Prof. Israel Strauss, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
serves as Head of the Psychiatric Division at the Mental Health Center of the Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center
He completed his medical and surgical internship at Hillbrow Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. He later worked as a general practitioner at the Alexandra Health Center and as an emergency physician at Johannesburg General Hospital
He subsequently specialized in psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and served as Chief Resident at the Bronx Psychiatric Center, USA
He completed a research fellowship at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School
He served as a lecturer and mentor to medical students at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University
He held positions as Department Head and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at the Mental Health Medical Center in Be’er Ya’akov, where he also served as a member of the Physicians Committee, Chair of the Residency Committee, Chair of the Violence Committee, and Chair of the Medications Committee
In addition, he serves as Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Israel Psychiatric Association and as Editor-in-Chief of the Israel Journal of Psychiatry
Education and Professional Training
2012–2014
MHA – Master of Health Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva
1996–1998
Fellowship in Clinical Research Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School
1996
Mini-Fellowship in Brain Imaging, Columbia University, New York, USA
1996
Certification in Forensic Medical Opinions, American Board of Forensic Medicine, USA
1992–1996
Residency in Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (USA Certification Board)
1987–1989
Studies in Psychology and Theological Bioethics, University of South Africa
1984–1989
Faculty of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (MBBCh)
