פרופ' חנוך קשתן

EDUCATION

 1974-1979: Sackler School of Medicine. Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

1979-1980: Internship, Soroka Hospital, Beer-Sheba.

1984-1988,

1990-1992: Residency in general surgery. Department of Surgery "A", Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center.

1988-1990: Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada. Master Degree program, M.Sc. Supervisor: Pr. W.R. Bruce.

1988-1990: Mount Sinai Hospital and Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada. Research fellowship. Supervisor: Pr. H.S. Stern.

1997:  Department of Digestive Surgery. Hopital de Rangueil, Toulouse, France. Fellowship in esophageal surgery. Supervisor: Pr. G. Fourtanier.

ACADEMIC POSITION

2000-2003: Clinical Associate Professor in General Surgery. Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.

2003-2010:  Clinical Associate Professor in General Surgery. The Hebrew University School of Medicine.

2010-present: Clinical Associate Professor in General Surgery. Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (2008-2012)

Chapters in Books

Articles

1. Idelevich E, Buyeviz V, Machlenkin S, Ziv-Sokolovsky N, Dinerman M, Brenner B, Kashtan H. Overall survival with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil neoadjuvant treatment in patients with esophageal cancer. Oncologie 2008;31:673-677.
2. Gurevitch A, Davidovitch B, Kashtan H. Outcome of right colectomy for cancer in octogenarians. J GastroIntes Surg 2009;31:100-105.
3.  Idelevich E, Greif F, Mavor E, Miller R, Kashtan H, Susmalian S, Ariche A, Brenner B, Ben Baruch N, Dinerman M,  Shani A. Phase II study of UFT with leucovorin plus hepatic arterial infusion with irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin for non-resectable liver metastases of colorectal cancer. Chemotherapy 2009;55:76-82.
4. Machlenkin S, Melzer E, Idelevich E, Ziv-Sokolovsky N, Kashtan H. Endoscopic ultrasound: doubtful accuracy for restaging of esophageal cancer after pre-operative chemotherapy. Israel Med Assoc J 2009;11:166-169.
5. Pines G, Buyeviz V, Machlenkin S, Klein Y, Laor A, Kashtan H. The use of circular stapler for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis after esophagectomy. Surgical technique and early postoperative outcome. Dis Esophagus 2009;22:274-788.
6. Klein Y, Dunchick V, Jaffe D, Simon D, Kessel B, Levy L, Kashtan H, Peleg K. Management of patients with traumatic intracranial injury in hospitals without neurosurgical service. J Trauma 2010; 69:544-588.
7. Tulchinsky H, Kashtan H, Rabau M, Wasserberg N. Evaluation of the NiTi Shape Memory BioDynamix ColonRing™ in colorectal anastomosis: first in human multi-center study. Int J Colorectal Dis 2010; 25:1453-1458.
8. Pines G, Buyeviz V, Machlenkin S, Klein Y, Idelevich E, Kashtan H. Disease related mortality within the first year after subtotal esophagectomy for cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2011; 18:1139-1144.
9.  Sifrony I, Pines G, Melzer E, Klein Y, Buyeviz V, Kashtan H. Functional outcome and stricture rates with use of circular stapler for esophagogastric anastomosis after esophagectomy. Global J Surg 2011; 2:10-17.
10. Pines G, Klein Y, Melzer E, Idelevich E, Buyeviz V, Machlenkin S, Kashtan H. One-hundred transhiatal esophagectomies. A single institution experience. Israel Med Assoc J 2011; 13:428-433.
11. Idelevich E, Kashtan H, Klein Y, Buevich V, Ben-Baruch N, Dinerman M, Toker M, Kundel Y, Brenner B.  Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Therapy with Cisplatin, 5-Fluorouracil, and Bevacizumab for Esophageal Cancer. Oncologie 2012, 35(7-8):427-31.
12. Klein Y, Grinstein M, Cohn SM, Silverman J, Klein M, Kashtan  H, Shamir MY. Minute-to-Minute Urine Flow Rate Variability: A New Renal Physiology Variable. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2012, 115:843-847
13. Pines G, Dickman R, Niv Y, Kashtan H, Birkenfekd S. Extraesophageal malignancies among patients with Barrett esophagus. J Clin Gastroenterol 2013, in press.