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Geller, CV-

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Alex Geller, M.D.

Home Address: 30 Har Harif st, Kfar-Sava 44235, Israel

Work Address: Director of Endosonography & Interventional Endoscopy, Rabin Medical Center, Jabotinski St, Petach-Tikva, Israel

Phone (home): 972-9-766-5448

Clinic: 972-9-766-7073

Mobile: 972-54-4442210

Phone (work): 972-3-937-7241/2

Fax (work): 972-3-921-0313

E-mail address:

Date of birth: March 28, 1958

Birth place: Oradea, Romania

Marital status: Married, two children (Kay 1988; Tal 1990)

Citizenship: Israel

I.D. #: 06871618-2

PRESENT ACADEMIC RANK AND POSITION

1999 - Director of Endosonography & Interventional Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel

1998 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

1997 Instructor of Medicine, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota

1997 Consultant, in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Therapeutic Endoscopy, and Endoscopic Ultrasound, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

ACADEMIC TRAINING

1980 -1988 Technion, Medical Faculty; Doctor of Medicine - Cum Laude

Seven year program Haifa, Israel

1980 Faculty of Mathematics, Tel - Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

POST - GRADUATE TRAINING

1996-1997 Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy; Mayo Clinic,

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

1993-1996 Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship; Mayo Clinic,

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

1992-1993 Infectious Disease, Immunology and Photopheresis Fellowship Columbia University Affiliated Hospitals - Photopheresis Unit; Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

1990-1992 Internal Medicine Residency; Columbia University Affiliated Hospitals - Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown,

New Jersey, USA

1989-1990 Internal Medicine Internship; Columbia University Affiliated Hospitals - Morristown Memorial Hospital,

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

1987-1988 Rotating Internship; Technion affiliated hospitals, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel

BOARD CERTIFICATION

1992 Diplomat American Board of Internal Medicine (#141540)

1995 Diplomat American Board of Gastroenterology (#141540)

1992 Israel Board of Internal Medicine (#17483)

1995 Israel Board of Gastroenterology (#17482)

PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS AND LICENSURES
2000 Israel: Gastroenterology; approved 1995


2000 Israel: Internal medicine; approved 1992

1995 American Board of Internal Medicine: Gastroenterology

1993 Minnesota State License - 36540

1992 American Board of Internal Medicine

1992 New Jersey State License - 57568

1992 DEA - BG3095103

1990 Federal Licensing Examination (FLEX)

1988 Israel Medical License -20064

1986 Educational Committee for Foreign

Medical Graduates (ECFMG)

HONORS / AWARDS

1982-1986 Dean’s list – Medical School

1987 Medical Doctor - Cum Laude

1994 Janssen US GI fellow award; World Congress of Gastroenterology, Los Angeles, USA

MILITARY SERVICE

1999 - Israeli Police; Traffic section - volunteer

1986 - Medical Doctor; Lieutenant, Reserve Status, Israel Defense Force

1982 -1986 Senior Medic; Reserve Status, Israel Defense Force

1979 Senior Medic; Regional Medical Clinic, Israel Defense Force

1976 -1978 Senior Instructor; IDF Medical School, Israel Defense Force

BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1994-1995 Clinical Research Fellow; Kenneth K. Wang, M.D. - Mentor Sidney F. Phillips, M.D. & Eugene P. DiMagno. M.D. - Directors Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Mayo Clinic Foundation,

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Clinical research in the areas of GI bleeding, outcome studies, photodynamic therapy and endoscopic ultrasonography

1992-1993 Infectious disease, Immunology & Photopheresis Fellowship; Emil Bisaccia, M.D. - Director, Photopheresis Unit

Columbia University Affiliated Hospitals, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Coordinated clinical and laboratory data

Evaluation pre and post - treatment of patients with autoimmune diseases (e.g. Dermatomyositis, Scleroderma, SLE) and T cell lymphoma with immunomodulatory therapy- Photochemotherapy

(Photopheresis)

1992-1993 Photopheresis and Immunology (6 months);

Carol Berger, Ph.D. - Director, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

Lymphocyte cultures

Preparation of EBV - transformed B cell lines

Propagation of Vaccinia vectors

Performance of cytotoxicity assays

Performance and interpretation of Western blots

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999- Director, Advanced Endoscopy & Consultant, Gastroenterology

Rabin Medical center, Petach-Tikva, Israel

1997-99  Consultant, Therapeutic Endoscopy & Endoscopic Ultrasound, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

1992-93 House Physician; Urgent care medical management, Dover, New Jersey, USA

1992-93 House Physician; Omni-Med, Urgent care center, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA

1988-1989 Duty Officer; Urology Department, Carmel Hospital,

Haifa, Israel

1984 - 85 Emergency Room Nurse; Emergency Room, Rambam Hospital,

Haifa, Israel

1980 - 83 Nurse; Intensive Care Unit, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SOCIETIES

1999- Israel Gastroenterology Association (IGA)

1993- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

1995- American Gastroenterology Association (AGA)

1994- American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

1993-1997 American Medical Association (AMA)

1993-9 Minnesota Medical Association (MMA)

1993-9 Zumbro Valley Medical Association (ZVMA)

1993-9 Upper Mid-West Endoscopy Society (UMWES)

1987- Israeli Medical Association (IMA)

1988 Lieutenant; Reserve Status, Israel Defense Force (IDF)

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS

1997 Contributor & Reviewer - Test questions; American Board of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology

1997-9 Coordinator, surgical residency endoscopy education

1997-9 Endoscopic core-curriculum lecture series for Gastroenterology Fellowship

JOURNAL REVIEWER

2008- ASGE – International Editorial Board

2000-8 Editorial Review Board, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

1994-6 Reviewer, Gastroenterology

1997- Reviewer, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

1996-99 Reviewer, American Journal of Gastroenterology

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES

1996-7 Postgraduate Education Committee, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

1996-8 Endoscopic Utilization and Credentials committee

American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

1996 Gastroenterology Advisory Board Meeting On Post Operative Ileus (Janssen Pharmaceutical)

2003- ASGE International Committee
2004 Israeli Gastroenterology Association – Committee on

Endoscopic Accessories Reprocessing – Chairperson Dr. Fierman, Teiberias, Israel

INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEES

2003- Anti smoking committee, Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson

2003- Davidoff Cancer Center, Disease Management Team (DMT) - Colorectal cancer group, Rabin Medical Center

2000- Institutional Research Committee, Rabin Medical Center

1998-99 Education committee; Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

1997-8 Nurses productivity task force; Gastroenterology & Hepatology division; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

1992-3 Ethics Committee; Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1996 Endoscopic drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts. Soroka Medical center, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Watermelon stomach: Endoscopic management & complications. Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

1997 Periampullary adenomas: Endoscopic diagnosis & management.

Soroka Medical center, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Endoscopic drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts. Rabin medical center, Petach-Tikva, Israel

1998 Endoscopic Ultrasound. Gastroenterology, Rabin medical center, Petach Tikva, Israel

1999 Endoscopic management of watermelon stomach and radiation proctopathy. Invited speaker; a new Millennium of Gastroenterology; Hawaii

Colonoscopy preparations, Morbidity & Mortality conference, Internal Medicine department, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Endoscopic ultrasound for common bile duct stones. Internal Medicine department, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Ileostomy and ileo-anal pouch anastomosis polyposis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Invited speaker. Israeli Gastroenterology Association, semi-annual meeting, Eilat, Israel

2000 Endoscopic ultrasound in the staging of pulmonary cancer. Israel Society of Pulomonology, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

Gastrointestinal bleeding. Israel Society of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care. Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Gastrointestinal bleeding in children. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Therapy of gastrointestinal bleeding. Department of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical center, Israel

Invasive endoscopy and ERCP in children. Department of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Complex Endoscopy Cases. Regional Gastroenterology Departments monthly meeting. Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Gastrointestinal bleeding. Israel Society of Radiology. Tel Aviv University, Israel

2001 Advanced Endoscopy. Israel Society of Radiology. Tel Aviv University, Israel

The diagnosis of pancreas cancer. Grand Rounds, Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center

Complex Endoscopy Cases. Regional Gastroenterology Departments monthly meeting. Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Faculty, 7th Seminar on Operative Digestive Endoscopy: Live Endoscopy Cases. Rambam Medical Center, the Bruce Rapapport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

2002 Endoscopic Ultrasound. National school of Radiology and Imaging. Clalit health services & Bar Ilan University.

Faculty, International Meeting: GI malignancies can be prevented and treated: from the bench to the bedside. Premalignant GI lesions: Endoscopic diagnosis & therapy.

Malignant GI obstructions: Metal stents. Gastroenterology Grand Round. Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Moderator, 3rd session. Semiannual IGA, Hertzelia

2003 EUS in Rectal Cancer. Gastroenterology Grand Rounds. Soroka Medical center, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Faculty, Endoscopy simulator course. National Simulation

Center, Shiba Medical Center, Tel Aviv
EUS in Rectal Cancer. Gastroenterology Grand Round. Rabin Medical Center, Israel

EUS Work Shop – Case demonstrations. Invited Faculty. Gastroenterology Department. Suraski Medical Center, Tel Aviv

GI Bleeding. Israel Society of Emergency Medicine. Tel Aviv University, Israel

2004 Kav Habriut – TV health series, Portal hypertension & Endoscopic therapy
Faculty, Endoscopy simulator course. National Simulation

Center, Shiba Medical Center, Tel Aviv

Faculty, Live advanced endoscopy demonstrations, Eigth Seminar on Operative Digestive Endoscopy, Rambam Medical Center, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Endoscopy electrosurgery. Gastroenterology ground round, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva

Rectal Endosonography. Grand Round, Radiology, Rabin

Medical Center, Petach Tikva
2005 Faculty, Endoscopy simulator course. National Simulation

Center, Shiba Medical Center, Tel Aviv

Electrosurgical cautery. GI grand rounds. Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva Israel

Endosonography. Radiology ground rounds. Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel

2006 Interventional Endoscopy. GI grand rounds. Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva Israel

2007 Quality assurance in Endoscopy. GI grand rounds. Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva Israel

2008 Endosonography and the pancreas. GI grand rounds. Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva Israel

2009 The changing pattern of GI bleeding and endoscopy. GI grand rounds. Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva Israel

Glue therapy for gastric varices. GI grand rounds. Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva Israel

2010 Halo system – Barrett's endotherapy

Endotherapy for GERD – Surgical Division Grand Rounds

2011 RFA of Barrett's esophagus
Advanced biliary endoscopic interventions – Israel Gastroenterology Assoc. International conference. Eilat, Israel
International Endoscopy Work Shop – on line endoscopy. Faculty. Ramabm, Haifa, Israel

The future of endoscopic surgery – A bitter struggle or fusion – Chair person. National Israeli Surgical Society Conference. Jerusalem, Israel

GENERAL PRESENTATIONS

2000 Ferrera for Women Only: Constipation. Israel Broadcast Association, channel 3.

Hemorrhoids. Women Magazine “A’at”.

2002 Hot chilly pepers. 50 & something magazine. May, page 46


Food supplements. 50 & something magazine. June, page 88

2009 Colon polyps and colonoscopy. Channel 10 TV.

Achalsia. Channel 2 TV
2011 Barrett's esophagus – RFA Ablation – Health program - Prof.

Karso. Channel 10 TV

SUBSPECIALTY INTERESTS

  1. Endoscopic ultrasonography and tissue sampling
  2. Endoscopic diagnosis and management of pancreato-biliary disease
  3. Endoscopic diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal bleeding
  4. Endoscopic management of vascular malformation
  5. Enteroscopy
  6. Tissue ablation techniques:

·  Nd: YAG laser

·  Argon plasma coagulation

·  Photodynamic therapy

·  Electrical coagulation

  1. Chromoscopy, magnifying endoscopy and tissue staining
  2. Endoscopic outcome studies

PROCEDURAL EXPERIENCE

1.  Upper Endoscopy:
Diagnostic and therapeutic
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
Variceal sclerotherapy and band endoligation
Foreign body removal
Polypectomy
Botox injection
Laser photoablation (Nd: YAG)
Argon plasma coagulation (APC)
Photodynamic therapy (PDT)
Plastic esophageal stents for malignancy
Self expandable metal stent (SEMS) (esophagus, gastric, duodenum)

2.  Complex Endoscopic Dilatation
Post radiation and malignant proximal & distal esophageal strictures
Caustic esophageal strictures
Pneumatic Achalasia dilatation
Pyloric stenosis
Surgical anastomosis

3.  Botox injection
Achalasia
Pyloric stenosis

4.  Photodynamic Therapy (inactive)
Barrett’s esophagus
Intramucosal esophageal carcinoma

5.  RFA Barrett's esophagus

6.  Emergency and Occult Bleeding: Diagnosis and management.

7.  Over Tube Push & Balloon Enteroscopy.

8.  Sonde Pan Small Bowel Enteroscopy

9.  Intra-Operative Endoscopy:
In patients with occult GI bleeding. Diagnosis and therapy of potential bleeding sources.

10. Colonoscopy:
Diagnostic and therapeutic
Large polyps polypectomy
Saline assisted polypectomy
Bleeding management
Laser photoablation (Nd: YAG)
Argon plasma coagulation (APC)
Dilatation
Self expandable metal stent placement

11. Video capsule endoscopy

12. ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography):
Diagnostic and therapeutic
Sphincter of Oddi manometry
Biliary sphincterotomy
Pancreatic sphincterotomy
Minor papilla sphincterotomy
Biliary & pancreatic stone extraction
Biliary and pancreatic dilation
Plastic and self expandable metal stent placement
Biliary Brachytherapy: radioactive seeds placement
Management of periampullary tumors: Ampullectomy, laser and APC therapy
Cholangioscopy
RFA biliary ablation

13. EMR (Endoscopic Mucosal Resection)
Saline assisted
Double channel lift and cut technique
Needle knife assisted

14. ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection)

15. Halo system Barrett's RFA

16. Magnifying zoom endoscopy / NBI

17. Confocal probe microscopy – Cellvizio work shop – N.Y, New York, USA

18. Tissue staining techniques

19. Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage
Endoscopic and EUS guided

20. Endoscopic Ultrasonography:
Radial imaging
Linear imaging
GI, mediastinum, lung, retroperitoneal tumor staging
Endosonography guided fine needle aspiration (FNA)
EUS guided celiac block

21. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) and direct Jejunostomy (DPEJ)

22. Liver Biopsy (inactive)

23. Esophageal Manometry, and 24 hour pH Monitoring (inactive)

RESEARCH PROTOCOLS and GRANTS

  1. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 19,769

Geller A, Wang KK, Cameron A, Densmore J, Pittelkow M. Primary culture

and optical characterization of Barrett’s epithelium.
(completed)

  1. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 24,800

Geller A, Wang KK, Stark ME, Heigh R, Zinsmeister AR. Quantifying risk of

adverse events in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding: Identifying the

low risk patient.
(completed)

  1. Georgetown University, $ 10,000
    Geller A, Gostout CJ, et al. High-resolution colonoscopy with a standard endoscope and chromoscopy for the detection and classification of colonic polyps: A multicenter study. (completed)
  2. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 16,478
    Sorbi D, Geller A, Gostout CJ, et al. Management of radiation proctopathy: A prospective assessment of topical formalin therapy.
    (Inactive)
  3. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 14,781
    Geller A, Ahlquist DA, Wang KK, King J, Dozois R, Carlson Hope. Prevalence of ileal neoplasms in familial adenomatous polyposis patients after ileostomy or ileoanal anastomosis. (Completed)
  4. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 29,317
    Larson M, Van Os E, Balm R, Ahlquist D, Gostout C, Geller A, Viggiano T, Wang K, Zinsmeister A. A randomized controlled trial comparing laser therapy to a coated self-expandable metal stent for palliation of esophageal cancer. (Completed)
  5. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 45,935
    Wang KK, Geller A. Photodynamic therapy for superficial esophageal malignancies in non-operative patients with Barrett’s esophagus. (Completed)
  6. Henri Beaufour Institute, $ 250,000
    Kamath P, Gostout CJ, Larson MV, Wang KK, Balm RK, Schroeder KW, Alexander GL, Petersen BT, Geller A. A phase III double blind multicenter, randomized, placebo controlled study of the effects of a somatostatin analogue (lanreotide) as an adjuvant to endoscopic band ligation of patients with acute bleeding from esophageal varices. (active)
  7. Practice Development Program, $ 80,118
    Alexander GL, Locke GR, Geller A, et al. Parallel-randomized trials to assess optimized care of patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. (Inactive)
  8. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 4,000
    de Groen P, Geller A, Ahlquist DA, Gostout CJ, Burgart LJ, Evans RW, Nivatvongs S, Zinsmeister AL. Large tumors at colonoscopy: to biopsy or not to biopsy, that is the question. (Inactive)
  9. ICOS, $ 137,500
    Petersen BT, Gostout CJ, Geller A, Norton I. Phase 2 study of recombinant platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase (r-PAF-AH) for prevention of post ERCP pancreatitis. A multi-center trial. (active)
  10. Bard Interventional Products Division, $ 116,017
    Gostout CJ, Geller A. Evaluation of the Bard Endoscopic Suturing System for the placement of stitches in the upper gastrointestinal tract and the evaluation of endoscopic Gastroplasty for gastro-esophageal reflux disease. Multi-center study. (completed)
  11. Geller A, et al. A retrospective comparison of plastic and metal stents in patients with malignant biliary obstruction. (completed)
  12. Norton ID, Gostout CJ, Sorbi D, Petersen BT, Geller A, et al. Endoscopic management of periampullary adenomas. (completed)
  13. Mayo Clinic Foundation, $ 70,000
    Yacavone RF, Petersen BT, Geller A, Gostout CJ, Norton ID, Zinsmeister AR. Prospective development of a predictive risk score for post ERCP pancreatitis. (active)
  14. Gunaratnam NT, Gostout CJ, Petersen BT, Geller A, Derfus G, Courier B, Conio M, Zinsmeister AR, Weaver MS. A prospective multicenter trial comparing the use of two self-expanding metal biliary stents for the palliation of pancreatic cancer. (Completed)

PUBLICATIONS

M.D. Thesis

Geller A. Use of Haloperidol decanoate vs. Fluphenazine decanoate for
maintenance therapy of Psychotic Schizophrenic patients: A Comparative
study. M.D. Thesis. Technion, Haifa, Israel 1987.