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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Publications

Audit of Deaths in a Pediatric Oncology Unit in Sub-Saharan Africa

Palliative Care is a Useful Means to Overcome Intercultural Barriers Faced by Refugees in their New Host Countries

Line G Sylvie Couitchere, Egnon K V Kouakou, Joseph Ouattara, Mariette Egesi, Lea Zaho, Soumahoro Mathurin Oulai and Michael Silbermann

: J Palliat Care Med 353

Palliative Care Gains Roots in China

Michael Silbermann, Lea Baider, Daniela Respini, Paolo Tralongo, Michel Daher, Rana Obeidat, Nahla Gafer, Samaher Fadhil, Maryam Rassouli, Simone Cheli, Alexander Eniu and Lodovico Balducci

Commentary: J Palliat Care Med 2018, 8: 334

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000334

Promoting Palliative Care to Cancer Patients in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Lili Tang and Michael Silbermann

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2017, 7: e140

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000e140

Palliative care Nursing

Michael Silbermann, Gulnara Kunirova and Dilyara Kaidarova

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000e137

Perspectives on the Role of Nurses in Contemporary Palliative Care Practice: The Middle East as Example for the Developing World

Michael Silbermann

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2015, S4: e001

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000S4e001

Setting a Higher Standard in Cancer Care: Isn' t it Time to Bring about a Change in Cancer Palliation?

Jeannine Brant and Michael Silbermann

Review Article: J Palliat Care Med 2015, S4: 002

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000S4002

Palliative Care Training Gains Ground in Middle Eastern Countries

Michael Silbermann and Mohammed A Jaloudi

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2014, 4: e128

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000e128

Nurses Paving the Way to Improving Palliative Care Services in the Middle East

Michael Silbermann, Kim Shevchenko and Vanessa Eaton

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2013, S3:e001

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.S3-e001

“Setting Higher Standards in Cancer Care”– Impressions and Lessons Learned at the First Emirates Oncology Conference, Abu Dhabi, November 2012

Michael Silbermann and Manal Al-Zadjali

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2013, 3: e125

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000e125

Availability of Pain Medication for Patients in the Middle East: Status of the Problem and the Role of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC): Implications for other Regions

Michael Silbermann

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2012, 2: e120

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000e120

Impressions and Experiences of a Palliative Care Course to Nurses in the Sultanate of Oman

Michael Silbermann

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2012, 2: e118

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000e118

Promoting Mutual Tolerance, Respect and Understanding through Cancer Palliation

Michael Silbermann

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2012, 2: e116

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000e116

Michael Silbermann

Editorial: J Palliat Care Med 2011, 1: e103

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