Professor Shmuel Kivity, MD, PhD, has a strong background in allergy and clinical immunology, focusing on the diagnosis and medication therapy of allergies, including cutaneous allergy, allergic rhinitis, and asthma. His international recognition includes being featured in Forbes magazine's top list of the best Israeli physicians in 2021.
Awards
- The Harriet Lane Fellowship Award (1980)
- The Tieber Research Award (1987)
- Featured in the top list of the best Israeli physicians in 2021 by Forbes magazine
Membership
- Member of the Society of Allergy and Immunology, US and Israel
- Member of the World Union of Allergies
- Member of the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Member of the World Allergy Organization
- Member of the Israel Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Member of the Israeli Society of Pediatrics
- Member of the Israeli Society of Pulmonary Medicine
- Member of the Israeli Society of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
- Member of the Israeli Allergy and Clinical Immunology Society
- Member of the International Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Member of the European Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Education
- School of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- Specialization in pediatric allergy and immunology at MT Sinai Hospital, Long Island, and National Jewish Hospital, New York, USA
- Specialization in allergology and clinical immunology at National Jewish Hospital, Denver, USA
- M.D. from Hadassah Medical School
- Pediatric Internship at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York (1973 - 1974)
- Fellowship in allergy and clinical immunology at National Jewish Hospital, Denver, Colorado (1977 - 1979)
- Basic and clinical research at National Jewish Hospital (1979 - 1981)
- Course in molecular biology at the Dept. of Biology, The Technion, Haifa (1994)