Technion - Faculty of Medicine

TECHNION - FACULTY OF MEDICINE

Date: 16 July 2010

CURICULUM VITAE

1. PERSONAL DETAILS

Full Name: Atzmon Tsur

Identification or passport number: 05060630-0

Date and place of birth: 11 May 1951, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Additional personal details: Married + 4 children

Addresse: Moshav Liman, Western Galilee 22820

Telephone/Fax: 077-4511112; Telephone: 077-3514008

2. ACADEMIC DEGREES

MedicalSchool: 1972 - 1978, PadovaUniversity - Verona extension, Italy

POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

Certificat d'Etudes Speciales de Biologie et Medecine du Sport - Universite’ Rene Descartes, Paris V, France (1978-9).
Diplome de Traumatologie Sportive - Universite’ Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris IV, France (1979-80).
Certificat d’Etude Relative a’ la Podologie - Universite’ Rene’ Descartes, Paris V, France.
Medical Officers - Israeli Army (1982).
Aeronautic Medicine - Israeli Airforce (1984).
Exercise Physiology - Tel-AvivUniversityMedicalSchool (1985).
Biostatistics - Tel-AvivUniversityMedicalSchool (1986).
Specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - LoewensteinHospital, Raanana (1986-1992).
Post-graduate Studies in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Tel-AvivUniversityMedicalSchool (1986-1989).
Post-graduate Studies in Sports Medicine for FIMS Diplome - Tel-AvivUniversityMedicalSchool (1992-3).
Superior Health Care Administration - HaifaUniversity (1994-6).

3. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Lecturer in sports medicine, school of continuous medical education, Technion, Haifa.
Lecturer in sports medicine, school of continuous medical education, Tel-AvivUniversity.
Lecturer in physical medicine & rehabilitation, school of continuous medical education, Tel-AvivUniversity.
Lecturer in sports medicine, ZinmanCollege for Physical Education and Sports in Wingate Institute.
Lecturer in sports medicine, HollmanSchool for Trainers in Wingate Institute.

4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Social Security (1993-4, and 2002-6).
Homecare, Health Services Clalit - Western Galilee (1996-2005).
Rehabilitation Unit (previously Geriatric Department), WesternGalileeHospital - Nahariya (since 1993).
Rehabilitation Flank, Israel Defense Ministry (1993).
Kupat-HolimClalitCenter, Haifa (1991-2).
Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, LoewensteinRehabilitationCenter, Raanana (1986-93).
Sports Medicine Department - Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports, Wingate Institute (1984-6).
Sports Medicine Laboratory - HaifaUniversity (1984-6).
Sports Medicine Laboratory - HaifaMunicipality (1983-4).
Sports Medicine Laboratory - AssutaHospital, Tel-Aviv (1982-3).
Internship - Tel-AvivMedicalCenter (1980-1).
Residency in Physical Medicine and Sports Traumatology Department - Hopital Foch, Suresne, France (1979-80).
Residency in Sports Medicine Department - Hopital Cochin and INSEP, Paris, France (1978-9).

5. RESEARCH INTERESTS

Peroneal nerve conduction properties in stroke patients havingflaccid drop foot.
Axillary nerve conduction properties in stroke patients having “hemiplegic shoulder”.
Imaging system to evaluate adaptation of first-time below-knee prosthesis socket to the stump.
Utilization of prosthesis among amputees operated between the years 2000 - 2004.
Reasons for falls that caused fracture of hip.
Failure in gait rehabilitation.

6. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Sports Medicine -

1. ZinmanCollege for Physical Education and Sports in Wingate Institute: for phsical education students.

2. HollmanSchool for Trainers in Wingate Institute: for sports trainers.

3. Tel-AvivUniversityMedicalSchool (post-graduate program): for physicians, physiotherapists & physiologists.

4. Technion School of Medicine (post-graduate program): for physicians.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation -

Tel-AvivUniversityMedicalSchool (post-graduate program): for physicians.
Technion School of Medicine in Haifa Turo College, USA: for medical students.

7. TECHNION ACTIVITIES

Technion School of Medicine (post-graduate program): sports medicine for physicians.
Former player of the Rugby Union team of the Technion (1983-1987).

8. PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of editorial board: “Israel Journal of Sports Medicine” (closed).
Reviewer in “Harefuah” Medical Journal.
Reviewer in IMAJ.
Reviewer in Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury.
Reviewer in American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Authorized physician by the Israel Defense Ministry.
Authorized physician by the “Lewis National Rehabilitation Institute”.
Authorized physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the County Court.
Authorized physician in Orthopedic Rehabilitation in the Social Security.
Supervisor on authorized sports medicine centers, Israel ministry of health.
Member of supervising committee of rehabilitation departments and centers, Israel ministry of health.
Director of forum in sports injuries rehabilitation –

9. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

National

- Israel society of sports medicine

-Israel association of physical medicine & rehabilitation

International

-International society of physical medicine & rehabilitation (ISPRM)

-Groupement latin et mediterraneen de medecine du sport (GLMMS)

10. HONORS

1. Director of Rehabilitation Department, WesternGalileeHospital, Nahariya.

2. Member of committee, Israel Society of Sports Medicine (1985-1989).

3. Treasurer of the Israel Society of Sports Medicine (1989-2002).

4. Vice-chairman of Israel Society of Sports Medicine (1992-2002).

5. Member of the control board, Israel association of physical medicine & rehabilitation (1999-2003).

6. Vice-treasurer of the “Groupement Latin et Mediterraneen de Medecine du Sport” (1993- 2001).

7. Vice-president of the Groupement Latin et Mediterraneen de Medecine du sport (since 2001).

8. Grant from the Israel Society of Sports Medicine, donated by “Air-Cast”.

11. STUDENTS and INSTRUCTION

(M.Sc./ D.Sc./ Ph.D.)

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MD Thesis

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Basic Science

2006, Dr. Farid Karayani, orthopaedic surgeon. Title of research: Utilization of below-knee prosthesis among amputees during the years 2000 – 2004.

12. RESEARCH GRANTS

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13. SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

-Foundation of the Israel society of sports medicine.

-Foundation of sports medicine studies:Continuing medical education in Tel-Aviv university.

-Foundation of “fellowship” in sports medicine.

14. PUBLICATIONS

Theses

Lesioni pluriligamentose ricenti del ginocchio conseguenti a traumi da football (Universita’ degli studi di Padova, sessione staccata di Verona).

Refereed papers in professional journals:

-Clinical Descriptive Research

Tsur A

Le test de Flack comme critere de comparaison entre les sportifs the competition, les sportifs amateurs et les non-sportifs.

Cinesiologie. 139: 223-6, 1991.

Tsur A, Sazbon L, Lotem M

Influence of muscle tone and force on ossification processes in postcomatose patients.

Harefuah. 123: 86-9, 1992.

Tsur A

Problems orthopediques rencontres chez les nageurs israeliens faisant partie de l’equipe nationale.

Medecine du Sport. 67: 64-6, 1993.

Ring H, Tsur A, Vashdi Y

Late evolution of gleno-humeral malalignment in hemiplegia: A clinical – radilogical – electromyographic follow-up.

European Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 3: 137-140, 1993.

Tsur A, Sazbon L, Lotem M

Relationship between muscular tone, movement and periarticular new bone formation in postcoma-unaware (PC-U) patients.

Brain Injury. 10: 259-262, 1996.

Tsur A, Solzi P

Cervical spine movements in hemiparetic patients.

Brain Injury. 10: 697-701, 1996.

Tsur A, Glass I, Solzi P

Un effort dynamique et la transmission neuromusculaire.

Journal de Readaptation Medicale. 16: 26-9, 1996.

Tsur A, Gillson S

Brachial biceps tendon injuries in young female high-level tennis player.

Croatian Medical Journal. 41: 184-5, 2000.

Motin M, Streifler J, Tsur A, Ring H

Diagnosis and therapy in acute stroke: a rehabilitation center viewpoint.

Harefuah. 140: 1-4, 2001.

David R, Shtarker H, Horesh Z, Tsur A, Soudry M

Arthrodesis with the Ilizarov device after failed knee arthroplasty.

Orthopedics 24: 33-36, 2001.

Tsur A, Glass Y, Solzi P

Exhausting fatigue influences F-wave and peripheral conduction velocity, following lumbar radiculopathy.

Disability and Rehabilitation. 24: 647-53, 2002.

Talmud J, Tsur A, Yarom J

Comportement des sportifs israeliens vis a vis du tabac.

Cinesiologie 42: 97-100, 2003.

Tsur A

Reasons for failure in gait rehabilitation after stroke, hip fracture and lower limb amputation.

Harefuah 143: 103-105, 2004.

Tsur A

Simple imaging technique for fitting a below the knee first-time prosthesis.

IMAJ 6: 713-714, 2004.

Tsur A

Epidemiology of falls among stroke patients hospitalized in a rehabilitation unit: a three years survey.

Harefuah 144: 89-91, 2005.

Tsur A, Ring H

Axillary’s nerve conduction changes in hemiplegia.

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008, 3:26

Tsur A, Loberant N

Strength training helps us to discover calcified tendonitis in the shoulder.

Medicina Sportiva 13(3): 183 – 185, 2009.

TsurA, Segal Z

Risk’s management to prevent falls in stroke patients hospitalized for rehabilitation. IMAJ. 2010.

Case Reports

Tsur A, Shahin S

Suprascapular neuropathy in a basketball player.

Harefuah. 133: 190-2, 1997.

Tsur A, Shahin R

Bilateral upper brachial plexopathy after E. Coli sepsis.

Israel Journal of Medical Sciences. 133: 687-9, 1997.

Tsur A, Volpin G

Diastematomyelia.

IMAJ. 2: 944-5, 2000.

Tsur A, Galin A, Kogan L, Loberant N

Morel-Lavallee syndrome after crush injury.

Harefuah 145:111-3, 2006.

Tsur A

Cyclisme de competition après operations aux deux hanches.

Cinesiologie. 46:17-9, 2007

Tsur A

Common peroneal neuropathy in patients after first-time stroke.

IMAJ. 9:866-9, 2007.

Review papers

Tsur A, Ring H

Bilateral facial palsy of peripheral origin.

The Family Physician. 17: 167-9, 1989.

Mann G, Isakov E, Frankl U, Matan Y, Finsterbush A, Yarom Y, Tsur (written Zur) A

Increased use of drugs in sports.

Harefuah. 119: 75-82, 1990.

Tsur A

Sports activity in rehabilitation of the disabled.

The Family Physician. 19: 48-54, 1991.

Tsur A

Pathophysiology of swimmer’s shoulder and breaststroker’s knee.

Harefuah. 125: 481-3, 1993.

Tsur A

Common peroneal nerve entrapment in sportsmen.

Israel Journal of Sports Medicine. 2: 164-5, 1994.

Tsur A

Lesion du nerve sus-scapulaire chez les sportifs.

Medecine et Hygiene. 53: 1552-3, 1995.

Tsur A

Javelin elbow.

Harefuah. 129: 143-4, 1995.

Soudry M, Tsur A

Knee instability in sportsmen due to anterior cruciate ligament tear.

Harefuah. 130: 863-7, 1996.

Tsur A

Reasons for lower abdominal and groin pain in competitive sportsmen.

Sikumada 22: 9-11, 2004.

Tsur A

Rehabilitation of sports injuries.

Aurora: 53-57, 2004.

Tsur A

Cycling after operation for total hip or total knee replacement.

Harefuah. 145: 923-5, 2006.

Research reports

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Other

Letter to the editor:

Tsur A

Reasons for lower abdominal and groin pain in competitive sportsmen.

Harefuah 143: 456, 2004.

Proceeding:

Tsur A, Volpin G, Shtarker H, Daniel M

Utilizzazione di fissatori esterni per facilitare la riabilitazione in fratture del bacino e degli arti inferiori.

Europa Medicophysica. 39 (suppl.): 207, 2003.

Physical Education and Sports Journals:

Tsur A

Flack test as a method to compare competitive to non-competitive sportsmen.

Agid. The ZinmanCollege for Physical Education and Sport in Wingate Institute. 3: 184–7, 1986.

Tsur A

Pubic symphysitis in football players.

Assif: On Sport Sciences. Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sports. 3: 35–46, 1986.

Tsur A

Sports activity and women’s health.

Olam Haritza. 29: 5-8, 1987.

Tsur A

Ergogenic aids for physical fitness improvement.

The Physical Education and the Sport. 6: 6-11, 1987.

Tsur A

Shin splint.

Olam Haritza. 91: 22, 1999.

Tsur A

Deep friction massage.

Olam Haritza 95: 23, 2000.

Tsur A

Achilles tendinopathy in athlets.

Olam Haritza. 109: 46, 2002

Tsur A

Tennis Shoes.

The Physical Education and the Sport. 58(6): 14 – 17, 2003.

Tsur A

Problems in walkfor sport's activity among third age people.

Olam Haritza. 141: 44-45, 2009

Accepted for publication

Tsur A,, Karayani F, Galin A, Volpin G

Use habits of prosthesis in patients who underwent below-knee amputation. Harefuah.

15. CONFERENCES

Plenary or invited talks

Tsur A

Anatomo-functional problems in sportsmen (Wingate Institute, 1986).

Tsur A

Adaptation of the sport’s activity to the physical disability (Ramat-Gan, 1993).

Tsur A

Swimmer’s shoulder (Herzlia, 1994).

Tsur A

Lower abdominal pain in athletes as an anatomo-functional disorder (Jerusalem, 1994, international).

Tsur A

Pubic pain among soccer players (Wingate Institute, 1998, international).

Tsur A

Home-care rehabilitation in western galilee (Tiberias, 2002).

Tsur A

Problems to take in consideration for stroke patients rehabilitation (Nahariya, 2002).

Talmud J, Tsur A, Yarom J

Le comportement des sportifs israelien vis a vis du tabac (Montpellier,

France, 2003)

Tsur A

Shoulder in sportsmen (Tel-Aviv, 2005).

Contributed Talks and abstracts

Tsur A

Orthopedicals problems among competitive swimmers and their rehabilitation ways (Tiberias, 1989).

Tsur A, Sazbon L, Lotem M

The influence of muscular tone and force on periarticular new bone formation and callus formation in 68 post-comatose-unawareness patients (Jerusalem, 1989).

Tsur A, Ring H

Diagnostic tests to CVA patients, done in the general hospital during the acute phase: a comparison in 10 years difference (Jerusalem, 1990).

Tsur A, Solzi P

Cervical spine movements in hemiplegic patients (Jerusalem, 1991).

Tsur A

Flack test as a criterion for evaluation of the ability of sportsmen to execute a static effort (Raanana, 1990). Abstract in the Israel Journal of Medical Sciences. 27:116–7, 1992.

Tsur A, Glass I, Solzi P

Changes in electrphysiological parameters of the peroneal nerve, following an exhaustive fatigue test (Jerusalem, 1992).

Tsur A, Glass I, Solzi P

Changement de la transmission neuro-musculaire suite a' un test d'effort dynamique maximal (Montpellier, France, 1993).

Tsur A, Shahin R

The reliability of a stress test and electrodiagnostic tests in radicular nerve lesion (Athens, Greece, 1994).

Tsur A

Suprascapular nerve syndrome in sportsmen (Tel-Aviv, 1994).

Tsur A, Shahin R

Severe ADL disability due to bilateral upper brachial plexus neuropathy (Istanbul, Turkey, 1995).

Tsur A, Shahin R

Suprascapular neuropathy in a basketball player – a very rare lesion (Herzlia, 1996).

Tsur A, Gilson S

Brachial biceps tendon lesions in young tennis players (Tel-Aviv, 1998).

Tsur A, karpovski T, Mualem R, Itah D, Dakwar J

Gait aids and assisting devices in discharge from the rehabilitation unit – survey of one year (Goeteborg, Sweden, 1999).

Tsur A

Peroneal motor nerve conduction to proximal muscles in adult hemiplegics (Glasgow, Scotland, 2001).

Tsur A

Common peroneal motor nerve conduction around the fibular head: a sports

injury in hemiplegic patients (Budapest, Hungery, 2002).

Tsur A

Epidemiology of falls among strokes patients hospitalized in a rehabilitation unit - survey of three years (Prague, CheckRepublic, 2003).

Tsur A, Glass I, Solzi P

Fatiga muscular y la influencia sobre la velocidad de conduction y la onda F en pacientes con radiculopatia lumbar (Buenos-Aires, Argentina, 2003).

Tsur A, Volpin G, Shtarker H, Daniel M

Utilizzazione di fissatori esterni per facilitare la riabilitazione in fratture del

bacino e degli arti inferiori (Verona, Italy, 2003).

Tsur A, Volpin G, Shtarker H, Daniel M

The utilization of external fixators after bone fractures in the lower limbs hasten the rehabilitation process (Shfayim, 2003).

Tsur A, Loberant N, Volpin G

Simple imaging technique for fitting a first-time below-knee prosthesis (Hong-Kong, 2004).

Tsur A

Changes in peroneal nerve conduction in stroke patients suffer from paralysis in the foot dorsiflexor muscles of the involved side (Tel-Aviv, 2004).

Tsur A, Galin A, Kogan L, Loberant N

Morel-Lavallee syndrome after crush injury (Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2005).

Tsur A

Shoulder in sportsmen (Tel-Aviv, 2005).

Tsur A

Cyclisme de competition après operations aux deux hanches (Palma de

Mallorca, Spain, 2005).

Tsur A

Cycling in competitions after bilateral hip operations – reality or imagination? (Lod, 2005).

Tsur A

Risk & influencing factors for falls in stroke patients hospitalized for rehabilitation: survey of 5 years (Vilamoura, Portugal, 2006).

Tsur A, Galin A

The injured of the second Lebanon war (July-August 2006) arrived to WesternGalileeHospital and their rehabilitation (Lod, 2006).

Tsur A, Loberant N

Imaging technique for fitting a below-knee prosthesis (Nahariya, 2007).

Tsur A

Axillary neuropathy in hemiplegia (Seoul, Korea, 2007).

Tsur A

Implementation of rehabilitation sports medicine studies in physical medicine and rehabilitation specialization (Seoul, Korea, 2007).

Tsur A, Karayani F, Galin A, Volpin G

Use of prosthesis among patients operated for below-knee amputation between the years 2000 and 2004 (Lod, 2007).

Tsur A, Loberant N, Volpin G

Imaging technique for fitting a below-knee prosthesis (Portoroz, Slovenia, 2008).

Tsur A, Loberant N, Volpin G

Can we do strength training for diagnosis of calcified tendonitis in the shoulder? (Barcelona, Spain, 2008)

Tsur A, Galin A, Idris M, Segal Z, Harun Y

Risk's management in patients hospitalized for rehabilitation (Lod, 2008).

Tsur A, Karayani F, Galin A, Volpin G

Use habits of prosthesis in patients who underwent below-knee amputation (Istanbul, Turkey, 2009).

Tsur A

Calcified tendonitis in the shoulder discovered during strength training (Istanbul, Turkey, 2009)

Tsur A

About disc hernia, pain during walking, abstaintion from surgical treatment ecc. (Lod, 2009)

Refereed papers in conference proceedings

Tsur A, Volpin G, Shtarker H, Daniel M

Utilizzazione di fissatori esterni per facilitare la riabilitazione in fratture del bacino e degli arti inferiori.

Europa Medicophysica. 39 (suppl.): 207, 2003.

Participation in organizing conferences

Member of organizing committee in all of the sports medicine conferences organized by the Israel society of sports medicine (1986 – 2002).

16. SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of supervising committee of rehabilitation departments and centers, Israel ministry of health (since 2005).
Supervisor on authorized sports medicine centers, Israel ministry of health

(since 2003).

Former team physician in several sports clubs and associations.