Dr. Moshe Halak
Specialist Qualification in Vascular Surgery
REGISTRATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- Israel Medical Board License No. 27380 (February 1993)
- Israel General Surgery specialty license No. 17373 (December, 1999) Specialist (Consultant status) in General Surgery
- Israel Vascular Surgery specialty license No. 19292 (February, 2002) Specialist (Consultant status) in Vascular Surgery
- Medical Board of Western Australia Certificate of Conditional Registration No. P15443 (July 2002 – June 2003)
- Medical Board of Western Australia Certificate of Conditional Registration No. P16338 (July 2003 – July 2004)
- Medical Board of Western Australia Certificate of Conditional Registration-Foreign Specialist Qualification – Further Training No. P7-17163 (July 2004 – July 2005)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- Member, Israeli Medical Association (Since 1992).
- Member, Israeli Society of Vascular Surgery
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
1985 –1989 B.Med.Sc. (With Honours) The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
in Medical Science
1985 –1992 M.D. (With Honours) The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Doctor of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
1997 U.S.A. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG):
Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences
(FMGEMS); Basic Science; Clinical Science; English Examination
(Certificate No. 0-477-102-8).
1993 –1999 Specialist Qualification in Israeli Board of General Surgery
General Surgery
1999 – 2002 Specialist Qualification in Israeli Board of Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
CURRENT APPOINTMENT:
Since November 2006 Acting and Deputy Head of Department Vascular Surgery
Head of endovascular service
Department of Vascular Surgery
The Chaim Sheba Medical Center (Tel-Hashomer)
Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine
The Tel-Aviv University –
Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
Since November 1999 Specialist (Consultant) - General Surgery
Since November 2001 Specialist (Consultant) – Vascular Surgery
Since February 2002 Deputy Head of Department of Vascular Surgery Carmel Medical Center
Affiliated to the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology –
Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Since August 2002 Senior Registrar - Department of Vascular Surgery
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA
Since August 2003 Senior Medical Officer
(Locum Consultant - supervised)
Department of Vascular Surgery
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
Affiliated to the Western Australia School of Medicine
Western Australia University, Perth, WA
Since September 2005 Senior Consultant - Department of Vascular Surgery Carmel Medical Center
Affiliated to the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology –
Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
1992-1993 Rotating Internship,
Rambam Medical Center
The Technion Medical School, Haifa, Israel
1993-1999 Basic and Advanced Specialist Training in General Surgery
Carmel Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
1999-2002 Advanced Specialist Training in Vascular Surgery
Carmel Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
FELLOWSHIP :
August 2002 – August 2003 Senior Registrar – Department of Vascular Surgery
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Affiliated to the Western Australia School of Medicine
Western Australia University, Perth, WA
August 2003 – July 2005 Senior Medical Officer
(Locum Consultant - supervised)
Department of Vascular Surgery
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre
Affiliated to the Western Australia School of Medicine
Western Australia University, Perth, WA
COURSES:
2006 Advanced Evar Training. Dr. Van Der Berg – Lugano Switzerland
2005 Minimally Invasive (/Laparoscopic) Vascular Workshop. Conducted by: S Fearn, M Lawrence-Brown, D Hartley, YM Dion. Organized by the Australian & New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgery.
2005 Non Radiologist Fluoroscopy Radiation Safety Course. Conducted by Department of Medical Physics and Technology. The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
2003 Inaugural Perth Zenith Fenestration workshop for the Endovascular treatment of
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Cook / Zenith, Perth, Western Australia.
2002 Endovascular treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – Perth Training Course. (Covering issues of Patient Selection, Imaging and Interpretation, Device Planning, and Deployment) – (Cook/Zenith), Perth, Western Australia
2002 Workshop in Stent Grafting of the Thorcic Aorta – (Medtronic AVE), Sydney, NSW, Australia
1998 Laparoscopic Surgery - Laparoscopic Viscral Week (Including Colon, Hernia and Gastric Surgery). J&J European Surgical Institute, Hamburg, Germany
1997 Microsurgery Basic Course. Tel Aviv University / Sackler Faculty of Medicine, School of Continuing Medical Education
1996 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Course
1993 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Course
1993 Israel Defense Force – School of Military Medicine. Medical Officers Course
CERTIFICATION :
United State of America Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG): Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS); Certificate No. 0-477-102-8, (Basic Science; Clinical Science; English Examination) (September, 1997)
Israeli Board of Surgery - Written (Part I) Examination,
(May, 1997)
Israeli Board of General Surgery - Written (Part II) Examination,
(May, 1997)
Israeli Board of General Surgery - Oral (Final) Examination,
(March, 1999)
Israeli Board of Vascular Surgery - Written (Part I) Examination,
(November, 2001)
Israeli Board of Vascular Surgery - Oral (PartII/Final) Examination, (November, 2001)
Medical Board of Western Australia – Conditional Registration
(July 2002 – July 2005)
AWARDS AND CITATION:
1989 Bachelor of Science in Medical Science
given with Honours - cum laude
1995 Doctor of Medicine
given with Honours - cum laude
1993 Israeli army Medical Officer course
given with Honours - cum laude
2001 Israeli Board of Vascular Surgery – Oral (Viva) Examination, (Part II / Final) given with Honours - cum laude.
2005 20th Annual congress of the Crardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe – Nice, France. Certificate of merit for best poster presentation: Fenestrated Stent Grafting of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Lessons Learnt.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
• Teaching of nurses, medical students at different stages of their clinical training, interns and residents. Teaching of registrars and residents in general and vascular surgery in their basic and advanced specialist training – Australia and Israel (1993 – 2009).
• Supervision of Medical Doctors with their M.D final thesis.
• Supervision of advanced specialist surgical training registrars during their six months period of Basic Science Research – Obligatory requirement of The Israeli Medical Association Scientific Council
