Dr. Asher Pressman

Education:

• 1973-1975 School of Young Junior Engineers, Technion - Junior Electronics Engineer
• 1979-1980 Education in the specialty " electrical engineer ", Technion
• 1980-1986 Faculty of Medicine, Technion
• Thesis (with honors) on the topic:" Characteristics of the regional contraction of the left ventricle from end diastole to end systole by the method of differential analysis of curvature ". head: prof. Dan Adam, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Technion
• 1987 Internship at HaEmek Medical Center
• 2001-2004 Master's Degree (MNA) in Health System Management - Faculty of Management, University. Ben-Guriona, Be'er Sheva
• 2008 GCP - GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE
• 2002 Dispute and Conflict Resolution Course
• 2011 Health Informatics - Clalit Health Insurance Fund
• 2012-2013 Training of experts on document identification and handling of abuse and neglect of minors - Ministry of Health and Haruva Institute
• 2017 Special course "Laparoscopy in the operation of infants and children" - Digestive Cancer Research Institute systems (IRCAD), Strasbourg, France

Work experience:

• 1980-1987 teacher at the School of Young Practical Engineers, Technion.
• 1987 internship at the HaEmek Medical Center.
• 1988-1994 internship in pediatric surgery, HaEmek Medical Center.
• 1992-1993 Pediatric Surgery Department, BARAGWANATH Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1994-1996 Senior Physician, Pediatric Surgery Department, HaEmek Medical Center.
• 1996–1997 Senior Physician, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bnei Zion Medical Center, Haifa.
• 1998 Senior Physician, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Western Galilee Central Hospital, Nahariya.
• 1999-2009 Senior physician of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, HaEmek Medical Center.
• 2001-2004 Head of the outpatient service, member of the Board of the HaEmek Medical Center (since 2003).
• Senior Physician Pediatric Surgery, HaEmek Medical Center.
• 2005-2008 Head of Operating Rooms, Member of the Hospital Administration, Senior Physician of the Pediatric Surgery Department, HaEmek Medical Center.
• 2008 Deputy hospital director
• Operating theater manager, management assistant in the following departments: Emergency Medical Center, Medical Imaging Institute, Surgical Departments and Anesthesia Department, Chair of the Procedure Committee, Chair of the Violence Against Medical Personnel Committee, Administrative Representative Hospital Ethics Committee and Abortion Committee, Member of the Library Committee.
• Senior Physician, Pediatric Surgery Department, HaEmek Medical Center.
• 2009-2010 Head of Medical Technology Assessment Department
• Medical Technology Department, Hospital Department, Head Office, Clalit Health Insurance Fund
• Senior Physician, Pediatric Surgery Department , HaEmek Medical Center.
• June 2009 Start of internship in the medical department
• January 2010 Pediatric surgeon as part of the IDF delegation in Haiti after the earthquake.
• Since July 2010 Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula.
• - Member of the Trauma Quality Assessment Committee
• - Chairman of the Committee for the Prevention of Violence against Medical Personnel
• - Member of the Ethics Committee
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• Since 2010 - Director Yamim - Kiryat Yam Water Association.
• April 2015 - Pediatric surgeon as part of the Defense Army assistance delegation Israel in Nepal after the earthquake.
• 2014-2017 - Member of the Israel Medical Association.
• Since 2018 - Member of the Ethics Office of the Medical Association. association of Israel.
• Since 1996 - Member of the First Level Committees (Work Trauma Victims) of the National Insurance Institute.
• 2002-2016 - Appeals Committees (General Disability) of the National Insurance Institute.