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Synopsis
Dr. Netta Levin is a senior physician in the Department of Neurology and leads the clinical service and the research lab in the fMRI unit at the Hadassah Ein Kerem university hospital. Dr. Levin graduated from the Hebrew University Medical School and specializes in Neurology. In addition, Dr. Levin holds a PhD from the Department of Neurobiology at Hebrew University (2003-2007). Her doctorate was in brain reorganization following peripheral damages to the visual system. After completing this, Dr. Levin did her post-doctorate at the Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA (2007-2009), where she specialized in novel functional imaging methods.
Dr. Levin is a member of the Israel Neurological Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Society for Neuroscience. Dr. Levin published many articles and won awards and grants. She was formally recognized for excellence in research at Hadassah in 2012.
Her clinical and research interests include evaluating functional imaging of the brain (fMRI) and neurological pathways (DTI) as part of pre-operational evaluations, in cases of damage to the visual system,in unconscious patients and as part of diagnosis and rehabilitative evaluation.