge of issues in infection control among medical students.”
- 2009 - Israel Society for Quality in Medicine's Annual Conference award for 2nd best poster presentation: "The influence of an intervention to reduce line infection rates in ICU's at Hadassah".
- 2010 - Israel Society for Quality in Medicine's Annual Conference award for best poster presentation: “Ventilator associated pneumonia – survey and intervention at Hadassah”.
- 2011 - Israel Society for Infectious Diseases annual conference award for best research: "Imipenem disc for detection of KPC carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in clinical practice".
- 2012 - Israel Society for Infectious Diseases annual conference award for best research: Comparison of two carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clones: a contained outbreak in pediatric population and a national epidemic clone.
- 2012 - Rector’s honor for excellence in teaching (Hebrew University)
- 2013 – Hadassah prize for excellence (together with Carmela Schwartz)
- 2014 - Faculty prize for excellence in clinical teaching (Hebrew University)
- 2015 – Faculty prize for excellent thesis for MSc degree (Hebrew University)
- 2016 - Rector’s honor for excellence in teaching (Hebrew University)
- 2017 - Faculty prize for excellence in clinical teaching (Hebrew University)
- 2021 - Rector’s honor for excellence in teaching (Hebrew University)
Additional lnfo
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Languages
Hebrew | English
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Private Medical Service
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Doctor's Legal Opinion
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