Education
The Cooper Union, New York, NY BSE 1982-1985, Biomechanics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA MSME 1986-1988 Mech Eng/ Biomech
Boston University, Boston, MA PhD 1992-1995 Biomedical Engineering
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Fellowship 1996-1997 Geriatrics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA MSME 1986-1988 Mech Eng/ Biomech
Boston University, Boston, MA PhD 1992-1995 Biomedical Engineering
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Fellowship 1996-1997 Geriatrics
Clinical experience
1986 – 1988 Research Associate, MIT Newman Biomechanics Laboratory
1990 – 1995 Biomedical Scientist, Harvard Medical School
1995 – 1998 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1996 – 1997 NRSA Fellow, Harvard Medical School
1997 – 2002 Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999 – 2002 Associate Director, Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine
1999 – 2002 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
2002 – Present Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
2000 – Present Director, Laboratory for Gait Analysis and Neurodynamics,
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
2002 – 2006 Senior Lecturer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2006 – Present Associate Professor, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2005 – Present Director of Research, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
1990 – 1995 Biomedical Scientist, Harvard Medical School
1995 – 1998 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1996 – 1997 NRSA Fellow, Harvard Medical School
1997 – 2002 Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999 – 2002 Associate Director, Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine
1999 – 2002 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
2002 – Present Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
2000 – Present Director, Laboratory for Gait Analysis and Neurodynamics,
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
2002 – 2006 Senior Lecturer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2006 – Present Associate Professor, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2005 – Present Director of Research, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Prizes and achivements
Samuel Belkin Scholar; 1985 Henry Dickinson Award; 1992-1993 Boston University Presidential Scholar; 1996 New Investigator Awardees: Older Americans Independence Centers; 1996 Biomedical Engineering Society Whitaker Young Investigator Award; 1997 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Junior Investigator; 1998 Merck / American Geriatrics Society New Investigator Award; 1997 Who's Who in Physics of Life; 2000 American Physiological Society’s Arthur C. Guyton Award for Excellence in Integrative Physiology; 2000 Neurological and Behavioral Sciences Best Paper Award, American Geriatrics Society; 2000 Shapiro Award; AGS 2003 Best Poster in its Category; AGS 2004 Best Poster in its Category, AGS 2005 Geriatrics: Organ Specific Diseases and Biology of Aging Best Paper Award; European Journal of Neuroscience – paper listed among top 5 most read in 2008 (Hausdorff, Lowenthal et al., EJN, 2007); Award: 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, London, UK. Best paper award. Title: Parkinson patients' perspective on context aware wearable technology for auditory assistance 2009; 4th International conference on Body Area Networks. Los Angeles, CA ,USA. Best paper award. Title: Online Detection of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Performance Characterization; 2010 American Geriatrics Society – Winner Presidential Poster Presentation - Rehabilitation Category. Title: Virtual reality for gait training in Parkinson’s disease
Union membership
International Society of Posture and Gait Research
Gerontology Society of America
The Movement Disorder Society
American Geriatrics Society
Gerontology Society of America
The Movement Disorder Society
American Geriatrics Society