Asthma in Children - Everything You Need to Know - Prof. Benjamin Volovitz

About Prof. Benjamin Volovitz

Research in Asthma in Buffalo, New York for 2 years.
Head, Research Laboratory, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Tel-Aviv University.

Nowadays:

Specialist in Paediatric and Specialist in Paediatric Pulmonology with emphasize on Asthma in Children.

In the past:

Head of Asthma Research and Education, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel.
Senior Physician in the Department of Paediatrics C, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel.
Specialist in Paediatrics and Specialist in Paediatric Pulmonology, Maccabi Health Services.

2014-today - continue to research and publish.
2014 - Conducted a study on 1500 children under the age of 5 years, which showed, for the first time, that asthma exist also under the age of one year, and responds well to the treatment with inhaled corticosteroids. This study also showed that prolonged cough is also a sign of asthma similar to wheezing.
2005 - Established a website in Hebrew, English and Russian with a lot of information about asthma, the site continues to operate and renew all the time.
2004 - Answered 13,000 questions in Ynet Asthma Message Board.
2004 - Released a disk "To Know More About Asthma" in Hebrew and English.
2000 - Chairman of the Israel Coalition of Asthma.
1999 - Head of the first "Asthma School" in Israel.
1999 - Chairman of the Clalit Health Services Committee for the Promotion of Childhood Asthma Care.
1998 - Member of the Clalit Health Services Committee for Asthma Treatment in Children.
1997 - Member of the Maccabi Health Services Committee for Asthma Treatment in Children.
1996 - Published a second book on asthma in Hebrew, with 4 editions to date.
1983 - Published the first book on asthma in children in Hebrew with Prof. S. Godfrey.
1983 - Recipient of the Outstanding Worker Award as Paediatrician. Conferred by the President of Israel.

2014-today - continue to research, publish and lecture at international conferences.
2013 - Published more than 80 papers in international peer-review medical journals.
2005 - Served as Israel's representative on behalf of GINA (Global Initiative for Asthma).
2005 - Actively participated in more than 50 international meetings associated with Asthma.
2004 - Wrote a paragraph in the book, Prevention of Allergy and Allergic Asthma, a project of the World Allergy Association and World Health Organization (WHO).
1999 - Member of the WHO Consultation on the Primary Prevention of Allergy and Asthma, Geneva, Switzerland.
1999 - Member of the first World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Childhood Asthma, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1996 - Developed a laboratory method for quantitative testing of leukotrienes in the respiratory tract of children's ,in the research Laboratory of Professor Ray Ogra, Buffalo New-York USA.
1995 - Member of the board of directors of Interasthma (International Association of Asthmology).
1995 - Member of the Steering Committee of the III International Paediatric Consensus on the Management of Asthma, Sao Paulo, Brazil.