ISAACC18 Board of Directors
Professor Ron E. Samet, MD
President
Dr. Ron E. Samet is a full-time trauma anesthesiologist and the current Division Chief of Trauma Anesthesia at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He obtained his Medical Doctorate at the Yale University School of Medicine and completed an anesthesia residency at UMDNJ-RWJUH and a trauma anesthesia fellowship at Shock Trauma in Baltimore. Dr. Samet has been actively involved in the Israeli Anesthesia community for over a decade often attending and lecturing at the Israel Society of Anesthesiology Meetings.
Dr. Dan Zeloof, MD
Vice President
Dr. Zeloof is a general and cardiothoracic anesthesiologist working at both public and private hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Born and raised in the United Kingdom (UK), he attended medical school at the Imperial College School of Medicine in London and then moved to Australia where he completed an anesthesia residency at the Royal North Shore Hospital and fellowships in pre-hospital medicine and two further cardio-thoracic anaesthesia fellowships including at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK. He holds a Diploma of Clinical Ultrasound with the University of Melbourne and is board certified in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. He is a passionate educator and lectures for the University of Sydney School of Medicine. He is also the co-founder of the anaesthesia cognitive aid development group ASCAR.
Professor Suzanne Karan, MD
Secretary
Dr. Karan is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, USA. She obtained her Medical Doctorate from Downstate Medical School and completed an anesthesiology residency and transplant anesthesiology fellowship at the University of Rochester. Dr. Karan also completed a Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Fellowship in respiratory physiology and currently serves at the Vice Chair of Education, Residency Program Director and Chief Clinical Coordinator at the University of Rochester. Dr. Karan directs the Respiratory Physiology Laboratory and co-founded a software start-up company, ThalamusGME, to address the graduate medical education recruitment process. She has collaborated with the Israeli Anesthesia Community for over a decade, spending a sabbatical at Hadassah Medical Center, and continuing to volunteer and lecture at Israeli conferences and meetings.
Dr. Leonardo Gendzel, MD
Treasurer
Dr. Gendzel is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and Pediatric Anesthesiologist who currently practices at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he attended Fundação Técnico-Educacional Souza Marques Medical School in Brazil and then migrated to the United States of America where he completed an anesthesiology residency training at Yale University School of Medicine in Connecticut and a Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He holds an Executive MBA from Drexel University, blending clinical excellence with a strong background in healthcare leadership. He volunteered at Hadassah Ein Keren in January 2024 and Rambam Medical Center in February 2024.
Professor Yehuda Ginosar, MBBS
Officer
Dr. Ginosar is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the Hebrew University and currently serves at the Director of the Mother and Child Anesthesia Unit and the Director of the Anesthesia Research Unit at Hadassah Ein Karem Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He obtained his Medical Degree from the University of London and completed a residency in Anesthesiology at Hadassah- Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Research Fellowship in Obstetric Anesthesia at Stanford University in California. Dr. Ginosar served as Chair of the Israel Society of Obstetric Anesthesiology for many years and has held other leadership roles within the Israel Society of Anesthesiology. He currently chairs the Ethics Committee for the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care.
Professor Joel Symons, MD
Officer
Dr. Joel Symons is an Associate Professor at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, specializing in burn care, faciomaxillary anesthesia, and Perioperative Medicine. He completed an Anesthesiology Fellowship at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and a Master of Medicine at Monash University. He is a board member of the Chapter of Perioperative Medicine and Chair of the Content and Assessment Committee at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Since Oct 7, 2023, he has been an active anaesthesiology volunteer in Israel and is seeking to develop collaborative partnerships in education and clinical practice guidelines.
Professor Ruthi Landau, MD
Officer
Dr. Landau is the Virginia Apgar Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University and the Division Chief of Obstetric Anesthesia at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, USA. She obtained her Medical Doctorate and completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. She completed a clinical and research fellowship in Obstetric Anesthesia at Columbia University. Dr. Landau is a prolific clinician-scientist and serves as the Editor- in-Chief of the International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. She is passionate about international collaborations and regularly attends and presents at the Israel Society of Anesthesiology meetings. She is a member of the Israeli Obstetric Anesthesia Association and was awarded the distinction of Honorary Fellow of the Israel Society of Anesthesiologists in 2024.
Professor Barak Cohen, MD
Officer
Dr. Barak Cohen is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the Tel Aviv Medical Center and currently serves as the Vice Chair and Director of Research and Innovation for the Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Medicine at the Tel Aviv Medical Center. He obtained his Medical Doctorate from the Hebrew University School of Medicine and served as a medical officer in the IDF. He completed his anesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine residency at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center and gained additional experience in prehospital care and national preparedness to mass casualty events. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Cleveland Clinic’s Outcomes Research Department, serving as the department’s chief research fellow. Dr. Cohen is currently the President of the Israeli Society of Anesthesiologists as well as the chair of Forum 5 (devices and technologies) of the European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care’s (ESAIC) Scientific Committee, and a member of the Outcomes Research Consortium.