Levy Vardy Ronen

Dr. Levy Vardy Ronen

Head of Internal Medicine Department C

 

Medical Education

1991-1997 Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest. Medicine.

 

Other Educations

1987-1990 BSc in Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

 

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Nephrology and Hypertension

 

Positions and clinical experience

 

1999-2003 Residency in Internal medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

2005-2007 Residency in Nephrology and Hypertension, Hadassah Medical Center,

                  Jerusalem, Israel

2007-2016 Senior physician, Nephrology and Hypertension, Hadassah Medical Center,

                  Jerusalem, Israel

2017 – Current: Senior physician, Nephrology and Hypertension, Barzilai Medical Center,

            Ashkelon, Israel

2023-   Current: Head of the Internal Medicine department C, Barzilai Medical Center,

            Ashkelon, Israel

 

Continuing Medical Education

2018 – Certificate of Good Clinical Practice Course

 

Membership of Professional Organizations in Israel and Abroad

 

♦ Israel Medical Association

♦ State Physicians Organizaition

♦ Israel Society of Internal Medicine

♦ Israel Society of Nephrology and Hypertension

 

Academic Appointments

 

2005- 2010  Clinical instructor in Internal Medicine

2011- 2016  Lecturer in Internal Medicine at the Hebrew University School of Medicine in

                    Jerusalem

2017-Current: Lecturer in Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of

                    the Negev, Beer Sheva', Israel

 

Teaching Experience

 

1999-2003    Physical diagnosis for medical students [4th (course No 96713) and 6th  years]

1999-2016    Internal Medicine for medical students (4th and 6th years), School of

                     Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

2005-2016    Introductory course in internal medicine to 4th year medical students-

                     nephrology. Course No 96713, School of Medicine, Hebrew University,

                     Jerusalem, Israel

2005-2016    Nephrology for 6th year medical School of Medicine, Hebrew University,

                     Jerusalem, Israel

2009- 2016   Molecular mechanisms in kidney physiology in health and disease, course No

                     94412, for MSc and PhD students, School of Medicine, Hebrew University,

                     Jerusalem, Israel

2010- 2016   Pathology of Diseases, course No 64861, for 3rd year pharmacy students,

                     School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

2017- 2018  Nephrology course for students of the International School of Medicine, Health

                    Science faculty, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva', Israel

2017- 2020  Nephrology for 2nd year pharmacy students, Pharmacy School, Health Science

                    faculty, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

2018- 2020  Advanced nursing care, Barzilai University Medical Center

2017- Current: Nephrology for 3rd year medical students, School of Medicine, Health

                    Science faculty, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Beer Sheva', Israel

2017- Current: Nephrology rounds for 5th year medical students, School of Medicine, Health

                    Science faculty, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Beer Sheva', Israel

 

 Awards

 

Æ 2003 Certificate of excellent medical instructor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew

              University of Medicine

Æ 2003- 2005 Physician Research Scholarship

Æ 2007 Award of the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical

             Center for excellence in clinical work.

Æ 2008 Certificate of excellent medical instructor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew

             University of Medicine

Æ 2011 Israeli Society of Nephrology scholarship for research on the regulation of FGF23 in

              states of chronic kidney failure

Æ 2013 Letter of appreciation for excellence in teaching from the dean of the Hebrew

             University of Medicine

Æ2016 Bridging Fund Grant: Mechanism of regulation of fibroblast growth factor 23 in

             experimental models of acute and chronic kidney disease

 

Membership in National and International Committees

 

2008-2012 Member of the committee for writing the final examinations in Internal Medicine for the 6th year students, the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

Scientific Publications 

• Chana Yagil, Ronen Varadi-Levi, Chen Ifrach and Yoram Yagil., Dysregulated UPR and ER Stress Related to a Mutation in the Sdf2l1 Gene Are Involved in the Pathophysiology of Diet-Induced Diabetes in the Cohen Diabetic Rat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023 24, 1355 2.     
• Larissa Lebedev, Marina Sapojnikov, Alexander Vechsler, Ronen Levi-Vardi, Doron Zamir, Ana Tovar, Nomy Levin-Yaina, Shlomo Fytlovich, Yoram Yagil., Minimal Change Disease Following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2021 78(1): 142-145
• Chana Yagil, Ronen Varadi-Levi, Yoram Yagil., A novel mutation in the NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) 1 alpha subcomplex 4 (Ndufa4) gene links mitochondrial dysfunction to the development of diabetes in a rodent model. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2018 11: 1-9
• Durlacher-Betzer K, Hassan A, Levi R, Axelrod J, Silver J, Naveh-Many T., Interleukin-6 contributes to the increase in fibroblast growth factor 23 expression in acute and chronic kidney disease.  Kidney Int. 2018 Aug;94(2):315-325
• Alia Hassan, Karina Durlacher, Justin Silver, Tally Naveh-Many and Ronen Levi., The fibroblast growth factor receptor mediates the increased FGF23 expression in acute and chronic uremia. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016 Feb 1;310(3): F217-21
• Khoury T, Yosha L, Abu Ramieleh A, Schneider R, Wolf DG, Levi R., A heart breaking case of rapidly developing severe hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to chronic active EBV infection; a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2015 67: 14-16
• Meir T, Levi R, Lieben L, Libutti S, Carmeliet G, Bouillon R, Silver J, Naveh-Many T., Deletion of the vitamin D receptor specifically in the parathyroid demonstrates a limited role for the VDR in parathyroid physiology. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2009 Aug; (Epub ahead of print). 3.9
• Ronen Levi, Iddo Z. Ben-Dov, Vardit Lavi-Moshayoff, Maya Dinur, David Martin, Tally Naveh-Many, Justin Silver., Increased PTH gene expression in secondary hyperparathyroidism of experimental uremia is reversed by calcimimetics: Correlation with post-translational modification of the trans acting factor AUF1. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2006 17(1): 107-112. 7.63
• Osnat Bell, Elena Gaberman, Rachel Kilav, Ronen Levi, Keith B. Cox, Jeffery D. Molkentin, Justin Silver, and Tally Naveh-Many., The Protein Phosphatase Calcineurin Determines Basal Parathyroid Hormone Gene Expression. Mol Endocrinol 2005 19: 516-526. 5.2
• Moz Yulia, Levi Ronen, Lavi Moshayoff V, Cox KB, Molkentin JD, Siver J, Naveh-Many T., Calcineurin A beta is central to the expression of the renal type II Na/Pi co-transporter gene and to the regulation of renal phosphate transport. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2004 Dec;15(12):2972-80. 7.6
• Moz Yulia, Levi Ronen, Lavi Moshayoff V, Cox KB, Molkentin JD, Siver J, Naveh-Many T., Protein-RNA interactions determine the stability of the renal NaPi-2 cotransporter mRNA and its translation in hypophosphatemic rats. J Biol Chem. 1999 Sep 3: 274(36):25266-72. 5.3

 

Reviews 

1. Levy Vardy Ronen, Yagil Yoram: Hypertension as a cause of kidney disease – Is it true? Harefuah, 2020;159(12):887-891
2. Ronen Levi, Yoram Yagil., Vitamin D, hypertension and ischemic stroke: an unresolved relationship. Hypertension, 2017 Sep: 1-3
3. Khoury T, Tzukert K, Abel R, Abu Rmeileh A, Levi R, Ilan Y., The gut-kidney axis in chronic renal failure: A new potential target for therapy. Hemodial Int. 2016 Sep 16 (Epub ahead of print)
4. Levi R, Silver J., Vitamin D supplementation after kidney transplantation. How much vitamin D should we prescribe? Kidney Int. 2009 Mar; 75(6):576-578. Review. 6
5. Ronen Levi, Anca Gal-Moscovici., Renal osteodystrophy in peritoneal dialysis: special considerations. Peritoneal dialysis international. 2008, 28: S11-S19
6. Silver J, Levi R., Regulation of PTH synthesis and secretion relevant to the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int. Suppl. 2005 Jun;(95): S8-12. Review. 6
7. Ronen L, Silver J., Pathogenesis of parathyroid dysfunction in end-stage kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 Mar;20(3):342-5. Epub 2004 Nov 10. Review. 2.4

Chapters in Books 

• Yoram Yagil, Ronen Levi Varadi, Chana Yagil, Genomic research in rat models of kidney disease, Methods in molecular biology (not published yet)
• Ronen L, Silver J., Hypercalcemia in Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes 2nd edition, September 25, 2011. Bilezikian J, editor. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p 642
• Ronen L, Hyperparathyroidism in Elsevier's First Consult- evidence based answers for the point of care, Sept 2010

Presentations at National and International Conferences 

• Poster at the American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting Nov 2016: "IL-6 acts on bone to increase FGF-23 expression in acute and chronic renal failure and in vitro"
• American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting Nov 2015. Lecture on: "The fibroblast growth factor receptor mediates the increased FGF23 expression in acute and chronic uremia"
• Israeli Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting March 2015. Lecture on: "FGF23 in Acute Kidney Injury"
• Israeli Society of Nephrology Board Review Oct. 2010. Lecture on:  "Potassium Disorders- clinical emergencies"
• Israeli Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting May 2010. Lecture on: "De Novo Glomerulonephritis in Kidney Transplant Patients- Case Presentation and Review of the Literature"
• American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting 2004. Lecture on: "The Protein Phosphatase Calcineurin Aβ Determines PTH Gene Expression" Oral presentation
• Israeli Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting 2003. Lecture on: "Secondary hyperparathyroidism and regulation of PTH gene expression in a rat model of renal failure"