Prof. Pinhas Hashkes

Director of the Children's Rheumatology Unit

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

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)

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

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

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)