Professor of Medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of the Tel-Aviv University. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and his fellowship of Rheumatology at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.
He is heading the Department of Medicine B and the Center of Autoimmune disease at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel-Hashomer and was the former chair of Internal Medicine at the Sackler faculty of Medicine at the Tel-Aviv University.
Prof. Amital has over 550 peer reviewed publications mainly focusing in various fields of autoimmunity research primarily in new avenues for the development of therapeutic peptides in RA, roles of vitamin D, use of biological therapy, pain and comorbidities of fibromyalgia, epidemiological studies based on Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) databases and the possible therapeutic roles of cannabis in rheumatic conditions.
Education
2001-2004, Rheumatology Fellowship, Hadassah Medical Organization,
Jerusalem, Israel
2000-2001, MHA, Ben Guroin University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
1993-1999, Internal Medicine Residency, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
1981-1987, Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Employment History Experience
1989-2007, Multiple positions in the regular military service, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, retired as Lieutenant Colonel
Head of Department of Medicine D, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
Academic Appointments
2021-present, Professor of Internal Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2020-present, Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2018-present, Head of the Autoimmunity Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hahsomer, Israel
2014-2018, Chair of Internal Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010-present, Associate Professor, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009, Head of subcommittee of the scientific consulate of the Israeli Medical Association
2009, Head of the Israeli Inter Faculty assessment committee, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008-2015, Member of the faculty teaching committee, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008-2015, Member of the clinical teaching committee, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007-2014, Head of Assessment committee, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007, Senior Lecturer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2004-2005, Lecturer, Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Medicine,
Jerusalem, Israel
1998-1999, Tutor fourth year medical students, (Physical examination & Internal Medicine rotation) Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1996, Tutor in charge, fourth year medical student tutor, American Program (Physical examination rotation), Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Membership in Professional/ Scientific Societies
Treasurer of the Israeli Society of Internal Medicine
Israeli society of Rheumatology
The American college of Rheumatology
Awards, Citations, Honors, Competitive Fellowships
1986, Bornstein's Prize for Neuroscience, Neurology Department, Belinson Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel. Low serum anti-mycobacterial Glycolipid antibodies titer in the sera of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus as an indicator of central nervous system involvement
1999, Excellent teacher – elected by fourth year medical students
2003, Excellent teacher – elected by fourth year medical students
2005, Prize for the outstanding clinical study. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Rheumatology, Israel. Hormonal PTSD? Aspects of tenderness in patients with the premenstrual syndrome
2008, Research day, Meir Medical Center, Autoimmune aspects of vitamin D
2014, Award for the best Basic Science study in Internal Medicine, Israel Medical Society. Resident - Makarov S. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study adding high dose vitamin D to analgesic regimens in patients with musculoskeletal pain
2014, Award for the outstanding study in basic research. Annual meeting of the Israeli society of Rheumatology, Israel. Immune tolerance induction with multiepitope peptide derived from citrullinated autoantigens attenuates arthritis manifestations in adjuvant arthritis rats
2015, Award for the outstanding study in basic research. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Rheumatology, Israel. Immunomodulation of Naïve RA patients PBMCs with a multi-epitope peptide derived from citrullinated autoantigens
