Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine
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Biography

Professor Michael Silbermann (D.M.D.) PhD and certified specialist in oral and maxillo‑facial surgery) served for over 20 years as the Head of the Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Research, Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and as the Dr. Irving and Jeannette Benveniste Chair in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion and as the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel. He has gained international reputation through multinational research projects related to bone and cartilage development, metabolism, senescence. These have been funded by Israel, U.S. and German research agencies: Israel National Council for Research and Development, Ministry of Science; Chief Scientist Office in the Ministries of Health and Commerce and Industry; NIH, USAID (MERC), and BSF in the United States; BMBF, GBF and GSF in Germany. Large financial support was obtained also from industries: Laser Industries, Israel; Teva Pharmaceutical Industry, Israel; General Biotechnologies, Israel; Diagnostic Technologies, USA; Nordisc Gentofte, Denmark; Surgical Biopolymer Materials, France; Medical Bracing Systems, Israel. He has been awarded three European Commission Grants, #70786, #71329, and #71395, and research fellowship grants by the American Association of Dental Research, The Fogarty Foundation (Bethesda, MD), EMBO, Max Planck Society, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences. He has undertaken a number of senior national and international administrative duties especially in the field of biomedical research.

Research Interest

Professor Michael Silbermann research interests include: end-of-life, survivorship research, quality of life, and the delivery of palliative care.

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