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Dr. Watemberg was born in Colombia where he obtained his MD degree in 1981. He immigrated to Israel, completing a residency in Pediatrics in 1991. After practicing in primary care in Israel, he moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1993, where he completed a residency in neurology and child neurology at the Medical College of Virginia, as well as a fellowship in epilepsy and neurophysiology. He is Board certified in Pediatrics and in neurology with special competence in child neurology. Upon returning to Israel in 1998, he joined the pediatric neurology unit at Wolfson Medical Center, affiliated to Tel Aviv University School of Medicine. During the eight and-a-half years at Wolfson?s, Dr. Watemberg developed a successful academic career, publishing over 50 papers in the international medical literature. He also directed the epilepsy program, which became a referral center for pediatric epilepsy cases throughout Israel. Since March 2006, Dr. Watemberg has acted as director of Child Neurology and the Child Development Center at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel, also affiliated to Tel Aviv University. In the 18 months since taking charge of both services, Dr. Watemberg has continued to publish academic papers, reaching close to 70 by the end of 2007. He is a reviewer for several prestigious medical Journals, such as Pediatrics, Epilepsia, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, and The Journal of Child Neurology. Since July 2006, he has served as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Child Neurology. Currently, his major research and clinical activities center around childhood epilepsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and headache. He was recently elected as a member of the Israeli Child Neurology Association steering Committee. |
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| Fields of Expertise: |
Child Neurology |
| Fellowship: |
1980-1981 Internrship, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Maseru, Lesotho
1981 Rural Medical Officer, Barranquilla, Colombia
1983-1984 Junior House Officer, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
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| Residency: |
1984-1985 Resident Pediatrics, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Sackler School of Medicine
1985-1990 Resident in Pediatrics, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University
1991 Chief Resident, Pediatrics, , Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University
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| Medical School: |
1975-1981 Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Degree: Doctor in Medicine and Surgery
1993-1996 Fellowship in Child Neurology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
1996-1997 Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
1997-1998 Senior Resident (PL3) in Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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| Professional
Experience: |
1992-1993 Primary Pediatric Care, Maccabi Health Services, Arad, Israel
1992-1993 Clinical Researcher, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka Medical Center
1994-1998 Attending pediatrician, Pediatric Emergency Room, Medical College of Virginia
1998-2006 Attending child neurologist, Wolfson Medical Center
1998-2003 Consultant, Chid Neurology center
1998-2001 Consultant, Child Neurology, Kupat Holim Mehuhedet, Ramat, Hasharon.
2000 Neurology, Maccabi Health Services, Bnai Brak.
2005 through date Medical director, Child Development Center, Ezer Mitzion
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| Professional
Affiliations: |
1993-1997 American Academy of Neurology
2001 trough date Israel League Against Epilepsy
2006 Child Neurology Society, USA
2006 International Child Neurology Association (ICNA)
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| Research: |
DOCTORAL THESIS
2000-2001 The association between periventricular leukomalacia and seizures, Sacler Medical School
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| Publications: |
Monographs
1. Watemberg N.
Progress in our understanding of neonatal seizures.
Med/Pharm Forum: American Epilepsy Society 1995 Annual Meeting,
Special issue, pp 26-32,1996.
B.1.Original Articles
1. Dagan R, Phillip M, Watemberg N, Kassis I.
Outpatient treatment of serious community acquired pediatric infections using once daily intramuscular ceftriaxone.
Ped Inf Dis J , Vol 6, pp 1080-1084,1987.
2. Gedalia A, Watemberg N, Rotschild M.
Pediatric brucellosis in the Negev Region: clinical and epidemiological aspects.
Harefuah, Vol 119, pp 313-315, 1990.
3. Watemberg N, Dagan R, Arbeli Y, Belmaker I, Morag A, Hessel L, Fritzell B, Bajard A and Peyron L.
Safety and immunogenicity of Haemophilus influenzae b-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine, mixed in the same syringe with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-enhanced inactivated poliovirus vaccine.
Ped Inf Dis J, Vol 10, pp 758-761, 1991.
4. Dagan R, Botujansky C, Watemberg N, Arbeli Y, Bekmaker I, Ethevenaux C, Fritzel
Safety and immunogenicity in young infants of Haemophilus influenzae b-tetanus protein conjugate vaccine, mixed in the same syringe with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-enhanced inactivated poliovirus vaccine.
Ped Inf Dis J, Vol 13, pp 356-361, 1994.
5. Nissenkorm A, Zeharia A, Lev D, Watemberg N, Fatal-Vakevski A, Barash V, Gutman A, Lerman-Sagie T.
Neurological presentations of mitochondrial disorders.
J Child Neurol,. Vol 15, pp 44-48, 2000.
6. Watemberg N, Armstrong BA, Leshner RT, Lerman-Sagie T.
Acute pediatric rhabdomyolysis, Vol 15, pp 222-227, 2000
7. Brook U, Watemberg N, Geva D.
Attitude and knowledge of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities among high school teachers.
Patient Educ Couns, Vol 40, pp 247-252, 2000.
8. Lev D, Watemberg N, Lerman-Sagie T.
Febrile convulsions associated with ataxia and obesity: a new syndrome?
J Child Neurol, Vol 16, pp 174-176, 2000.
9. Levine A, Watemberg N, Hagger H, Buyanover Y, Ballin A, Lerman-Sagie T.
Benign intracranial hypertension associated with oral budesonide in patients with Crohn's disease.
J Child Neurol, Vol 16, pp 458-461, 2001.
10. Lerman-Sagie T, Watemberg N, Kramer U, Shahar E, Lerman P.
Absence seizures aggravated by valproic acid.
Epilepsia, Vol 42, pp 941-43, 2001.
11. Malinger G, Ginath S, Lerman-Sagie T, Watemberg N, Lev D, Glezerman M.
The fetal cerebellar vermis: normal development as shown by transvaginal ultrasound.
Prenatal Diagn, Vol 21, pp 687-692, 2001.
12. Watemberg N, Silver S, Harel S, Lerman-Sagie T.
Significance of microcephaly among children with developmental disabilities.
J Child Neurol, Vol 17, pp 117-122, 2002.
13. Malinger G, Lerman-Sagie T, Watemberg N, Rotmensch S, Lev D, Gleserman M.
A normal second trimester ultrasound does not exclude intracranial structural pathology.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, Vol 20, pp 51-56, 2002.
14. Lev D, Binson I, Foldes AJ, Watemberg N, Lerman-Sagie T.
Decreased bone density in carriers and patients of an Israeli family with the osteoporosis-pseudoglyoma syndrome.
Isr Med Assoc Journal, Vol 5, pp 419-421, 2002.
15. Watemberg N, Alehan F, Dabby R, Kerman-Sagie T, Pavot P, Towne AR.
Clinical and radiological correlates of frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity.
J Clin Neurophysiol, Vol 19, pp 535-539, 2002.
16. Kramer U, Shahar E, Zelmik N, Lerman-Sagie T, Watemberg N, Nevo Y, Ben-Zeev
Carbamazepine vs. sulthiame in treating benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.
J Child Neurol, Vol 17, pp 914-916, 2002.
17. Malinger G, Lev D, Zahalka N, Aroia ZB, Watemberg N, Kidron D, Sira LB, Lerman-Sagie T.
Fetal cytomegalovirus infection of the brain: the spectrum of sonographic findings.
Am J Neuroradiol, Vol 24, pp 28-32, 2003.
18. Ben-Zeev B, Watemberg N, Augarten A, Brand N, Yahav Y, Efrati O, Topper L, Blatt I.
Oligohydrosis and hyperthermia: pilot study of a novel topiramate adverse effect.
J Child Neurol, Vol 18, pp 254-257, 2003.
19. Watemberg N, Goldberg-Stern H, Ben-Zeev B, Berger I, Straussberg R, Kivity S, Kramer U, Brand N, Lerman-Sagie T.
Clinical experience with open-label topiramate use in infants younger than two years of age.
J Child Neurol, Vol 18, pp 258-262, 2003.
20. Watemberg N, Gandelman R, Neufeld M, Ginsberg M, Lerman-Sagie T, Kramer U.
Clinical correlates of frontal intermittent rhythmic delta activity.
J Child Neurol, Vol 18, pp 525-529, 2003.
21. Ben-Zeev B, Hoffman C, Lev D, Watemberg N, Malinger G, Brand N, Lerman-Sagie T.
A new syndrome with microcephaly, progressive mental retardation and spastic quadriplegia.
J Med Genetics, Vol 40, pp E96-, 2003.
22. Ben-Zeev B, Lerman P, Barash Y, Watemberg N, Brand N, Lerman-Sagie T.
Sulthiame in childhood epilepsy.
Pediatrics International, Vol 46, pp 521-524, 2004.
23. Ben-Zeev B, Kivity S, Pshitizki Y, Watemberg N, Brand N, Kramer U.
Congenital hydrocephalus and continuous spike wave in slow-wave sleep ? a common association?
J Child Neurol, Vol 19, pp 129-134, 2004.
24. Lorberboym M, Watemberg N, Nissenkorn A, Nir B, Lerman-Sagie T.
Technetium 99m ethylcysteinate dimmer single-photon-emission computerized tomography (SPECT) during intellectual stress test in children and adolescents with pure versus co-morbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
J Child Neurol, Vol 19, pp 91-96, 2004.
25. Ginzberg M, Watemberg N, Levi A, Gabai A, Nissenkorn A, Blumkin B, Vinkler C, Lev D, Lerman-Sagie T.
The ketogenic diet in the treatment of epilepsy.
Harefuah, Vol 143, pp 177-181, 2004.
26. Lerman-Sagie T, Watemberg N, Vinkler C, Fishof J, Leshinsky-Silver E, Lev D.
Familial hyperekplexia and refractory status epilepticus: a new autosomal recessive syndrome.
J Child Neurol, Vol 19, pp 522-525, 2004.
27. Dabby R, Watemberg N, Lampl Y, Eilam A, Rapaport A, Sadeh M.
Pathological laughter as a symptom of midbrain infarctiom.
Behav Neurol, Vol 15; pp 73-76, 2004.
28. Blumkin L, Lerman-Sagie T, Houri T, Gilad E, Nissenkorn A, Ginzberg M, Watemberg N.
Pediatric refractory partial status epilepticus responsive to topiramate.
J Child Neurol, Vol 20, pp 239-241, 2005.
29. Watemberg N, Tziperman B, Dabby R, Hasan M, Zehavi L, Lerman-Sagie T.
Adding video recording increases the diagnostic yield of routine electroencephalograms in children with frequent paroxysmal events.
Epilepsia, Vol 46, pp 716-719, 2005.
30. Blumkin L, Watemberg N, Lev D, Malinger G, Luckman Y, Ben-Zeev B, Lerman-Sagie T.
A non-progressive familial leukoencephalopathy with porencephalic cyst and focal seizures.
J Child Neurol, Vol 21, pp 145-148, 2006.
31. Levine A, Levi A, Dalal I, Shamir R, Watemberg N, Lerman-Sagie T, Lorberboym M.
Fat intolerance in developmentally impaired children with severe feeding intolerance.
J Child Neurol, Vol 21, pp 167-170, 2006.
32. Dabby R, Sadeh M, Herman O, Berger E, Watemberg N, Hayek S, Jossiphov J, Nevo Y.
Asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic hyperCKemia: histopathologic correlates.
Isr Med Assoc J, Vol 8, pp 110-113, 2006.
33. Dabby R, Gilad R, Sadeh M, Lampl Y, Watemberg N.
Acute steroid responsive small-fiber sensory neuropathy: a new entity?
J Periph Nerv Syst, Vol 11, pp 47-52, 2006.
34. Ben Yehuda Y, Watemberg N.
Ketamine increases opening cerebrospinal fluid pressure in children undergoing lumbar puncture.
J Child Neurol, Vol 21, pp 441-443, 2006.
35. Lev D, Sadeh M, Watemberg N, Dabby R, Vinkler C, Ginzberg M, Lerman-Sagie T.
A benign congenital myopathy in am inbred Samaritan family.
Eur J Paed Neurol, Vol 10, pp 182-185, 2006.
36. Shany E, Benzaquen O, Watemberg N.
Continuous drip of midazolam or lidocaine in the treatment of refractory neonatal seizures.
J Child Neurol, in press.
37. Dabby R, Djaldetti R, Gilad R, Herman O, Frand J, Sadeh M, Watemberg N.
Acute heroin-related neuropathy.
J Periph Nerv Syst, Vol, pp 304-309, 2006.
38. Watemberg N, Linder I, Blumkin L, Dabby R, Lerman-Sagie T.
Clinical correlates of occipital intermittent rhythmic delta activity in children.
Epilepsia, in press.
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| Major
Accomplishments, Honors and Awards: |
1996 American Academy of Neurology, Annual Meeting Scholarship for Resident, San Francisco, USA
1997 Parke-Davis Speakers Bureau, USA
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| Spoken Languages: |
English
Spanish
Hebrew
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