Alony Eyal

Dr. Eyal Alony  
Head of Ophthalmology Department

Medical School
Hadassah School of Medicine, Hebrew University, erusalem

Specialty
Ophthalmology

Membership in national an international organizations

• Israel Medical Association
• State Organization of Physicians
• Member of the Israel Ophthalmlogy Association
• Head of the Israeli Neuro-ophthalmology Class 2016
• Member of the the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Association (NANOS)
• Member of the American Society for Research of Vision

Clinical Experience

• 1999-2003 - Specialty in Ophthalmology- Ophthalmology Department, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot
• Fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology, the Henry Ford medical center , Michigan, USA, 2004-2005
• 2005 - Current - Senior physician, Ophthalmology Department and in-charge of the Neuro-Ophthalmology service, Barzilai Medical Center
• Neuro-Ophthalmology consultant- Maccabi Health Services
• Lecturer in the Faculty for Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• Neuro-ophthalmology consultant Assouta medical center 2007-2010
• Center for multiple sclerosis, Shiba medical center 2007-2009 

Special Interests

Dr. Alony has special interest in diseases of the optic nerve, loss of sight, diseases that cause diplopia, cerebral tumors that affect vision and opthalmic diseases caused by thyroid gland dysfunction.

Continuing Medical Education
2004-2005- Fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Henry Ford Medical Center, Michigan, USA.

Awards
Award for outstanding articles:

• 1999- Quantitative analysis of retinal thickness in eyes with diabetic retinopathy after cataract surgery, by the RTA. The Ophthalmologic Society: Imaging and Angiography conference, Israel museum, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
• 2003 - The diagnostic capabilities of the Scanning Laser Polarimetry (GDx) in detecting glaucomatous damage. The Ophthalmological Society: Imaging and Angiography conference, Israel museum, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Scientific Publications
Dr. Alony has special interest in studies on vision rehabilitation and diseases og the optic nerve.

Six articles have been published so far in medical journals in Israel and abroad.

1. A Grinvald, T Bonhoeffer, I Vanzetta, A Pollack, E Aloni, R Ofri, and D Nelson: High resolution functional optical imaging: from the neocortex to the eye. Ophthalmol Clin North Am 2004;17(1):p. 53-67.
2. Landa G, Aloni E, Milshtein A, Marcovich A, Mozes M, Pollack A: Eyelid bleeding and atypical amyloidosis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004;138(3):495-6.
3. Nelson DA, Krupsky S, Pollack A, Aloni E, Belkin M, Vanzetta I, Rosner M, Grinvald A. Special report: Noninvasive multi-parameter functional optical imaging of the eye. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2005;36(1):57-66.
4. Bakalash S., Shlomo GB., Aloni E., Shaked I., Wheeler L., Ofri R., Schwartz M. T-cell-based vaccination for morphological and functional neuroprotection in a rat model of chronically elevated intraocular pressure. J Mol Med. 2005; 83(11):904-16. Epub 2005 Aug 12.
5. Thein R, Pollack A, Bukelman A, Katz H, Pokroy R, Len A, Parnes R, Aloni E, Hauser D. Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for diffuse diabetic macular edema--one year follow-up. Harefuah. 2005;144(11):759-62, 824.
6. Ben Simon GJ, Bakalash S, Aloni E, Rosner M. A rat model for acute rise in intraocular pressure: immune modulation as a therapeutic strategy. Am J Ophthalmol, 2006;141(6):1105-11.