Born: Krakow, Poland,
June 1st, 1926. Arrived in Israel, January
1976 as a
Research Fellow of Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Education
1958-1961 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, MD 22.12.1961. Graduated
cum laude, awarded medical degree and
qualified medical doctor Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,
Sweden. Registered Swedish medical doctor 22.12.1961.
1947-1952 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dublin,
Ireland. Degree in
Medicine LM, LRCPI, LRCSI [awarded: 5.12.1952]. Prize in Medicine 1951.
Honours in Physiology 1949.
Registered as qualified medical doctor in the
Irish and British Medical Register 8.12.1952.
Specializations
1. Following specialization in physical medicine and
rehabilitation, received Israeli Ministry of Health License no.5722
on 4.7.1977. 2. Following specialization in psychiatry, received Israeli Ministry
of Health License
No. 5472 on 18.10.1976.
Title of Doctoral Dissertation
"Magnesium - An Essential Metal. Extra-cellular and intracellular
studies in various disease population." Published in 4 different papers (#s 11,13,15,20).
Names of Supervisors
Prof. Leonard Goldberg, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Prof. Harald Brodin, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm
Further Studies
1975-1979 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Research Fellow.
1975 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Clinical Pharmacology.
1973-1975 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Research
Associate.
1958 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Genetics.
Academic Experience
Summer 1987
Consultant, Harvard University Health Services,
Cambridge, Mass., USA.
1984
to present: Appointed Visiting Associate Professor to the
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1982-1984 Appointed Visiting Associate Professor to the Faculty of
Medicine, Tel-Aviv
University.
Summer 1980
Guest of Harvard University, Harvard University Health
Services, Cambridge,
Mass., USA, Lectures and Seminars.
Summer 1979
Guest of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA,
Research collaboration.
Summer 1978 Guest at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA,
Research collaboration.
1977-1982 Appointed Visiting Researcher, later Senior Lecturer at the
Department of Cell Biology and Histology ~ Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv
University.
1976-1979 As a Research Fellow of the Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm; allowed to work in
Israel in collaboration with Tel Aviv University.
1975-1979 Research Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
1970-1975 As Deputy Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and
Medical
Rehabilitation, at the
Karolinska
Institute,
School of Physiotherapy and at Karolinska Hospital
teaching medical students.
1966-1967 Department of Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel
Aviv University
(teaching and clinical work).
Clinical Experience
1987-1996 Founder and Director, Back Rehabilitation Clinic, Ichilov
Hospital, Tel Aviv;
approved by Israeli Ministry of Health on 1.5.1987.
1979-1987 Chief Physician Pain Clinic, 1/2 time appointment, Ichilov
Hospital, Tel Aviv. 1979-1995 Independent Scientist, 1/2 time personal appointment, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv.
1984 to present Appointed Visiting Associate Professor, Department of
Physiology and
Pharmacology ~
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1982-1984 Visiting Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Tel
Aviv University. 1979-1982 Visiting Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Cell Biology and
Histology, Sackler School of
Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
1977-1979 Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Cell Biology and Histology,
Sackler School of
Medicine, Tel Aviv University. 1976-1979 As Karolinska Institute's Research Fellow; allowed to work
in Israel in
collaboration with Tel Aviv University.
1975-1978 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Research Fellow.
1970-1975 Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Deputy head of the
Department of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation.
1970-1979 On Leave of absence from the State Work Assessment Clinic
in order to hold
appointments, as specified above, until personal
requested release in
1977.
1969-1970 Physician at the State Work Assessment Clinic, Stockholm.
Work Assessment
and Medical Rehabilitation.
1968-1974 Consultant in Psychiatry (part time) to the Stockholm
County Family Advisory
Bureau Solna-Stockholm, Sweden.
1967-1969 General and University Hospitals, Stockholm, Psychiatry,
Alcohol Diseases,
Neurology and Internal Medicine.
1967, May 24
Evacuated by the Swedish Embassy back to Sweden on eve
of Six Day War.
1966-1967 Invited by Professor Brull to work at the Tel Aviv
University, Department of Psychiatry (Clinical work 1/2 and teaching 1/2).
1965-1966 Invited to work in Israel at the Mental Health Station in
Jerusalem and Ashkelon,
Ministry of Health. 1963-1965 Beckomberga Hospital, Bromma, Stockholm, Psychiatry.
During this time also
Basic Sciences and Neurology (one half year each),
and accompanied
50 chronic
psychiatric patients in 1964 on a journey to Italy as part of a new
experiment in
psychiatric rehabilitation.
1962-1963 Sodersjukhuset, Stockholm, Dept. of Psychiatry.
1958-1961 Karolinska Institute, nostrification in all clinical
subjects.
1954-1958 Settled in Sweden, not allowed to practice, or nostrify,
allowed only locum tenens
posts which were in: Medicine, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Infectious
Diseases,
Surgery and Medical Rehabilitation.
1952-1953 London Hospitals, Departments of Medicine and Surgery,
House Surgeon and
House Physician. 1952
Tel Hashomer, Dept. of Orthopedic Rehabilitation, medical
Exchange visitor.
Academic and Professional Awards and Grants
1989 Harvard University, USA, Research Grant.
1989 Blaine Co., USA, Research Grant. 1987 Harvard University, USA, Research Grant.
1986 CIBA-GEIGY, Research Grant.
1980 Ministry of Health, Israel, Research Grant.
1979 Ministry of Health, Israel, Research Grant.
1976
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Research Grant
LM-210-5. 1976 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Gosta Miltons Donation
Fund. 1975-1978 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Research
Fellowship.
1973-1976 Swedish Medical Research Council Research Grant, Vide
Bergstrom, J and Hultman, E. Projects no.B 77-19X-1002 aaB and B76-19X-2647-088.
1973
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Research Grant No
LM-788-8.
1951 Prize in Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland.
1948 Honours in Physiology, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin,
Ireland. 1947-1952 Great Britain Scholarship for
Studies of Medicine.
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies
2000
Founder and Co-President of the Israel Society for Magnesium
Research
in Biology and Medicine ~ Israel.
1992 Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
1987
Member American Academy of Physical Medicine and Medical
Rehabilitation; Solicited Membership, U.S.A. 1985 Full Charter Member of the American Society of Magnesium
Research;
Solicited membership, U.S.A.
1984
The Israeli Society of Physiology and Pharmacology, Israel.
1980 The British Society of Orthopaedic Medicine;
Solicited membership, England.
1980 The Israeli Society of Rehabilitation Medicine and
Rheumatology, Israel.
1979 Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in Great Britain, UK.
1970 The Rehabilitation Medicine Section of the Swedish Society of
Medicine, Sweden. 1965 The Medical Association of Israel, Israel.
1964 Fellow of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Sweden.
1962 The Swedish Medical Association, Sweden.
1952 The British Medical Association, England.
1998 Member of the International Scientific
Committee ~ 6th European Congress on Magnesium, Budapest Hungary.
1997 Member of the International Scientific Committee
~ 8th
International Symposium,
Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
1994 Member of the International Scientific Committee
~ 7th
International Symposium on Magnesium, Lisbon, Portugal.
1991 Member of the International Scientific Committee
~ 6th
International Symposium on Magnesium, Indore, India. 1988 Member of the International Scientific Committee
~ 5th
International Symposium on Magnesium, Kyoto, Japan.
1985 Member of the International Scientific Committee
~ 4th
International Symposium on Magnesium, Blacksburg, Virginia U.S.A.
1981 Member of the International Scientific Committee
~ 3rd
International Symposium on Magnesium Baden Baden, Germany.
Active participation in Scientific Meetings and Invited Lectures
1. International Scientific Meeting Session Chairman:
2003
Chairman 10th International Magnesium Symposium, Session 10
�Skeletal�September 7-11, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.
2001
Chairman Session 4 � Magnesium and Sport�, 7th European Magnesium
Congress, September 19-21, Zaragoza, Spain.
1998 Chairman Session �Internal Medicine�, 6th
European Magnesium Congress Budapest, Hungary.
1994
Chairman Session No.9 and No.10 ~ 7th International Symposium on
Magnesium, Lisbon, Portugal.
1989
Chairman Session IIIB, �Magnesium Biochemistry, Metabolism,
Physiology, Laboratory Diagnosis�~
International
Congress on Magnesium Research, Tirgu-Mures, Romania.
1976 Chairman of �Bone-Neuromuscular Session�, Second
International Symposium on Magnesium, Universite de Montreal,
Canada.
2. Presentations at the Swedish Society of Medicine and the Royal
Society
of Medicine of Great Britain:
1978 Advances in Medicine Conference, Royal Society of Medicine of
Great Britain,
London.
1977 Annual Meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm.
1976 Annual Meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm.
1973 Annual Meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm.
1972 Annual Meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm.
1971 Annual Meeting, Swedish Society for Manual Medicine, in
association with
the
Annual Meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm.
1969 Annual Meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm.
1967 Symposium on Swedish health care projects abroad, Swedish
Society of
Medicine, Stockholm.
3. The Gordon Research Conferences, USA:
1996 Gordon Research Conference on Magnesium in Biochemical
Processes,
Ventura, California, USA. Stendig-Lindberg, G.
"Long term oral Magnesium treatment in
postmenopausal osteoporosis."
1984
Gordon Research Conference on Magnesium. Plymouth, New Hampshire,
USA. Stendig-Lindberg, G., Epstein, Y., Galun, E., Shapira, Y.,
Schonberger, E., Graff, E. and Wacker, W.E.C.
"Strenuous effort causes
persistent lowering of serum magnesium."
1983 Gordon Research Conference on Magnesium. Plymouth, New
Hampshire, USA. Stendig-Lindberg, G., Varon, D., Graff, E., Schonberger, E. and
Manoach, M. "The antifibrillatory effect of dibenzepin HClR is affected through a
shift of divalent
cations."
1982 Gordon Research Conference on Magnesium. Plymouth, New
Hampshire, USA. Stendig-Lindberg, G.
"Serum magnesium pattern in apparently healthy Israeli population."
1980 Gordon Research Conference on Magnesium in Biochemical
Processes and Medicine, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA. Stendig-Lindberg, G., Penciner, J. and Wacker, W.E.C.
"Review of diluents reported to remove interference from other
serum constituents, in AA estimation of serum magnesium
concentration."
1979 Gordon Research Conference on Magnesium in Biochemical
Processes and
Medicine, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA. Stendig-Lindberg, G.
"Serum magnesium concentration - key biochemical factor in
delirium tremens."
1978 Gordon Research Conference on Magnesium in Biochemical
Processes and
Medicine, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA. Stendig-Lindberg, G. and Rudy, N.
"Determinants of maximum
voluntary muscle contraction force (MVC) in man."
4. Plenary Session
Letters:
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