ד"ר קרן אור
EDUCATION
2015 - Board Certified in Endocrinology, License Number 33475
2006 - Board Certified in Internal Medicine, License Number 22580
1998-1999 - Internship, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
1991-1998 - Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
M.D Degree, License Number 32941
B.Sc Degree, Medical Sciences (with honors)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center - Department of Internal Medicine
Assaf Harofeh Medical Center is the third largest governmental hospital in the Israeli healthcare system. It is an 826-bed academic hospital providing medical care to a population of 450,000 people in the center of Israel.
Department of Internal Medicine C at Assaf Harofe Medical Center is a clinically active, academically oriented general medical department, affiliated with the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine. The department specializes in diabetes mellitus and operates the hospital's diabetes general clinic and research laboratory. It also specializes in immunology, intra-cellular transmission and endocrinology. The department has a student tutorship program.
• Deputy Head of Department of Internal Medicine D
Maccabi Healthcare Services
Kupat Holim Maccabi, is one of the four Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) currently active in Israel.
Maccabi Healthcare Services currently has over 2 million members and is considered an influential institution in regards to the Israeli healthcare system.
• Independent Endocrinologist
2019-2020 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center - Department of Internal Medicine A
• Senior physician in the Department of Internal Medicine A and Endocrine Institute Consultant
• Consultant for Internal Medicine to Gynecology Department
• Endocrine Institute remote staff member and researcher
2016-2019 - National University of Singapore NUS-HUJ-CREATE-SHARE - Molecular Mechanisms Underlying
Inflammatory Diseases
NUS-HUJ-CREATE Programme for Inflammation Research is a partnership between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ). Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Inflammatory Diseases (MMID) is a joint research project between HUJ and NUS. The research aims to develop understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammation which will accelerate the development of diagnostic/prognostic indicators and novel therapeutics for common inflammatory diseases in Asia and elsewhere.
• Research Fellow
2016-2019 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center –Endocrine Institute
• Endocrine Institute remote staff member and researcher
2016 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center – Department of Internal Medicine A
• Senior physician in the Department of Internal Medicine A
• Consultant for Internal Medicine to Gynecology Department
• Endocrine Institute remote staff member and researcher
2013-2015 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center –Endocrine Instituite
• Sub specialty in Endocrinology (completed successfully in December 2015), and Endocrinology Consultant for all hospital departments
2012-2013 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center - Department of Internal Medicine C
• Senior physician in the Department of Internal Medicine C
2008-2012 - Administrative Position, Diplomatic Staff, Israeli Embassy, Belgium
1998-2007 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center - Department of Internal Medicine C
2006-2007 - Certified Specialist in Internal Medicine
• Senior physician in the Department of Internal Medicine C
• Senior Emergency Room on-duty doctor – responsible for the entire hospital’s medical services operation during duty hours.
• Instructor in Student Tutorship Program of the Department of Internal Medicine C – responsible for the tutorship of a group of sixth year M.D students during their clinical studies.
• Consultant for Internal Medicine to Surgery and Urology departments
2000-2006 - Resident in Internal Medicine
• Residency included 6-months rotation in Infectious Diseases Unit and Intensive Care Unit, and 6-months clinical research in Infectious Diseases
2005-2007 - Consultant for Internal Medicine - Be’er-Ya’aqov-Ness Ziona Psychiatric Governmental Hospitals
Be’er-Ya’aqov and Ness Ziona Psychiatric Governmental Hospitals are Israel’s mental health centers for the Ha’Shfela region, with a total capacity of 400 beds.
• Senior Attending Physician responsible for all Internal Medicine related issues within both Be’er Ya’aqov and Ness Ziona hospitals.
• Liaison to Assaf Harofe Medical Center in all clinical matters.
• Professional lectures and training to nursing staff.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2006 - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Student Tutorship Program - Preparation
2004 - Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
1996-1997 - Bnai Zion Medical Center Genetic Institute – Haifa
Staff member and researcher
1989-1991 - Israeli Defense Force – Officers’ course (Rank: Lieutenant)
1988 - Assistant laboratory technician at LSRI (Life Science Research Israel)
1986-1988 - Magen David Adom (Israel’s National First Aid Services – Israel’s equivalent to the Red Cross) Instructor for Life Saving Course, Volunteer
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Yossi Geron ,Carlos Benbassat ,Miriam Shteinshneider, Shlomit Koren, Keren Or ,Efrat Markus ,Dania Hirsch and Limor Muallem Kalmovich, “Long-Term Outcome after Hemithyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparative Study and Review of the Literature”, Cancers 2019, 11(1), 26;
Y Geron, C Benbassat, M Shteinshneider, K Or, Efrat Markus, Dania Hirsch, Sigal Levy, Tomer Ziv-Baran, and Limor Muallem-Kalmovich, “Multifocality is not an independent prognostic factor in papillary thyroid cancer: a propensity score–matching analysis”, Thyroid Vol. 29, No. 4, 9 Apr 2019
K Or, C Benbassat, S Koren, M Shteinshneider, Ronit Koren, Dror Cantrell, Esther Kummer, Limor Muallem Kalmovich, “Adherence to ATA 2015 guidelines in the management of unifocal non-invasive papillary thyroid cancer: a clinical survey among endocrinologists and surgeons”, European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, November 2018, Volume 275, Issue 11, pp 2851–2859
R Koren, Y Wiener, K Or, CA Benbassat, Koren S, “Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy: A Clinical Survey among Endocrinologists, Gynecologists, and Obstetricians in Israel”, The Israel Medical Association Journal : IMAJ [01 Mar 2018, 20(3):167-171]
M Shteinshnaider, L Muallem Kalmovich, S Koren, K Or, Dror Cantrell and Carlos Benbassat, “Reassessment of differentiated thyroid cancer patients using the eighth TNM/AJCC classification system: a comparative study” - Thyroid, 2018
Shlomit Koren, Karen Or, Miri Steinschneider, Esther Kummer, Nirit Yarom, Haim Shirin, Ron Lavy, Gratiana Gratiana & Carlos Benbassat, “Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs): clinico-pathological characteristics and disease outcome of 110 patients treated at single referral medical center”, Endocrine Abstracts (2017) 49 EP199 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.49.EP199
Shlomit Koren, Miriam Shteinshnaider, Karen Or, Dror Cantrell, Carlos A Benbassat & Ronit Koren, “Management of relapsing Graves: a clinical survey among endocrinologists in Israel”, Endocrine Abstracts (2017) 49 EP1313
Serum Procalcitonin (PCT) Levels as a Prognostic and Diagnostic Marker in Various Infectious Diseases – Residency Basic Sciences Research (Residency Basic Sciences Clinical Research Project), 2005
Karen Heldman-Or MD, Moshe Horowitz MD, Ariel Halevy MD, Micha J Rapoport MD, Persistent diarrhea due to malignant VIPoma (Case Study - submitted for publication), 2002
Comparison Between Two Laboratory Techniques for Testing Mutation Gene Carrier Status for Six Mutations of Gaucher Disease– M.D Thesis, 1999
Prevalence of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in the Israeli Ashkenazi Jewish Population, Mia Horowitz et al, Human Mutation 12, 1998, pg. 240-244
LANGUAGES English (Mother Tongue), Hebrew (Mother tongue), French (Intermediate-Advanced Level)