International Nephrology Congress
International Nephrology Congress
Director, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
Israel
Prof. Yaacov Frishberg was born in Israel and graduated from the
Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Following a pediatric
residency at the Beilinson Medical Center in Petah-Tikva, he completed a
fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
in the USA. During his fellowship he conducted research in molecular renal
immunology. Upon his return to Israel, he joined the division of Pediatric
Nephrology at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Currently, he is a
Professor of Pediatrics at the Hebrew University and the Director of the
Division of Pediatric Nephrology at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.
Prof. Yaacov Frishberg main scientific interests are hereditary kidney diseases
in children including: kidney stone disease with special focus on the
hyperoxalurias, nephrotic syndromes and mitochondrial cytopathies