רזומה

May 9th, 2021 

RESUME

1. PERSONAL  DETAILS

Full name:                                    SAMY S. NITECKI

Marital status:                               Married – Mira

3 children.

Address: Home: 3 Hanna Robina Street

Haifa 3495403, Israel.

Tel/Fax: (04) 825-6097   or 972-4-825-6097

                                                      Cell phone: 050-206-2683

Work: Dept. of Vascular Surgery and Transplantation

Rambam Health Care Campus

P.O. Box 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel.

Tel.: (04) 777-1299     or 972-4-777-1299

Fax: (04) 777-3498

e-mail: [email protected]

1. ACADEMIC DEGREES

1984 – M.D Certificate –  Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa – Israel Institute of Technology.

1. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2011 – Present Clinical Associate Professor – Faculty of Medicine,

                                           Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

2002 – 2011 Clinical Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) – Faculty

                                           of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

1991 – 2002 Lecturer-Department of Surgery B. Rambam Medical

                                           Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.

1. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 – Present Director – Peripheral Vascular Surgery Unit and Senior Vice Chair Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantation.

                                Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. 

1999 – 2002            Tenure Position – Attending Surgeon (Consultant).

Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantation.

      Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

10/1995 – 12/1998 Subspecialty in Vascular Surgery. Department of Vascular

                                Surgery and Transplantation. Rambam Medical Center.

1993 – 1995 Research Associate. Department of Physiology and 

Biophysics. Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

06/1994 – 06/1995 Special Fellow. Division of Vascular Surgery.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

1992 – 1993 NIH GI Training Grant at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 

Minnesota, USA

10/1994 – 12/1994 Advanced laparoscopic surgery training. Mayo Clinic Mininal

Invasive Surgical Research. Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

1989 – 1992 Senior Resident.   Department of Surgery B. Rambam 

Medical Center.

02/1986 – 07/1992 Residency in General Surgery. Department of Surgery B.

Rambam Medical center.

1986 – 1989 Resident. Department of Surgery B. Rambam Medical 

Center. 

01/1985 – 01/1986 Internship at Rambam Medical Center.

1. RESEARCH INTERESTS

Vascular Trauma – the aorta and major branches.

Infected vascular grafts – diagnosis and treatment

Chronic venous insufficiency and new treatments for varicose veins 

Carotid artery atherosclerosis – effect of anti oxidants

VEGF – Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor – secretion and ischemic limb

    salvage by in-vivo administration.

vasoactive renal-heart peptides. 

Inflammatory aortic aneurysms.

Central control of GI motility.

1. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Workshop: Vascular Anatomy and Physiology, A. Lines, Thrombolytic Treatments

                Rambam Health Care Campus, March 2016.

Vascular Diseases –       Faculty of Public Health and Welfare.

Undergraduate Nursing Education,

Haifa University. 2012- Present

Continuing Medical Education – Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheeva the     Haifa Branch – Vascular Surgery for 

Family Practitioners. Graduate 2010-2013

Teaching Center for Trauma and Emergency, Rambam Health Care Campus:                           Vascular Trauma. Graduate 2010-2014

Clinical studies in Vascular Surgery – 6 th  year undergraduate medical students

          in the Faculty of Medicine, Technion.

Clinical studies in General Surgery –  4 th  year undergraduate medical students

          in the Faculty of Medicine, Technion.

Vascular Surgery for Nurses – A) Haifa University Academic Program for  

                                                                Undergraduate Nursing, 2011- Present

1.                 B) The Center for Nursing Education

          affiliated to Rambam Medical Center.

1.     C) The Nurse Education Center affiliated to

        “Rivka Ziv” Hospital in Zefat. Undergraduate, 2006-2010 

Vascular Assessment & Treatment – A) Intensive Care Unit Undergraduate, 2004

1.     B) Operation Room Undergraduate Nurses
2.     C) Emergency Room Undergraduate, 2009 

          Center for Nursing Education. Rambam.

Stroke Course – The Vascular Surgeon. Undergadate Nurses & Graduate

      Physicians. Rambam Health Care                           Campus. 2012- Present

Vascular Access for Dialysis –       Enrichment Course for Graduate

      Nephrology and Dialysis Nurses. 2010-2014

      Center for Nursing Education. Rambam.

Combined Trauma Course – Principles, Lectures and Exercise cases for 

      6th year undergraduate medical students in 

                                                            the Faculty of Medicine, Technion.  2010- 

7. TECHNION ACTIVITIES

2015- Present         Technion Committee for Ethics in Human Clinical  

                                Experiments (Helsinki).

8. FACULTY ACTIVITIES

2019 –Present       Member Faculty Council

2018 – Present       Write the syllabus for vascular surgery in the faculty 

2007- 2012         Member of the Surgical Education Circle – in charge of

                               medical students' Tests in Vascular Surgery.

2007 – 2012         Coordinator – Surgical Subspecialty Studies – Nursing,

                               Combined Program Haifa University and Technion.

2008- Present        Member of The MD Thesis Committee.  

9. PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2007-  present         VEITH Symposium Faculty-  The largest renowned                                      

               International Vascular, Endobvascular Issues, Techniques, Horizons

2016-            Reviewer for British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research 

2014-           Ad hoc reviewer for Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory,

Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine

2014- Ad hoc reviewer for Pediatrics 

2013- Ad hoc reviewer for African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 

2012 – Editorial Board of Scientifica – Vascular Medicine

2011 –           Member National Health Department Committee for DRG’s and coding in Vascular Surgery.

2007- Member National Committee for Approval of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Israel.

2012 – Forum Leader – Varicose Veins – Zap Doctors

2010- Editorial board International Scholarly Research Network Surgery -(ISRN) Surgery

2010 – Forum Leader – Vascular Surgeons – D Group

2010 – Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock

2008 – Ad hoc reviewer for Archives of Surgical Dermatology.    

2005 – Ad hoc reviewer for Medical Science Monitor.

2004 – 2005 Ad hoc reviewer for Arthritis & Rheumatism. 

1992 – 1995 Ad hoc reviewer for Gastroenterology.

1993 – 1994 Ad hoc reviewer for American Journal of Physiology.

10. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

International:

ISVS – International Society for Vascular Surgery

SSAT – Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

AGA – American Gastroenterology Association

EACTS – European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

GRG – Gastroenterology Research Group

AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science

New York Academy of Sciences

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association

Index Copernicus Scientist

National:

The Israeli Medical Association

The Israeli Society for Vascular Surgery

The Israeli Transplantation Society

The Israeli Trauma Society

Israel Surgical Association

Technion Alumni Association

The Israeli Motility Society

The Society for Medicine and Law in Israel 

11. AWARDS & HONORS

1993, Fellow research award winner – CCK ’93. International Symposium. 

                                                    May 19-22. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.

1993, Fellow research award winner – 14th International Symposium on 

Gastrointestinal Motility. August 29- September 3, 

1993. Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.

1997/8, Distinguished Lecturer – The Medical Students’ Association, Technion.

2000, Special President Award – The 6th Annual Conference of The Israeli

        Transplantation Society. June 1-3, 2000.

2003/4, Distinguished Lecturer – The Medical Students’ Association. Technion.

2013/4, Distinguished Lecturer – The Medical Students’ Association. Technion.

2017/8, Distinguished Lecturer – The Medical Students’ Association. Technion.

2018/9, Distinguished Lecturer – The Medical Students’ Association. Technion.

12. GRADUATE STUDENTS (MD THESIS)

Completed MD Theses

1) Raviv Benni(Dor) [Technion] –  2007 – The Efficacy of Stent Placement in Anastomoses of a Failing  Femoro-Popliteal Bypass.

Primary supervisor Nitecki S. Additional supervisor Hoffman A. 

2) Keshet Doron [Technion] – 2008 – Renal transplantation in the new immunosuppressive era.

Primary supervisor Nitecki S. Additional supervisor Karram T.

3) Elmalem-Shulchani Adi [Technion] – 2010 – EVAR of AAA, The Rambam experience.

Primary supervisor Nitecki S.

4) Shuli Hisham  [Jerusalem] – 2010 – Eversion versus longitudinal carotid endarterectomy for severe carotid stenosis.

Primary supervisor Nitecki S.

5) Abu-El-Higa Mehanad [Technion] – 2011 – Stent Insertion in Renal Artery Stenosis, The Rambam experience.

Primary supervisor Nitecki S.

6) Lazbin Lina [Technion] – 2015 – A-V Shunts for dialysis, The Rambam Health Care Campus Experience.

Primary supervisor Nitecki S. 

13. RESEARCH GRANTS

industrial

2015 – 2016          VGS (Vascular Grafts Solutions), 300,000 NIS 

      External support device in the procedure of saphenous vein

                           Interposition graft for carotid artery.

      principal investigator:  S. Nitecki

2012- 2014       Laminate, 250,000 NIS

      Evaluation of A-V Fistulae for Dialysis.

      principal investigator:  S. Nitecki

2011 – 2013 VGS (Vascular Grafts Solutions),  250,000 NIS

                           Evaluation of VGS external support device for vein grafts in lower limb bypass.

                           principal investigator: S. Nitecki  

2007 – 2009 EnzySurge –  300,000 NIS

                           Treatment of venous ulcers (Ulcus Cruris),

                           principal investigators: S. Nitecki, A. Bass (study done in 2 centers: Rambam and Assaf Harofe).

competitive

1992 – 1994 NIH GI Training Grant at the Mayo Clinic, principle investigators:             Drs. J.H. Szurszewski and N.F. LaRusso. 400,000 $

14. PUBLICATIONS

Thesis

Carcinoma of the prostate – the Northern Israel Oncology Center experience in the years 1977 – 1982.

Refereed papers in professional journals

1. a) Basic Research

1. Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Szurzsewski JH

     CCK affect gut myoelectric activity through hypothalamic CCK-A receptors.

     In: Cholecystokinin. Edited by Reeve JR, Eysselein V, Solomon T, Go VLW.

361. Y. Acad. Sci. 1994; 713: 358-361.

2. Nitecki S, Karmeli R, Harty GJ, Kamei C, Yaksh TL, Szurzsewski JH

     Long-term perfusion of the cerebroventricular system of dogs without leakage

     to the peripheral circulation.

     Am. J. Physiol. 1994; 267: R1309-R1319.

3. Hoffman A, Ramadan R, Nitecki S, Winaver J

     Immediate and late changes in renal endothelin-1 (ET-1) excretion after renal 

     Transplantation.

     Transplantation Proceedings 1997; 29: 2695-2696.

4. Farrugia G, Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Camilleri M, Szurzsewski JH

    The effect of flufenamic acid on gastrointestinal myoelectrical and transit time

    dogs.

    Gut 1998; 42: 258-265.

5. Roguin A, Avivi A, Nitecki S, Rubinstein I, Levy NS, Abassi ZA, Resnick MB, 

     Lache O, Melamed-Frank M, Joel A, Hoffman A, Nevo E, Levy AP

     Restoration of blood flow by using continuous perimuscular infiltration of

     plasmid DNA encoding subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi VEGF.

     Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003; 100 (8): 4644-4648.

6. Roguin A, Nitecki S, Rubinstein I, Abbassi Z, Sabo E, Levy NS, Nevo A, 

     Avivi A, Lache O, Frank M, Hoffman A, Levy AP.

     Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) fails to improve blood flow and

     to promote collateralization in a diabetic mouse ischemic hindlimb model.

     Cardiovascular Diabetology 2003; 2:18-24.

7. 7. Bishara B, Shiekh H, Karram T, Rubinstein I, Azzam Z, Abu-Saleh N, Nitecki

     S, Winaver J, Hoffman A, Abassi Z.

     Effects of novel vasopressin receptor antagonists on renal function and

     Cardiac hypertrophy in rats with experimental congestive heart failure.

     J Pharmacol ExpTher 2008; 326(2):414-22. 

8. Karram T, Khamaisi M, Bishara B, Ramadan R, Nitecki S, Ben-Izhak O,

    Meretyk S, Winaver J, Heyman SN, Hoffman A,  Abassi Z. Urinary excretion of

    endothelin receptors ETA and ETB in hypertensive patients and normotensive

    subjects. 

    Kidney Blood Press Res 2009; 32:293-303.

9. Kaplan M, Hamoud S, Tendler Y, Meilin E, Lazarovitch A, Nitecki S, Hayek T

    A significant correlation between C-reactive protein levels in blood monocytes

    Derived macrophages versus content in carotid atherosclerotic lesions.

    J Inflamm (Lond) Mar 2014; 3;11(1):7. [Epub ahead of print] 

1. b) Clinical Research

10. Moskovitz B, Nitecki S, Levine DR

     Cancer of the prostate: is there a need for aggressive treatment?

     Urol. Int. 1987; 42: 49-52.

11. Kuten A, Nitecki S, Palti S, Steiner M, Cohen Y

     The experience of the Northern Israel Oncology Center with carcinoma of the

     prostate in the years 1977 – 1982.

     Harefuah 1988; 114: 1-6.

12. Kuten A, Nitecki S, Tatcher M, Cohen Y, Robinson E

     Experience in the treatment of the localized carcinoma of the prostate by 

     definitive external irradiation.

     Int. Urology & Nephrology 1989; 21: 325-332.

13. Nitecki S, Karmeli R, Sarr MG

      Appendiceal calculi and fecaliths as indication for appendectomy.

      Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 1990; 171: 185-188.

14. Nitecki S, Schramek A, Torem S

      Trash foot following abdominal aortic surgery.

      Harefuah 1992; 122: 16-18.

15. Nitecki S, Kopelman D, Hashmonai M

      Rectus sheath hematoma.

      Harefuah 1992; 122: 709-711.

16. Nitecki S, Bar-Maor AY

      Late presentation of Bochdalek hernia.

      Isr. J. Med. Sci. 1992; 28: 711-714.

17. Kuten A, Nitecki S, Cohen Y

      Update of the experience in the treatment of localized carcinoma of the 

      prostate by definitive external irradiation.

      Int. Urology & Nephrology 1992; 24: 425-428.

18. Nitecki S, Schein M

      Seat belt syndrome.

      Harefuah 1992; 123: 209-211.

19. Nitecki S, Karmeli R, Sarr MG

      Appendiceal calculi and fecaliths as indication for appendectomy.

      1992 Year Book of Family Practice. Pp. 170-173.

20. Schein M, Kopelman D, Nitecki S, Hashmonai M

      Obstructive jaundice: diagnosis and therapeutic approaches.

      Harefuah 1992; 123: 345-348.

21. Nitecki S, Karmeli R, Ben-Arieh Y, Schramek A, Torem S

      Seat belt injury to the common iliac artery: report of two cases and review of

      the literature.

938. Trauma 1992; 33: 935-938.

22. Nitecki S, Assalia A, Schein M

      Contemporary management of the appendiceal mass.

      Br. J. Surg. 1993; 80: 18-20.

23. Schein M, Kopelman D, Nitecki S, Hashmonai M

      Management of the leaking rectal stump after Hartmann’s procedure.

      Am. J. Surg. 1993; 165: 285-287.

24. Schein M, Assalia A, Nitecki S, Kopelman D, Hashmonai M

      Subtotal cholecystectomy: an emergency procedure for the difficult

      gallbladder and high-risk patient.

      Harefuah 1993; 124: 191-193.

25. Kopelman D, Schein M, Nitecki S, Loberman Z, Klein R, Assalia A,

      Hashmonai M

      Total colectomy and mucosal proctectomy with J-pauch anal anastomosis for

      ulcerative colitis and familial colonic polyposis.

      Harefuah 1993; 124: 254-257.

26. Nitecki S, Kuten A, Cohen Y

      Update of experience with prostatic cancer.

      Harefuah 1993; 124: 261-265.

27. Nitecki S, Kopelman D, Schein M, Hashmonai M

      Temporal artery biopsy required or superfluous? Experience of a decade.

      Harefuah 1993;124: 333-336.

28. Kopelman D, Nitecki S, Schein M, A ssalia A, Hashmonai M

      Isolated iliac artery aneurysm.

      Harefuah 1993; 124: 340-342.

29. Nitecki S, Assalia A, Schein M, Hashmonai M

      Appendiceal mass: diagnosis and treatment.

      Harefuah 1993; 124: 438-440.

30. Nitecki S, Brenner B, Hoffman A, Lanir N, Schramek A, Torem S

      Lower limb ischemia in primary antiphospholipid syndrome.

      Eur. J. Vasc. Surg. 1993; 7: 414-419.

31. Ron IG, Kuten A, Wigler N, Fried G, Nitecki S, Inbar MJ, Dale J, Chaitchik S

      Classical disseminated Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-negative patients; an 

      unusually indolent subtype.

      Br. J. Cancer 1993; 68: 775-776.

32. Kopelman D, Nitecki S, Hashmonai M

      Posttraumatic superficial temporal artery aneurysm.

      Harefuah 1993; 125: 466-467.

33. Nitecki S, Wolff BG, Schlinkert R, Sarr MG

      The natural history of surgically treated adenocarcinoma of the appendix.

      Ann. Surg. 1994; 219: 51-57.

34. Nitecki S, Moir CR

      Predictive factors of traumatic cervical spine fracture outcome in children.

1411. Pediatr. Surg. 1994; 29: 1409-1411.

35. Nitecki S, Sarr MG, Colby TV, van Heerden JA

      Long-term survival rates with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma – are

      really improving?

      Ann. Surg. 1995; 221: 59-66.

36. Moskovitz B, Nativ O, Nitecki S, Kuten A, Stein M, Sabo E

      Fifteen-year follow-up of clinically localized prostate cancer treated 

      conservatively.

      The Cancer Journal 1995; 8: 6-9.

37. Nitecki S, Sarr MG

      Pancreatic resection for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas – partial

      versus total pancreatectomy.

      Pancreatic Diseases 1995; 1: 1-6.

38. Nitecki S, Hallett JW, Stanson AW, Ilstrup DM, Bower TC, Cherry KJ

      Gloviczki P, Pairolero PC

      Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms: a case-control study.

869. Vasc. Surg. 1996; 23: 860-869.

39. Nitecki S, Sarr MG, Colby TV, van Heerden JA

      Long-term survival rates after with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

      1996 Year Book of Oncology. Focus & Opinion. Pp. 110-112.

40. Ben-Itzhak O, Levy R, Weill S, Groisman G, Cohen H, Stajerman S,

      Kisselevich I, Nitecki S, Eidelman S, Kerner H.

      Anorectal malignant melanoma: A clinicopathologic study, including

      imunnohistochemistry and DNA flow cytometry.

      Cancer 1997; 79: 18-25.

41. Hoffman A, Ofer A, Nitecki S, Ramadan R, Engel A

      Reconstructed CT Ureteropyelography (RCTU) for accurate diagnosis of

      urinary tract lesions after kidney transplantation.

      Transplantation Proceedings 1997; 29: 2693-2694.

42. Forstner-Barthell AW, Murr MM, Nitecki S, Camillery M, Prather CM,

      Kelly KA, Sarr MG

      Near total completion gastrectomy for severe postvagotomy gastric stasis:

      Analysis of early and long-term results in 62 patients.

23. Gastrointest. Surg. 1999; 3: 15-23.

43. Ben-Itzhak O, Vlodavsky E, Ofer A, Engel A, Nitecki S, Hoffman A

      Epitheloid angiosarcoma associated with a Dacron vascular graft.

      Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 1999; 23: 1418-1422.

44. Hamoud S, Nitecki S, Engel A, Goldsher D, Hayek T

      Hypoplasia of the inferior vena cava with azygous continuation presenting as   

      recurrent leg deep vein thrombosis.

      Am. J. Med. Sci. 2000; 319: 414-416.

45. Nitecki S, Kleiser A, Ofer A, Karram T, Engel A, Eisenberg E, Hoffman A

      Severe ergot-induced lower limb ischemia treated by epidural anesthetics.

      Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg. 2000; 20: 312-315.

46. Ofer A , Nitecki S, Braun J, Daitzchman M, Goldsher D, Engel A, Hoffman D

      CT angiography of the carotid arteries in trauma to the neck.

      Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg. 2001; 21: 401-407.

47. Nitecki S, Efremov E, Ofer A, Engel A, Hoffman A, Israel O

      A newly developed technology of simultaneous nuclear medicine and CT

      imaging for accurate diagnosis of vascular graft infection. 

      Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg. Extra 2001; 2: 105-108.

48. Nitecki S, Ofer A, Karram T, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Abdominal aortic aneurysm in Behcet’s disease treated by endoluminal

      stent-graft.

      Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg. Extra 2001; 2: 78-81.

49. Aviram M, Dornfeld L, Kaplan M, Coleman R, Gaitini D, Nitecki S, Hoffman A,

      Rosenblat M, Volkova N, Presser D, Attias J, Hayek T, Fuhrman B.

      Pomegranate juice flavonoids inhibit low-density lipoprotein oxidation and

      cardiovascular diseases: studies in atherosclerotic mice and in humans.

      Drugs Exp. Clin. Res. 2002; 28: 49-62.

50. Ofer A, Nitecki S, Linn S, Epelman M, Fischer D, Karram T, Litmanovich D,

       Schwartz H, Hoffman A, Engel A

       Multidetector scanner CT angiography of peripheral vascular disease: a 

       prospective comparison with digital subtraction angiography.

       AJR 2003; 180: 719-724.

51. Keidar Z, Engel A, Nitecki S, Bar Shalom R, Hoffman A, Israel O

      PET/CT using 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose for the evaluation of

      suspected infected vascular graft.

      Molecular Imaging and Biology 2003; 5: 23-25.

52. Ghersin E, Karram T, Gaitini D, Ofer A, Nitecki S, Schwartz H, Hoffman A,

      Engel A

      Percutaneous ultrasonographically guided thrombin injection of iatrogenic

      pseudoaneurysms in unusual sites.

816. Ultrasound Med 2003; 22: 806-816.

53. Aharon-Peretz J, Tomer R, Gabrieli I, Aharonov D, Nitecki S, Hoffman A

      Cognitive performance following endarterectomy in asymptomatic severe

      carotid stenosis.

      Eur J Neurol 2003; 10: 525-528.

54. Nitecki S, Ofer A, Karram T, Best LA.

      Compression of the thoracic aorta by a fractured rib. 

      Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg. Extra 2003; 6: 117-118.

55. Nitecki S, Ofer A, Karram T, Schwartz HA, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Abdominal aortic aneurysm in Behcet’s disease: new treatment options

      for an old challenging problem.

      IMAJ 2004; 6: 152-155.

56. Ghersin E, Nitecki S, Brook OR, Ofer A, Kaftori JK, Hoffman A

      Intraluminal pyogenic granuloma of the basilic vein: color duplex sonographic 

      Manifestations.

      J Ultrasound Med 2004; 23: 443-445.

57. Aviram M, Rosenblat M, Gaitini D, Nitecki S, Hoffman A, Dorenfeld L,

      Volkova N, Presser D, Attias J, Liker H, Hayek T.

       Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid artery

      stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media thickness, blood pressure and

      LDL oxidation.

      Clin Nutr 2004; 23:423-433.

58. Schwartz HA, Abassi ZA, Nitecki S, Karram T, Engel A, Ofer A, Hoffman A.

      Thrombolytic therapy in ischemic limbs: Is it a worthwhile therapeutic option?

       Internt J Angiol 2005; 14:15-21.

59. Bar-Shalom R, Yefremov N, Guralnik L, Keidar Z, Engel A, Nitecki S, Israel O

      SPECT/CT using 67Ga and 111In-labeled leukocyte scintigraphy for 

      diagnosis of infection.

      J Nucl Med 2006; 47:587-594.

60. Nitecki S, Kantarovsky A, Portnoy I, Bass A.

      The contemporary treatment of varicose veins (strangle, strip, grill or poison).

       IMAJ 2006; 8:411-415.

61. Telman G, Kouperberg E, Nitecki S, Karram T, Schwarz HA, Sprecher A,

      Hoffman A, Yarnitski D.

      Cerebral hemodynamics in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with

      severe unilateral carotid stenosis before and after carotid endarterectomy.

      Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2006; 32:375-378. 

62. Nitecki S, Bass A.

      US-guided foam sclerotherapy in patients with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome.

      IMAJ 2007; 9:72-74.

63. Nitecki S, Bass A.

      Inadvertent arterial injury secondary to treatment of venous insufficiency.

      Vascular 2007; 15:49-52.

64. Telman G, Kouperberg E, Nitecki S, Karram T, Schwarz HA, Sprecher A,

      Hoffman A, Yarnitski D.

      Preoperative cerebral hemodynamics and shunting during carotid

      endarterectomy in patients with severe unilateral carotid stenosis.

      J Clin Ultrasound 2007; 35:498-503.

65. Keidar Z, Engel A, Hoffman A, Israel O, Nitecki S

      Prosthetic vascular graft infection: the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT.

      J Nucl Med 2007; 48:1230-1236.

66. Nitecki SS, Karram T, Hoffman A, Bass A

      Venous trauma in the Lebanon War – 2006.

      Interact Cardiovasc Thoracic Surg 2007; 6:647-650.

67. Nitecki S, Anekstein Y, Karram T, Peer A, Bass A

      Hypothenar hammer syndrome: apropos of six cases and review of the

      literature.

      Vascular 2008; 16; 279-282.

68. Ofer A, Abadi S, Nitecki S, Karram T, Kogan I, Leiderman M, Shmulevsky P,   

      Israelit S, Engel A. Multidetector CT angiography in the evaluation of acute

      mesenteric ischemia.

      Eur Radiol. 2009; 19; 24-30.

69. Keidar Z, Nitecki S

      FDG-PET for the detection of infected vascular grafts.

      Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2009; 53;35-40.

70. Tavori H, Aviram M, Khatib S, Musa R, Nitecki S, Hoffman A, Vaya J

      Human carotid atherosclerotic plaque increases oxidative state of

      macrophages and low-density lipoproteins, whereas paraoxonase 1 (PON1)

      decreases such atherosclerotic effects.

      Free Radic Biol Med 2009; 46;607-615.

71. Engel A, Soudack M, Ofer A, Nitecki SS, Ghersin E, Fisher D, Gaitini DE

      Coping with war mass casualties in a hospital under fire: The radiology

      experience. 

      AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009; 193: 1212-1221. 

72. Nitecki SS, Karram T, Ofer A, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Vascular Injuries in Urban Combat Setting: Experience from the 2006

      Lebanon War.

      Vascular  2010; 18:1-8.

73. Nitecki SS, Karram T, Ofer A, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Management of combat vascular injuries using modern imaging: are we

      getting better?

      Emerg Med Int. 2013;2013:689473. doi: 10.1155/2013/689473.

      Epub 2013 Jan 10

74. Keidar Z, Nitecki S

      FDG-PET in prosthetic graft infections.

      Semin Nucl Med 2013; 43:396-402.

75. ACST-2 Collaborative Group (Holliday A, …….Nitecki S….)

      Status update and interim results from the asymptomatic carotid surgery 

      trial-2 (ACST-2).

      Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2013; 46:510-518.

76. Keidar Z, Pirmisashvili N, Leiderman M, Nitecki S, Israel O

      18F-FDG uptake in non-infected prosthetic vascular grafts: incidence,

      patterns and changes over time.

      J Nucl Med 2014; 55(3): 392-395. Feb 10 [epub ahead of print]

77. Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Engel A, Karram T, Leiderman M, Kogan I, 

      Si-On E, Ofer A

      In house enhanced 3D printing of complex AAA for EVAR treatment 

      Planning and preoperative simulation.

      Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis 2014; 2:181.

78. Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Karram T, Leiderman M, Kogan I, Yudkovsky G, Ofer A

      Enlarged and colored enhanced 3D printing of renal artery aneurysma for

      improved imaging and treatment planning.

      World J Cardiovasc Dis 2016; 6:1-7.

79. Nitecki S, Yosef L, Tozzi M, Shofti R

      Inhibition of vein graft remodeling and neo-intimal formation using a cobalt

      chrome external support.

      Arch Clin Exp Surg 2018; 7:108-115.

80. Abu Saleh R, Karram T Kogan I, Si-On E, Abu Gazala M, Leiderman M,

     Nitecki S, Ofer A. Success of infrapopliteal angioplasty in patients with severe 

     critical limb ischemia with no target artery. Vascular Investigation and Therapy

     Oct 2018; 1:109.

81. Nitecki SS, Nitecki MK, Bass A

       Venous malformations of Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome – treatment by steam 

       and sclerotherapy.

       Ann Vasc Med Res 2019;5:1093

1. c) Case Reports

82. Lavy A, Berkowitz D, Nitecki S

     Actinomycosis imitating acute appendicitis.

     Harefuah 1990; 118: 211-212.

83. Ofer A, Nitecki S, Hoffman A, Engel A

      Dacron graft aneurysm treated by endovascular stent-graft.

      Cardiovasc. Intervent. Radiol. 2001; 24: 60-64.

84. Nitecki S, Ofer A, Karram T, Guralnik L, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Blunt trauma of the innominate artery: a unique presentation.

      Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg. Extra 2002; 4: 101-104.

85. Schwartz HA, Nitecki S, Karram T, Hoffman A

       Ball-bearing missile embolization via suprarenal aorta

       IMAJ 2003; 5: 598-600.

86. Nitecki S, Ofer A, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Popliteal aneurysm: is it symptomatic or asymptomatic?

      Case Rep. Pract. Rev. 2006; 7:69-71.

87. Lavie G, Merdler I, Barenboim E, Nitecki SS

      A young adult male with peripheral artery disease.

      Acta Clin. Belg. 2014; 70:65-68.

88. Makhoul K, Shukha Y, Abu Hanna L, Nitecki S, Leiderman M, Hayek T,

      Hamoud S.

      A case of rapidly progressive upper limb ischemic necrosis in a patient with

      COVID-19.

      Int J Infect Dis. 2021; 106:401-404.

1. d) Books/Book Chapters

1. Hoffman A, Nitecki S.

    Vascular  Trauma to the Limbs – Chapter 11  

    in Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities – a treatment manual. A. Lerner & 

2011. Soudry (Editors). Springer 2011.

2. Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Karram T.

    Vascular Trauma in Israel – Chapter 31

    In Rich’s Vascular Trauma, 3rd edition

    Rasmussen TE, Nigel RMT (Editors). Elsvier 2015.

3. Nitecki S

    Vascular involvement in Behcet’s disease – Vasculo-Behcet – Chapter 8

    In Behcet’s Disease – a compilation of recent research and review studies.

    SMGroup. October 2017. ISBN 978-1-944685-93-5

1. e) Letters to the Editor + Short Communications

1. 1. Nitecki S, Sarr MG

    Appendecolith – short communication.

    Update in Surgery 1991; 2: 22.

2. Sarr MG, Nitecki S, Wolff BG

    Adenocarcinoma of the appendix.

    Ann. Surg. 1995; 221: 202.

3. Nitecki S

     Antiphospholipid antibodies in vascular surgery patients: a cross-sectional  

     Study.

     Ann. Surg. 1995; 221: 202.

4. Nitecki S, Ofer A

    Behcet’s disease – clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment.

    Harefuah 2002; 141: 851-852.

15. Conferences (Scientific Meetings)

1. a) Invited Talks – International

1. Nitecki S

    Brain-gut axis and motility – what is new?

    Surgical & Gastroenterological Research Group.

    October 18, 1994. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

2. 2. Nitecki S

    Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms.

    Minnesota Vascular Surgical Society. April 30, 1995. Red Wing, Minnesota.

3. Nitecki S

    Lessons learned from the recent Lebanon War: How modern Imaging can

    effect the management of vascular injuries.

    (Faculty) AIM Symposium 2007. November 12-15, 2007, New York, USA.

4. Nitecki S

    Use and value of 18F-FDG and CT scans in diagnosing arterial graft

    infections.

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2008. November 19-23, 2008. New York, USA

5. Nitecki S

    Arterial aneurysms in Behcet's disease.

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2009. November 18-22, 2009. New York, USA

6. Nitecki S

    Inadvertent arterial injury secondary to treatment of varicose veins and

    venous insufficiency by surgery and foam: diagnosis and treatment

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2010. November 17-21, 2010. New York, USA

7. Nitecki S

    Vascular injuries from laparoscopic procedures: diagnosis and treatment

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2010. November 17-21, 2010. New York, USA

8. Nitecki S

    Improved treatment of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome with steam vein

    Sclerosis and foam.

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2013. November 19-23, 2013. New York, USA

9. Nitecki S

    Do thrombi in the aortic arch need to be removed or covered: what is their

    Natural history.

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2013. November 19-23, 2013. New York, USA

10. Nitecki S

      When is open surgical repair required and the best treatment for complex 

      vascular injuries in the endovascular era.

     (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2014. November 18-22, 2014. New York,USA

11. Nitecki S

      Chronic venous insufficiency: New treatment and horizons

      Alma Laser Lipo & EVLA Workshop. December 12-13, 2014.

      Villa Del Rosario. Rome, Italy.

12. Nitecki S

     Acute renal artery occlusions: causes; how to treat and how long after

     an acute occlusion can kidneys be salvaged with good function.

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2015. November 17-21, 2015. New York, USA

13. Nitecki S

    Long-term results of vascular injuries and repairs after the Lebanon-Israel

    War.

   (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2015. November 17-21, 2015. New York, USA

14. Nitecki S

      New concepts and techniques for treating pediatric vascular trauma

      (civilian and iatrogenic).

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2016. November 15-19, 2016. New York, USA 

15. Nitecki S

      Comparison of open and endo popliteal aneurysms repair in the same

      patients.

   (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2016. November 15-19, 2016. New York, USA

16. Nitecki S

      Long term results of AV fistulas and grafts.

    (Faculty) VEITH Symposium 2018. November 13-17, 2018. New York, USA 

1. b) Webinars – International
2. Endolaser  Ablation in Venous Disease. December 12-13, 2014, Rome, Italy

2. EVLA Webinar – Alma Sugical Vasculife. March 6, 2015. Ramat-Gan, Israel

3. Endovenous and Other Treatments and Venous Insufficiency.

    May 30-31, 2017. Warsaw, Poland

1. c) Invited Talks – National

1. Nitecki S, Hashmonai M, Szurszewski JH

     Effects of brain perfusion of NPY on MMC and body core temperature.

     Israeli Symposium on GI Motility. November 25, 1991. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

2. Nitecki S

     Modern non operative treatments for varicose veins.

     Woman’s Health Day. September 14, 2005. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

3. Nitecki S

     Modern treatments of venous insufficiency: Radiofrequency ablation,

     Laser and US-guided foam sclerotherapy.

     The 11th International Congress of Les Nouvelles Esthetiques – Medical

     Esthetics. March 21st -22nd, 2005. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

4. Nitecki S

     Venous Insufficiency – what is it? How do we treat it?

     Second Opinion – The Specialists. Guest in the Health Program of Prof.

     Eitan Friedman. TV Channel 10. June 1, 2006. Hertzlia, Israel.

5. Nitecki S

     Varicose Veins.

     Health-Line in Haifa Radio station (107.5 FM). January 5, 2007. 

6. Nitecki S

     Vascular injuries in the Second Lebanon War.

     6th Annual Meeting of Nursing in Vascular Departments.

     Rambam Health Care Campus, May 30, 2007. Haifa.

7. Nitecki S

     Vascular Injuries – How do we treat them and what have we learned?

     Surgery – The heritage of Professor A. Shramek (his 90th birthday).

     Rambam Health Care Campus. July 2, 2007. Haifa, Israel.

8. Nitecki S

     Venous insufficiency – new treatments for an old problem.

     Forum Rambam. Healthy Knowledge – Specialists' Lectures.

     Grand Kenyon. September 7, 2007. Haifa, Israel.

9. Nitecki S

     Varicose Veins.

     Rambam Health Care Campus Stuff Meetings. Grand Rounds.

     Spencer Auditorium. February 14, 2008. Haifa. Israel.

10. Nitecki S

    Late complications of Vascular Grafts.

    Spencer Auditorium. April 14, 2008. Haifa. Israel.

11. Nitecki S

      Traumatic injury of the thoracic aorta.

      Hilel-Yafe Hospital Staff Meeting. Grand Rounds.

      Central Lecture Hall. June 18, 2008. Hadera, Israel.

12. Nitecki S

      The Rambam experience in diagnosis and treatment of traumatic injury 

      of the thoracic aorta.

      The Northern Trauma Conference. January 5, 2009. Haifa, Israel.

13. Nitecki S

      PVD – What do you need to know as a physician?

      Grand Rounds of the Internal Medicine Division.

      The Covent Auditorium. January 13, 2009. Haifa, Israel.

14. Nitecki S

      Vascular Trauma.

      First Airborn Paramedics' Meeting.

      The Trauma Training Center at Rambam. July 14, 2009. Haifa. Israel. 

15. Nitecki S

      Mesenteric Syndromes.

      Grand Rounds of the Internal Medicine Division.

      The Covent Auditorium. May 11, 2010. Haifa, Israel.

16. Nitecki S

      Complications of Varicose Vein Treatment.

      The Israeli Vascular Acecess & Vein Conference.

      Daniel Hotel, January 12, 2011. Herzlia, Israel.

17. Nitecki S

      Vascular Trauma to Limbs

      Simposium on Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities

      Spencer Auditorium, Rambam Health Care Campus,

      August 29, 2011. Haifa, Israel.

18. Nitecki S

      Vascular trauma of body cavities – Surgery Not Endovascular Treatment.

      Spencer Auditorium, Rambam Health Care Campus,

      December 31, 2012. Haifa, Israel.

19. Nitecki S

      Pediatric vascular injury

      The annual meeting of the Israel Association of Pediatric Surgery

      January 1st, 2014. Sheraton, Ramat Gan, Israel.

20. Nitecki S

      Vascular trauma in children

      Save the Child – Innovations and Updates in the Life Saving Treatment of the

      Injured Child.

      March 2, 2016. Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. 

1. d) Conferences – Plenary talks 

1. Nitecki S, Torem S

     Cholesterol emboli – treatment and results.

     MEDAX – Israel Medical Week. November 2-5, 1989. Jerusalem, Israel.

2. Nitecki S, Karmeli R, Torem S, Schramek A

     Seat belt injury causing acute occlusion of the common iliac artery.

     Israel Surgical Society. September 2-5, 1990. Haifa, Israel.

3. Nitecki S, Hoffman A, Schramek A, Torem S

     Vascular trauma in the years 1985 – 1990. Experience of the Northern Israel

     Center for Vascular Surgery.

     Trauma 1991. May 29, 1991. Hertzlia, Israel.

1.  Nitecki S, Brenner B, Hoffman A, Grozovski Y, Schramek A, Torem S

Low flow state and peripheral arterial occlusive disease.

     8th Israel Medical Week, 15th World Congress of the Israeli Medical

     Association. November 4-7, 1991. Jerusalem, Israel.

5. Loberman Z, Nitecki S, Hoffman A, Grozovski Y, Schramek A, Torem S

     Metastatic tumor emboli from right atrium to the femoral artery.

     8th Israel Medical Week, 15th World Congress of the Israeli Medical

     Association. November 4-7, 1991. Jerusalem, Israel.

6. Nitecki S, Assalia A, Schein M, Hashmonai M

     Sub-total cholecystectomy for the high-risk patient.

     18th Annual Meeting of the Surgical Society. May 20-21, 1992. Jerusalem.

7. Nitecki S, Schein M, Assalia A, Kopelman D, Klein R, Hashmonai M

     Prosthesis use in entero-biliary bypass for malignant obstruction in the

     hepatic hilum.

     18th Annual Meeting of the Surgical Society. May 20-21, 1992. Jerusalem.

8. Assalia A, Nitecki S, Kopelman D, Loberman Z, Schein M, Hashmonai M

    The use of water soluble contrast media (gastrografin) in partial obstruction of

     the small intestine. A clinical prospective study.

    18th Annual Meeting of the Surgical Society. May 20-21, 1992. Jerusalem.

9. Nitecki S, Brenner B, Hoffman A, Lanir N, Schramek A, Torem S

     Lower limb ischemia in primary antiphospholipid syndrome.

     European Society for Cardio-Vascular Surgery.

     The 41st Congress. September 6-9, 1992. Montpellier, France.

10. Schlinkert R, Nitecki S, Sarr MG, Wolff BG

      Primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix.

      Tripartite Meeting. October 17 – 20, 1993. Sydney, Australia.

11. Nitecki S, Sarr MG, Colby TV, van Heerden JA

      Long-term survival after resection for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

      is it really improving?

      SSAT – A114 (651). May 17 – 20, 1994. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

12. Nitecki S

      Long-term survival rates with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

      Minnesota Surgical Society. May 6, 1994. Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

13. Nitecki S

      CCK modulates small intestinal motility by affecting the brain-gut axis.

      Surgical Gut Hormone Symposium. June 10 – 11, 1994, Florissant, Colorado.

14. Nitecki S, Szurszewski JH

      CCK A receptor antagonism replaces the fed pattern of gut myoelectrical

      activity to the fasted pattern.

      World Congress of Gastroenterology.

      October 2 – 7, 1994. Los Angeles, California, USA.

15. Nitecki S, Farrugia G

      Flufenamic acid – a potentially new prokinetic agent.

      The Midwestern Motility Society.

      October 11, 1994. Prairie du Chein, Wisconsin, USA.

16. Harmon WJ, Lewis RL, Nitecki S, Szurszewski JH

      Spontaneous ureteral electrical activity in unanesthetized canines.

      Urologic Research. February 1995. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

17. Nitecki S, Hallett JW, Bower TC, Cherry KJ, Gloviczki P, Pairolero PC

      Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms: new clinical implications from

      a case-control study.

      The Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society. 

      September 22 – 23, 1995. Chicago, Illinois, USA.

18. Nitecki S, Grozovski Y, Loberman Z, Hoffman A

      Vascular trauma – Experience of a decade.

      3rd All-Russian Congress of Cardiovascular Surgeons.

      December 17 – 20, 1996. Moscow, Russia.

19. Kuten A, Cohen Y, Nitecki S, Horowitz Y, Elgrably S, Rubinov R, Gez E

      External irradiation in the treatment of localized prostatic carcinoma.

      ESTRO – 15th Annual Meeting. September 16-19, 1996. Lisbon, Portugal.

20. Forstner-Barthell AW, Murr MM, Nitecki S, Kelly KA, Camillery M,

      Prather CM, Sarr MG

      Near total gastrectomy for severe postvagotomy gastroparesis: critical

      analysis of early and late long-term results at a tertiary center.

      SSAT 1998. May 17 –20, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

21. Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Grozovski Y, Karram T, Kouperberg E

      Hemodinamical effects of carotid endarterectomy.

      4th All-Russian Congress of Cardiovascular Surgeons.

      December 8 – 11, 1998. Moscow, Russia.

22. Ofer A, Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Karram T, Engel A

      CT Angiography as the sole diagnostic procedure for surgical treatment of

      aorto-iliac occlusive disease.

      CIRSE 99. Annual Meeting of Cardiovascular and Interventional 

      Radiology Society of Europe. September 26 – 30, 1999. Prague, Czech Rep.

      Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology 22: S147, 1999.

23. Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Karram T, Grozovski Y, Kouperberg E

      Carotid endarterectomy for high-grade stenosis improves ipsilateral MCA

      Blood flow.

      XIV Annual Meeting of the European Society for Vascular Surgery.

      September 22 – 25, 2000. London, United Kingdom.

24. Roguin A, Nitecki S, Rubinstein I, Resnik M, Levy NS, Abassi Z, Lache O,

      Hoffman A, Levy AP

      Successful restoration of blood flow using continuous infiltration of

      naked-DNA encoding vascular endothelial growth factor.

      The 50th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.

      March 20, 2001. Los Angeles, California, USA. JACC February 2001: 267A.

25. Roguin A, Nitecki S, Rubinstein I, Sabo E, Abassi Z , Frank M, Levy NS,

      Lache O, Hoffman A, Levy AP

      Gene therapy using a novel method of delivery: continuous perimuscular

      infiltration.

      51st Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.

      March 17 – 20, 2002. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. JACC March 2002: 229A.

26. Karram T, Nitecki S, Ofer A, Schwarz H, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Carotid trauma: diagnosis and surgical treatment.

      Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association of Vascular and Interventional

      Radiology. May 6, 2004. Ramat Gan.

27. Nitecki S, Keidar Z, Bar-Shalom A, Engel A, Hoffman A, Israel O

      Synthetic graft infections – a new diagnostic tool.

      Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association of Vascular and Interventional

      Radiology. May 6, 2004. Ramat Gan.

28. Nitecki S, Ofer A, Karram T, Schwarz H, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Thoracic aortic injury.

      Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association of Vascular and Interventional

      Radiology. May 6, 2004. Ramat Gan.

29. Nitecki S, Baytner S, Bass A

      Short-term results of US-guided sclerotherapy for venous insufficiency.

      6th Annual Meeting of the European Venous Forum. June 24-26, 2005.

      Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

30. Nitecki S

      Treatment of venous insufficiency.

      The 3rd Annual Meeting for Medical Cosmetics.

      March 30th, 2006. Ramat-Gan, Israel. 

31. Nitecki S, Karram T, Ofer A, Schwartz H, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Vascular injuries during the Second Lebanon War – the Rambam experience.

      4th Joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and Endovascular

      Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology,

      May 3, 2007. Sheraton City Tower, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

32. Nitecki S, Bass A

      US-guided foam sclerotherapy in patients with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome.

      25th Annual Meeting of the Association of International Vascular Surgeons.

      March 11-18, 2007. Hotel Monboso, Gressoney, Aosta Valley, Italy.

33. Nitecki S, Karram T, Hoffman A

      Civilian and military vascular trauma – Lebanon 2006.

      56th Congress of the European Society for Cardio-Vascular Surgery (ESCVS).

      May 17-20, 2007. Lido Casino Palace, Venice, Italy.

34. Nitecki S, Karram T, Hoffman A, Bass A

      Venous trauma in the Lebanon war – 2006.

      56th Congress of the European Society for Cardio-Vascular Surgery (ESCVS).

      May 17-20, 2007. Lido Casino Palace, Venice, Italy.

35. Nitecki S, Keidar Z, Karram T, Engel A, Israel O, Hoffman A

      Accurate diagnosis of vascular graft infection.

      The 6th joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and

      Endovascular Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology.

      May 11, 2009. Sheraton City Tower, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

36. Kogan I, Leiderman M, Engel A, HoffmanA, Nitecki S, Ofer A.

      Benefits of ultrasound guided SAFARI  technique in patients with critical 

      lower limb ischemia.

      The 9th joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and

      Endovascular Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology.

      May 3, 2012. Sheraton City Tower, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

37. Nitecki S, Ofer A, Karram T, Kogan I, Leiderman M, Engel A, Hoffman A

      Traumatic injury of the thoracic aorta: comparison between open surgery and

      TEVAR, long-term results.

      The 10th joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and

      Endovascular Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology.

      May 2, 2013. Leonardo City Tower, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

38. Nitecki S, Bass A

      KTS treatment by steam vein sclerosis and US-guided foam sclerotherapy.

      The 10th joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and

      Endovascular Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology.

      May 2, 2013. Leonardo City Tower, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

39. Nitecki S, Keidar Z, Israel O, Hoffman A

      Accurate diagnosis of vascular graft infection by FDG-PET/CT in the presence

      of multiple grafts.

      The 10th joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and

      Endovascular Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology.

      May 2, 2013. Leonardo City Tower, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

40. Paz D, Kogan I, Leiderman M, Nitecki S, Karram T, Hoffman A, Ofer A

      Endovascular treatment in Buerger’s disease patients with CLI

      The 11th joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and 

      Endovascular Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology.

      May 1, 2014. Leonardo City Tower, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

41. Eyal O, Ofer A, Sion E, Abu Saleh, Nitecki S, Kogan I, Leiderman M, Karram 

       Use of angioseal to close entry point of CVC into subclavian artery 6 days

        after mistaken insertion. 

        5th International Conference on Vascular Biology & Surgeons Meeting

        February 25-26, 2019. London, United Kingdom.

42. Abu Saleh R, Ofer A, Kogan I, Sion E, Abu Gazala M, Leiderman M, NiteckiS 

      Success of infrainguinal angioplasty in patients with severe critical limb

       ischemia with no target artery.

       The 16th joint Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Vascular and

       Endovascular Surgery & the Israeli Society of Interventional Radiology.

       May 16, 2019. Avenue, Air-Port City, Lod, Israel.

1. e) Conferences – Abstracts (Peer Reviewed Only) 
2. Kuten A, Nitecki S, Steiner M, Tatcher M, Cohen Y

     Progress report on the treatment by external irradiation of carcinoma of the

     prostate localized to the pelvis.

     ESTRO – 6th annual meeting. May 25-28, 1987. Lisbon, Portugal.

2. Nitecki S, Szurszewski JH

     The effect of central and peripheral administration of NPY on gastrointestinal

     myoelectrical activity in the dog.

     Gastroenterology 94: 325, 1988.

3. Karmeli R, Nitecki S, Yaksh TL, Schmalz P, Szurszewski JH

     Sulfated CCK-OP administered centrally in the dogs converts the fasting

     pattern of gastrointestinal electrical activity to the fed pattern.

     Regul. Peptides 22: 413, 1988.

4. Nitecki S, Szurszewski JH

     Effects of central and peripheral administration of NPY on the cardiovascular

     system and gut myoelectrical activity.

     Gastroenterology 95: 881, 1988.

5. Nitecki S, Szurszewski JH

     The effect of central administration of NPY on body weight.

     Gastroenterology 95: 882, 1988.

6. Hashmonai M, Nitecki S, Halak M

     Effects of morphine on the myoelectrical activity of a neurovascular

     disconnected canine jejunal loop.

     Gastrointestinal Motility 4: 222, 1992.

7. Nitecki S, Wolff BG, Benn P, Sarr MG, Weiland LH

    Primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix – 15 years experience with 81

    patients.

    Dis. Colon Rectum 36: 7, 1993.

8. Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Moir CR, Szurszewski JH

    The effect of central administration of CCK receptor antagonists on

    gastrointestinal myoelectric activity.

    Gastroenterology 104: 559, 1993.

9. Moir CR, Rozsa Z, Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Szurszewski JH

    The role of hypothalamic cholecystokinin receptors in the mediation of

     gastrointestinal electrical activity.

    Gastroenterology 104: 840, 1993.

10. Nitecki S, Assalia A, Schein M

      Appendiceal Mass.

      Dis. Colon Rectum 36: 620, 1993.

11. Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Szurszewski JH

      CCK A receptors in the canine brain modulate gastrointestinal myoelectrical

      activity.

      Gastrointestinal Motility 5: 208, 1993.

12. Nitecki S, Moir CR

      Traumatic cervical spine fractures in the pediatric group.

      APSA – American Pediatric Surgery Association.

      May 19 – 22, 1993. Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA.

13. Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Szurszewski JH

      The effect of pancreatic colipase on myoelectric activity of the canine

      gstrointestinal tract.

      The FASEB Journal 8: A567 (3286), 1994.

14. Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Szurszewski JH

      myoelectric gut of pattern fed the replaces antagonism receptor A CCK

      activity to the fasted pattern.

      Gastroenterology 106: 830, 1994.

15. Nitecki S, Farrugia G, Rich A, Szurszewski JH

      Effect of flufenamic acid in vivo on MMC activity and in vitro on intracellular

      Calcium in the canine lower small intestine.

      Gastroenterology 107: 1226, 1994.

16. Sha L, Miller SM, Nitecki S, Szurszewski JH

      Morphology of neurons in dog paraventricular nucleus.

      The FASEB Journal 9: A252 (1463), 1995.

17. Nitecki S, Farrugia G, Camilleri M, Szurszewski JH

Effects of flufenamic acid on intestinal transit times in the dog.

Gastroenterology 108: 658, 1995.

18. Sha L, Nitecki S, Szurszewski JH

      Effects of S-CCK-OP on neurons of dog paraventricular nucleus.

      Gastroenterology 108: 687, 1995.

19. Nitecki S, Harty GJ, Szurszewski JH

      CCK and NPY have opposing effects on the unrestrained canine body weight.

      Neurogastroenterology  and Motility 7: 125, 1995.

20. Nitecki S, Farrugia G, Miller SM, Harty GJ, Szurszewski JH

      Effects of nitric oxide on gastrointestinal myoelectric activity.

      XV International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Motility. Rome Italy.

      Neurogastroenterology  and Motility 7: 277, 1995.

21. Kuten A, Cohen Y, Nitecki S, Horowitz Y, Elgrably S, Rubinov R, Gez E

      External irradiation in the treatment of localized prostatic carcinoma.

      ESTRO – 15th Annual Meeting

      Radiother. & Oncol. 40: 127, 1996.  

22. Hoffman A, Ramadan R, Nitecki S, Winaver J

      Immediate and late changes in renal endothelin-1 (ET-1) excretion after renal

      Transplantation.  3rd Annual Meeting of Israel Transplantation Society.

      March 27 – 29, 1997. Eilat, Israel.

23. Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Ofer A, Ramadan R, Engel A

      Reconstructed CT pyelography for diagnosis of urinary lesions in the

      transplanted kidney.

      3rd Annual Meeting of Israel Transplantation Society.

      March 27 – 29, 1997. Eilat, Israel.

24. Hoffman A, Gelman R, Ramadan R, Zur E, Karram T, Nitecki S, Green J

      Renal transplantation outcome in patients treated with azathioprine (imuran)

      Versus myocophenolate mofetil (MMF): the Rambam experience.

      The 6th Annual Conference of the Israel Transplantation Society.

      June 1 – 3, 2000. Jerusalem, Israel.

25. Nitecki S, Green J, Karram T, Ramadan R, Gelman R, Zur E, Hoffman A

      Results of renal transplantation in a small center: experience of a decade.

      The 6th Annual Conference of the Israel Transplantation Society.

      June 1 – 3, 2000. Jerusalem, Israel.

26. Ghersin E, Gaitini D, Karram T, Ofer A, Nitecki S, Schwartz H, Hoffman A,

      Engel A

      Percutaneous ultrasound-guided thrombin injection of iatrogenic

      pseudoaneurysms in unusual sites.

      Ultrasound Med Biol 29: S68, 2003.

27. Abadi S, Ofer A, Kogan I, Nitecki S, Shmolevski P, Israelit SH, Engel A

      The role of CT angiography in the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia: 

      A prospective study.

      The 91st Annual Meeting of the RSNA. November 26th –December 3rd, 2005.

      Chicago, Il, USA.

28. Karram T, Bishara B, Nitecki S, Ramadan R, Hoffman A, Abassi Z.

          Existence of Immunoreactive Endothelin ETA and ETB Receptors in the Urine

          of Normal Volunteers.

          10 th International Conference on Endothelin (ET-10), September 16-19 2007.

          Bergamo, Italy.

29. Kogan I, Leiderman M, Engel A, Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Karram T, Ofer A.

  Below the knee angioplasty: US guided Safari technique.

  1st Rambam Research Conference, Haifa, Israel.

30. Keidar Z, Pirmisashvili N, Leiderman M, Nitecki S, Israel O.

  FDG uptake in non- infected prosthetic vascular grafts: incidence, patterns  

    and changes over time.

  2013 Annual Meeting – SNMMI – Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular  

  Imaging. June 8-13, 2013. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

31. Brauner E, Bahouth H, Nitecki S, Ben Ishay O, Kluger Y.

  Isolated blunt innominate artery injury in the setting of bovine arch anatomy.

32. Kogan I, Abu Gazala M, Leiderman M, Hoffman A, Nitecki S, Karram T,  

          Engel A, Ofer A.

          Success of infrapopliteal angioplasty in patients with occluded target arteries

           LINC the Leipzig Interventional Course. January 27-30, 2015. Germany. 

33. Klein E, Kogan I, Leiderman M, Nitecki S, Karram T, Hoffman A, Ostrovsky

           D, Bar-Lavi Y, Ofer A

           Tracheo-Innominate fistula diagnosis and treatment: a single center

           retrospective evaluation.

           LINC the Leipzig Interventional Course. Jan 30-Feb 2, 2018. Germany.

16. SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS/ACTIVITY

03/2010-05/2010 Enrichement Course for Directors – Rambam Health Care 

Campus – Hotel Dan, Haifa, Israel.

05/2003 COMPASS (US-guided foam sclerotherapy) for venous insufficiency, by the Venous Research Foundation. Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee Wisconsin.

07/2002 Course for Endovascular (Stent-Graft) treatment for Thoracic

TAA) and Abdominal (AAA) Aortic Aneurysm. Bari, Italy.

12/1992 BLS and ACLS – Life Support training by the American Heart

Association. Rochester, Minnesota, USA.