Lindner Ilan

Dr. Lindner Ilan             

Head of the Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy services

 

Specialty

Pediatrics

Pediatric Neurology

Child Development

 

Positions and clinical experience

◊ 2001-2006 Residency, pediatrics department, Wolfson medical

   center, Bat Yam, Israel

◊ 2006-2009 Child development, child development center,

   Meuhedet HMO, Hertzlyam Israel

◊ 2009-2012 Residency, pediatric neurology and child development, Meuhedet HMO and

   Wolfson medical center, Bat Yam, Israel

◊ 2002-2017 Military service, Division and Regimental physician, Reserve Force, Israel

   Defense Force.

◊ 2006-2013 Child development center, Hertzlya, Israel

◊ 2012-2013 Child development center, Meuhedet HMO, Natanya, Israel

◊ 2013- Current- Pediatric neurology, Leumit HMO, El-Ad, Israel

◊ 2013 – Current- Pediatric clinic, Kfar Ganim, Petach Tiqva, Israel

◊ 2013-2019 In charge of the refractory epilepsy clinic, Wolfson medical center, Bat Yam,

   Israel

◊ 2019 – Current- Head of the Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy services, Barzilai medical

   center, Ashkelon, Israel

 

Membership of Professional Organizations in Israel and Abroad

♦ Israel Medical Association

♦ State Physicians Organization

♦ Israel Association for Pediatric Neurology

♦ Organization of Independent Physicians, Maccabee HMO

♦ Israel Society of Clinical Pediatrics

♦ Israel Ambulatory Pediatric Association

♦ Member of the Israel League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)

 

Public Activities

♦ Representative physician at the Knesset education committee for epilepsy

♦ Leader in treating epilepsy with cannabis and autism at the Wolfoson medical center and

    in the community

♦ Member of the Ministry of Health committee for creating criteria for treatment of

    epilepsy with cannabis

 

Academic Appointments

Examiner of phase B exams in pediatrics and pediatric neurology – Israel Science Council

 

Other Activities

t Introducer of Vagal Neuro Stimulation for uncontrolled epilepsy at Wolfson medical

    center.

t Preparation of the training array at the Israel Simulation Center for raising the

    recognition of child abuse.

 

Teaching Experience

t Lectures within academic settings in Israel and abroad about epilepsy treatment with

    cannabis.

t 2007-2018 Clinical tutor and lecturer for pediatric neurology students, Wolfson medical

    center, Holon, Israel.

t 2001-2006 Lecturer at the school of nursing, Wolfson medical center, Holon, Israel.

t 2002-2004 Lecturer of medicine at the alternative medicine college, Israel.

t 2002-2004 Lecturer of medicine at the college of management, Israel.

 

Presentations at national and international conferences

t 2006 - Occipital intermittent rhythmic delta activity

t 2011 - Intravenous valproic acid induced encephalopathy- Pediatric forum for epilepsy

t 2014 - A child with epilepsy and SCN9A gene: Review and unique characteristics –

    Annual conference of the Israel League for epilepsy

t 2016 - Israel experience treating pediatric epilepsy with cannabis – United in action

    conference, Sydney, Australia

t 2016 - Vaporized cannabis in children with refractory epilepsy – Poster, Conference of

    the European pediatric Neurology Society, Prague, Czech Republic

t 2016 - Homozygote Mutation of gene RBFOX1 in a child with epileptic encephalopathy:

    Case report - Poster, Conference of the European pediatric Neurology Society, Prague,

    Czech Republic

t 2016 - Two patients with EEF1A2 gene: Different presentation and the special reaction to

    cannabis - Poster

t 2017 - Conference of the European pediatric Neurology Society, Prague, Czech Republic

t Treating epileptic children with cannabis in Israel: Follow up and insights after three

    years of treatment - United in action conference, Sydney, Australia

t 2017 - Early identification of SCN2A gene using axom test as a mean for focusing

    antiepileptic therapy – The annual conference for refractory epilepsy, Wolfson medical

    center, Holon, Israel

t 2018 - Cannabis for sleep disturbances in children with autism – Lecture, Moscow,

    Russia

t 2018 – Treatment of a child with Ankanira for FIRES syndrome – Poster, European

    conference for epilepsy, Vienna, Austria

 

Research

³ 2001 – Researchers meeting for Influenza vaccination with nasal spray, Lisbon, Portugal

³ 2007 - Researchers meeting for partial epilepsy treatment with perampanel

³ 2007-2009 – Sub-investigator in the clinical research of perampanel treatment for partial

     epilepsy – retrieval, interviewing, examination and periodic follow up of patients

³ 2014-2017 – Principal investigator of cannabis therapy for epileptic children – Wolfson

     medical center, Holon. Israel

³ 2018- Research on Zogenix treatment for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome – Sub-invetigator-

     Amsterdam, Holland

 

Publications 

1. Libzon S, Schleider LB, Saban N, Levit L, Tamari Y, Linder I, Lerman-Sagie T, Blumkin L.: Medical Cannabis for Pediatric Moderate to Severe Complex Motor Disorders. J Child Neurol. 2018 Jan 1
2. Zerem A, Haginoya K, Lev D, Blumkin L, Kivity S, Linder I, Shoubridge C, Palmer EE, Field M, Boyle J, Chitayat D, Gaillard WD, Kossoff EH, Willems M, Geneviève D, Tran-Mau-Them F, Epstein O, Heyman E, Dugan S, Masurel-Paulet A, Piton A, Kleefstra T, Pfundt R, Sato R, Tzschach A, Matsumoto N, Saitsu H, Leshinsky-Silver E, Lerman-Sagie T The molecular and phenotypic spectrum of IQSEC2-related epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2016 Nov;57(11):1858-1869
3. Kuperberg M, Lev D, Blumkin L, Zerem A, Ginsberg M, Linder I, Carmi N, Kivity S, Lerman-Sagie T, Leshinsky-Silver E: Utility of Whole Exome Sequencing for Genetic Diagnosis of Previously Undiagnosed Pediatric Neurology Patients. J Child Neurol. 2016 Dec;31(14):1534-1539.
4. Tzadok M, Uliel-Siboni S, Linder I, Kramer U, Epstein O, Menascu S, Nissenkorn A, Yosef OB, Hyman E, Granot D, Dor M, Lerman-Sagie T, Ben-Zeev B: CBD-enriched medical cannabis for intractable pediatric epilepsy: The current Israeli experience. Seizure. 2016 Feb;35:41-4.
5. Grinton BE, Heron SE, Pelekanos JT, Zuberi SM, Kivity S, Afawi Z, Williams TC, Casalaz DM, Yendle S, Linder I, Lev D, Lerman-Sagie T, Malone S, Bassan H, Goldberg-Stern H, Stanley T, Hayman M, Calvert S, Korczyn AD, Shevell M, Scheffer IE, Mulley JC, Berkovic SF: Familial neonatal seizures in 36 families: Clinical and genetic features correlate with outcome. Epilepsia. 2015 Jul;56(7):1071-80.
   Geva-Dayan K, Shorer Z, Menascu S, Linder I, Goldberg-Stern H, Heyman E, Lerman-Sagie T, Ben Zeev B, Kramer U: Immunoglobulin treatment for severe childhood epilepsy. Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Jun;46(6):375-81.
6. Blumkin L, Suls A, Deconinck T, De Jonghe P, Linder I, Kivity S, Dabby R, Leshinsky-Silver E, Lev D, Lerman-Sagie T: Neonatal seizures associated with a severe neonatal myoclonus like dyskinesia due to a familial KCNQ2 gene mutation. . Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2012 Jul;16(4):356-60. Epub 2011 Dec 14.
7. Watemberg N, Linder I, Dabby R, Blumkin L, Lerman-Sagie T: Clinical correlates of occipital intermittent rhythmic delta activity (OIRDA) in children. Epilepsia. 2007 Feb;48(2):330-4.
8. Stein M, Sela-Razon B, Linder I, Somekh E: The effect of open heart surgery on tuberculin skin test reactivity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1109, Issue 1, August 2007, Pages: 229–234.