alexander zlotnik

I am a Professor of Anesthesiology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel.

I was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1971 and received my M.D. from the Stavropol Medical Academy in Stavropol, Russia in 1997. I immigrated to Israel in 1999, where I completed my Ph.D. at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and residency in Anesthesiology at Soroka University Medical Center. After completing a fellowship in neuroanesthesia and trauma from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, I returned to Israel where I joined the faculty at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

My translational research interests are in mechanisms of neuroprotection and glutamate neurotoxicity, and I have authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters to date. I have received several awards in recognition of my research including the John D. Michenfelder New Investigator Award from the Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC).

I have mentored more than 80 scientific theses for medical students, residents, and fellows, and serve on several editorial boards and scientific committees. Currently I also serve as Chair of the subcommittee for neuroanesthesia and trauma for the Israeli Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) and the scientific subcommittee on neuroanesthesia for the European Society of Anesthesiologists (ESA).