Prof. Avraham Steinberg
Chairman of the Helsinki Committee | Director of the Medical Ethics Unit
- Expertise: Pediatrics
- Sub Expertise: Pediatric neurology, Child Development
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Additional Fields:
- Medical ethics
- Medicine and Halacha
- Medicine and Law
Professional Experience
- Pediatric neurologist since 1982
Public Positions
- The chairman of the national committee by virtue of the law on the patient who tends to die
- The chairman of the inter-ministerial committee for the supervision of the circumcisers
- Co-Chairman of the National Council for Bioethics
- Chairman of the ethics committee of the "Matnat Chaim" association
- Director of "Yad Harav Herzog" and the Talmudic encyclopedia
- Chief editor of the Talmudic Micropedia
- Member of Israel's Chief Rabbinate Committee for Interfaith Dialogue
- Member of the Academy of Life on behalf of the Pope in the Vatican
Training
- The Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Hadassah
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
- Einstein and Montefiore hospitals in New York - child neurology
Research Areas and Articles
Over 300 articles in the fields of:
Medical ethics
Medicine and Halacha
History of medicine
Child Neurology
The author of the set "The Medicine as Halacha"
Awards
- Beloved of Jerusalem
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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