Prof. Naama Constantini
Director of the Heidi Rothberg Center for Sports Medicine
- Expertise: Family medicine
- Sub Expertise: Sports medicine
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Additional Fields:
- Diving medicine
Professional Experience
- Residency in family medicine in Jerusalem
- Two years of sports medicine studies and research in New York
- The doctor of the boarding school for the fostering of young athletes at the Wingate Institute
- Director of the Center for Sports Medicine and Research, Wingate Institute (until 2004)
- The doctor of the Olympic delegation to Sydney 2000 The Paralympic delegation in Beijing 2008
- Chairman of the Medical Committee of the Israeli Olympic Committee (until 2010)
- Director of the Hadassah Optimal Sports Medicine Center, Hadassah Hospital (until 2016)
- The swimming association doctor
- The doctor of the women's team - climbing association
- A doctor in the reserves in the IDF combat fitness section
- Chairman of the track for Continuing studies in sports medicine - the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv
Public Positions
- Chairman of the National Council for Women's Health on behalf of the Ministry of Health (since 2013)
- Chairman of EXERCISE IS MEDICINE Israel (since 2015)
- Member of the committee and consultant to the International Olympic Committee on athlete health (since 2005)
- Chairman of the Medical Committee of the European Water Sports Organization, LEN (from 2022)
- Member of the teaching staff of international advanced courses in sports medicine on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (from 2019)
Academic activity:
- Coordinates and teaches a lifestyle course for first-year medical students in Jerusalem and for students within Avni Pina
- Chairman of the track for Continuing studies in sports medicine - the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv
- Guides students for theses in all degrees both in Hebrew and in other universities
- Coordinates and teaches a course in sports nutrition for clinical nutritionists
- Coordinator and lecturer in training courses in sports medicine (EIM) for doctors, nurses and physiotherapists
- Lecturer in the advanced course for international team doctors on behalf of the International Olympic Committee
Training
- Graduated from the School of Medicine in Jerusalem
- Wingate swimming instructors and coaches course
- Continuing studies and receiving the "Diploma in Family Medicine" (DFM) degree, Jerusalem
- Diving medicine course at the Institute of Naval Medicine, Navy, Haifa
- Residency in family medicine, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem
- Courses in exercise physiology and physical activity, New York University
- Advanced course in nutrition and physical activity on behalf of the ACSM and the ASCN
- Continuing studies in sports medicine, Tel Aviv University
- Advanced course for team doctors on behalf of the American College of Sports Medicine
- Clinical fellowship training in sports medicine in Toronto, including a Canadian diploma in sports medicine
- International academic training, Department of Family Medicine, University of Toronto
Research Areas and Articles
Over a hundred studies and review articles in the scientific literature and hundreds of publications and lectures in conferences and courses in the fields of sports medicine, including energy availability in athletes, women and physical activity, the relationship between physical activity and diseases, nutrition and eating habits in sports, hormones and effort, PG and health and more
Awards
- Zahra Labitov Prize for an outstanding thesis - 1985
- Outstanding research award at the joint conference of CASM and AMSSM - Vegas 2008
- Knesset Award for contribution to sports medicine in Israel - 2010
- Outstanding Coordinator Award, School of Continuing Studies in Sports Medicine in Tel Aviv - 2013
Additional lnfo
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Languages
English | Hebrew
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Private Medical Service
no
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Doctor's Legal Opinion
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