SHIMON BARAK

  SHIMON BARAKBorn in Argentina （1950），Medical Education:Hadassah Medical School， Hebrew University， Jerusalem & Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine， class of 1980.Internship and Residenship in Pediatrics: Tel Aviv Medical Center， 1981-1986.Researcher， Membrane Department， Weizmann Institute of Science， Israel 1985-1988.Lecturer， Tel Aviv School of Nursing 1985-1988Chief Pediatrician， “Pediatric Well Baby Clinics” of Tel Aviv 1987-1991Solo practice in Primary Pediatrics， Maccabi Health Fund since 1988• ATLS （Advanced Trauma Life Support） 1992• Instructor， Primary Care （Medical students & Family Medicine Residents） 2000-2003• Member of the Examination Committee for the Israeli Board of Pediatrics， 2004- Present• Senior Pediatrician， Dana Pediatric Hospital， Tel Aviv Medical Center 2004-present• Lecturer， Faculty of Medical Professions， Sackler School of Medicine， TAU.• Ten Scientific papers， three books on Pediatrics for the General Public， two chapters in Textbooks， weekly column in a daily newspaper， more than 200 TV programs， including weekly participation for 5 years in a top rated Israeli Morning show， anchor and presenter in the Health Chanel， Israeli Television.• Dozens of Presentations in Israeli， European and International Congresses.• Treasurer of the Israeli Pediatric Association 2004-2008.• Israel Official Delegate to the IPA， CESP， EAP， UNEPSA， SEPA 2004-2008.• ECPCP official delegate to EAP• CIP official delegate to EAP• ECPCP official delegate to SPA （Strategic Pediatric Alliance）• Member， EPA/UNEPSA Committee on Challenges and Goals in Paediatrics in the 21st Century.• Chair， Advisory Committee， ECPCP 2010-present• Coordinator of Primary Care and Vice Chairman of Scientific Committee， CIP-Global Initiative for Consensus in Pediatrics， 2009-present• Chairman of Primary Care， European Academy of Pediatrics. 2012-present• Secretary General， Israel Ambulatory Pediatric Association