Jacob Amir

Born in Israel. Medical studies: Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Medicine Jerusalem, Israel. Residency: Department of Pediatrics, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tiqva, Israel. 1987-1989 - Fellowship: Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo, USA in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel Since 1998 - Head, Department of Pediatrics “C”, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tiqva, Israel. Consultant for intrauterine infections at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tiqva, Israel. Main topics of clinical research include: HIB vaccine, nontuberculous lymphadenitis, post circumcision urinary tract infections, herpetic gingivostomatitis and congenital CMV infection- maternal consultation during pregnancy and post natal antiviral therapy.