Gedalia Paz (Frenkel), PhD
                      

 

FACULTY            Medicine, Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

 

IMMIGRATION TO ISRAEL            1949

 

MILITARY SERVICE 1960: Lieutenant-Colonel (Res.) in Zahal
(Israel Defense Force)

 

A.  EDUCATION

 

1963 - 1966            B.Sc., Biology, Tel Aviv University

 

1966 - 1969     M.Sc., Zoology, Tel Aviv University
Thesis:  "Some Experiments in Depressing the Activity of the Adrenal Cortex in the Lizard 'Agama stellio'
Supervisor:  Professor P.F. Kraicer

1969 - 1972     Research toward Ph.D. Degree
Tel Aviv University
Thesis:  "Metabolic Responses of the Sand Rat and the Rat to Diabetogenic and Anti-Diabetic Materials."
Supervisor:  Professor P.F. Kraicer

C.  ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

 

1966-1968                        Teaching Assistant
                        Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University

 

1968-1971 Assistant
Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University

 

1971-1972 Instructor
Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University

1972-1973 Postdoctoral work at New York Medical College,
Department of Pharmacology, Valhalla, New York, U.S.A.

 

1973-date Head
Department of Reproductive Biology, Institute for the Study of Fertility, Hakirya Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv

 

1973-date Teaching an annual course in Endocrinolgy and Reproduction

                         to 3rd year of the students and to the 4th yaer of students in the B.Ed. program  in the Kibbutzim College of Education

 

1977-1984                        Senior Lecturer
                        Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

 

1979-1980 Sabbatical
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Health Sciences Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

 

1979-1983                        Treasurer of the Israel Fertility Association (IFA)

 

1981                        Secretary
                        Second International Congress of Andrology, Tel Aviv, Israel

 

1981-date                        Head
                        Laboratories of the Tel Aviv Medical Center

 

1984-date Deputy Director
Tel Aviv Medical Center, in charge of Laboratory Division

 

1984-1993 Associate Professor of Endocrinology
Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

 

1986-1993                        Coordinator
                        Israel National AIDS Committee

 

1987-1992 Secretary
Israel Fertility Association

 

1988                        Partial sabbatical
                        New Jersey Medical School at Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.

 

1989-1992 Coordinator
Special Course in advanced education of senior laboratory technicians, Faculty of Continuing Medical Education, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

 

1989-1993                        Member
                        Executive Council of the International Society of Andrology (ISA)

 

1990-                        Reviewer
                        American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

1990-                        Reviewer

                        Assisted Reproductive Technology/Andrology

 

1990-                        Counsellor to Maccabi Health Services in Laboratory Medicine

 

1991-1993 Member
General Council of Israel Family Planning Association

 

1991- 1995 Member of the Advisory Committee of National Drug Abuse
(Al-Sam)

 

1992- Coordinator
Courses in Advance Education of Laboratory Technicians and Specialisation, Faculty of Continuing Medical Education
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

                        Participating in teaching in the courses taking place in the

                        above programs

 

1993- Professor of Endocrinology
Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

                        Member of the Senate of Tel Aviv University

 

2003-       Member of the Advisory Committee to The Ministry of Health in the Field of Laboratory Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.  ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

 

1966                        University of Tel Aviv Scholarship

 

1969                        David Zik Memorial Scholarship

 

1972                        Fulbright-Hays Programme Scholarship

 

1979                          Manitoba Medical Servia Foundation

The Children's Hospital Research    Foundation and the White Cross Guild  

  

1982                        Award of the Israel Society of Fertility

 

1983                        Award of the Israel Society for Clinical Biochemistry

 

 

G. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

                        Israel Fertility Association

 

                        Israel Andrology Society

 

                        Israel Endocrinology Association

 

                        Israel Society for Clinical Biochemistry

 

                        American Society of Andrology

 

                        International Society of Andrology

 

                        International Federation of Clinical Chemistry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.1.  ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Articles Published:

 

1.         G. Frenkel, E. Kochva
            Visceral anatomy of Vipera Palestinae; An illustrated presentation.
            Israel J. Zool., 19:145-163, 1970.

 

2.         G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer
            The inhibition of adrenocortical function in the lizard Agama Stellio.
            Gen. and Comp. Endocrin., 17:158-163, 1971.

 

3.         G. Frenkel, Y. Shaham, P.F. Kraicer
Establishment of conditions for colony breeding of the sand-rat Psammomys Obesus.
Lab. Ani. Sci., 22:40-47, 1972.

 

4.         G. Frenkel, T. Homonnai, P.F. Kraicer
            Estimation of concentration of spermatozoa in human semen by
            determination of DNA.
            Israel J. Med. Sci., 8:34-38, 1972.

5.         G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer
            Metabolic pattern of sand-rats (Psammomys Obesus) and rats during fasting.
            Life Sci., Part I, 11:209-222, 1972.

6.         G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer
Metabolic effects of insulin blockade by D-Mannoheptulose in the sand-rat (Psammomys Obesus) and the rat.
Gen. Comp. Endocrin., 19:341-344, 1972.

 

7.         G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer, J. Shani
Diabetes in the sand-rat:  Diabetogenesis responses to Mannoheptulose and Atriplex ash.
Diabetologia, 8:313-318, 1972.

 

 

8.         G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer
Changes in liver glycogen, nonprotein nitrogen and ketone bodies in rats and sand-rats following induction of hyperglycemia by Mannoheptulose.
Israel J. Med. Sci., 8:1738-1744, 1972.

9.         E. Simon, G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer
Blockade of insulin secretion by Mannoheptulose.  Part II.
Israel J. Med. Sci., 8:743-752, 1972.

 

10.       A. David, G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer
Chemical composition of rabbit follicular fluid.
Fertil. Steril., 24:227-229, 1973.

11.       G. Frenkel, P.F. Kraicer
Evaluation of tests for latent diabetes in the sand-rat and rat.
Acta Endocrinologica, 72:727-736, 1973.

12.       G. Frenkel, R.N. Peterson, M. Freund
Changes in the metabolism of guinea pig sperm from different segments of the epididymis.
Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 143:1231-1236, 1973.

13.       G. Frenkel, R.N. Peterson, M. Freund
The role of nucleotides and the effect of caffeine and dibutiryl cyclic AMP on the metabolism of guinea pig epididymal spermatozoa.
Proc. Soc. Expl. Biol. Med., 144:420-425, 1973.

 

14.       G. Frenkel, R.N. Peterson, J.E. Davis, M. Freund
Glycerylphosphorylcholine and carnitine in normal human semen and in postvasectomy semen:  differences in concentrations.
Fertil. Steril., 25:84-88, 1974.

 

15.       G. Frenkel, R.N. Peterson, M. Freund
Oxidative and glycolytic metabolism of semen components by washed guinea pig spermatozoa.
Fertil. Steril., 26:144-147, 1975.

16.       T.Z. Homonnai, B. Sasson, G. Paz, P.F. Kraicer
Improvement of fertility and semen quality in men treated with a combination of anticongestive and antibiotic drugs.  Int. J. Fertil., 20:45-49, 1975.

17.       T.Z. Homonnai, G. Paz, A. Sofer, G.A. Yedwab, P.F. Kraicer
A direct effect of chlorohydrin on motility and metabolism of ejaculated human spermatozoa.

 

 

 

 

18.       G.A. Yedwab, G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai, M.P. David, P.F. Kraicer
The temperature, pH and partial pressure of oxygen in the cervix and uterus of women and uterus of rats during the cycle.
Fertil. Steril., 27:304-309, 1976.

 

19.       T.Z. Homonnai, G. Paz, A. Sofer, P.F. Kraicer, A. Harell
Effect of caffeine on the motility, viability, oxygen consumption and glycolytic rate of ejaculated human normokinetic and hypokinetic spermatozoa.
Int. J. Fertil., 21:163-170, 1976.

 

20.     ג. פז (פרנקל), צ.ט. הומונאי, פ. קרייצר, א. הראל  .
שיטה לשיפור התנועה של זרע האדם
in vitro.
הרפואה, חוברת 91, עמודים 1976 ,119-117.

 

20.       G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai, P.F. Kraicer, A. Harell

            A method for improvement of human sperm motility in vitro.

            Harefuah, 91:117-119, 1976.

 

21.       G. Paz, A. Sofer, T.Z. Homonnai, P.F. Kraicer
Human semen analysis:  Seminal plasma and prostatic fluid compositions and their interrelations with sperm quality.
Int. J. Fertil., 22:140-147, 1977.

 

22.       G. Paz, Z.T. Homonnai, D. Ayalon, T. Cordova, P.F. Kraicer
Immunoreactive insulin in serum and seminal plasma of diabetic and non-diabetic men and its role in the regulation of spermatozoal activity.
Fertil. Steril., 28:836-840, 1977.

 

23.       G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai, M. Draznin, A. Sofer, R. Kaplan, P.F. Kraicer
Fertility of the streptozoticin-diabetic male rat.
Andrologia, 10:127-136, 1977.

 

24.       Y. Shaham, J. Lelyveld, U. Marder, H. Mendelssohn, G. Paz, P.F. Kraicer
Establishment of an albino sand-rat (Psammomys Obesus) colony and comparison with the natural coloured animal.
Laboratory Animal, 12:13-17, 1978.

 

25.       T.Z. Homonnai, H. Matzkin, N. Fainman, G. Paz, P.F. Kraicer
The cation composition of the seminal plasma and prostatic fluid and its correlation to semen quality.
Fertil. Steril., 29:539-542. 1978.

 

26.       T.Z. Homonnai, G. Paz, A. Sofer, P.F. Kraicer

            Prolactin and zinc in the human ejaculate.
            Andrologia, 10:66-68, 1978.

 

27.     צ.ט. הומונאי, נ. פיינמן, ג. פז, פ. קרייצר, ח. מצקין  .
אבץ מגנזיום וסידן בנוזל הזרע של הגבר; הקשר בין ריכוזם
לפעילות הערמונית.
הרפואה
, 1978 ,363-361:94.

 

27.       T.Z. Homonnai, N. Fainman, H. Matzkin, G. Paz, P.F. Kraicer
Zinc magnesium and calcium in men semen and the correlation between their concentration and prostatic function.
Harefuah, 94:361-363, 1978.

 

28.       D.F. Cohn, T. Axelrod, T.Z. Homonnai, G. Paz, M. Streifler, P.F. Kraicer
Effect of diphenylhydantoin on the reproductive function of the male rat.
J. Neurol. Neurosurg. and Psychiat., 41:858-860, 1978.

 

29.       G. Paz, R. Kaplan, G. Yedwab, T.Z. Homonnai, P.F. Kraicer
The effect of caffeine on rat epididymal spermatozoa: motility, metabolism and fertilizing capacity.
Int. J. Androl., 1:145-152, 1978.

 

30.       G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai, A. Harell, P.F. Kraicer
Improvement in the fertility of streptozotocin-diabetic male rats following treatment with insulin and human chorionic gonadotropin.
Israel J. Med. Sci., 14:1073-1078, 1978.

 

31.       T.Z. Homonnai, G. Paz, P.F. Kraicer
A retrospective diagnostic study on fifty cases of vas deferens agenesis.
Andrologia, 10:410-412, 1978.

 

32.       G. Paz (Frenkel), T.Z. Homonnai, H. Kornblum, P.F. Kraicer
Comparison of colorimetric and fluorometric methods for estimation of sperm concentration in human ejaculate and rat epididymal sperm.
Int. J. Androl., 1:570-575, 1978.


33.       T. Barkan, G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai, R. Chayn, P.F. Kraicer
            Spermine and citric acid in human prostatic fluid.
            Int. J. Androl., 1:393-396, 1978.

 

34.       G. Yedwab, A. Amit, M.P. David, G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai, P.F. Kraicer
            Effect of caffeine on sperm penetration rate into cervical mucus in vitro.
            Acta Europ., Fertil., 9:71-77, 1978.

 

35.       M. Shilon, G. Paz (Frenkel), T.Z. Homonnai, M. Schoenbaum
The effect of caffeine on guinea pig epididymal spermatozoa: motility and fertilizing capacity.
Int. J. Androl., 1:416-423, 1978.

 

 

 

 

36.       T.Z. Homonnai, M. Shilon, G. Paz
Evaluation of semen quality following kallikrein treatment.
Gynecol. Obst. Invest., 9:132-138, 1978.

 

37.       T.Z. Homonnai, M. Peled, G. Paz
Changes in semen quality and fertility in response to endocrine treatment of subfertile men.
Gynecol. Obst. Invest., 9:244-255, 1978.

 

38.       G. Paz (Frenkel), N. Steinman, O. Matitiahu, J. Lelyveld
The influence of streptozotocin on the development of diabetes in male rats.
Quarterly of the Israel Zootechnical Association, 9:20-32, 1978.

 

39.       G. Paz (Frenkel), I. Lelyveld
The effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on the fertility of male rats.
Quarterly of the Israel Zootechnical Association, 3-4:15-29, 1978.

 

40.      I. Asher, P.F. Kraicer, G. Paz (Frenkel), N. Fainman, T.Z. Homonnai
Ethanol and sulfamethoxazol for functional evaluation of male accessory glands.
Arch. Androl., 2:31-34, 1979.

 

41.       T.Z. Homonnai, N. Fainman, G. Paz (Frenkel), P.F. Kraicer
The effect of a combination of prostatic massage and antibiotic plus anticongestive drugs on human semen quality and fertility.
Andrologia, 11:71-76, 1979.

 

42.       G. Paz, N. Fainman, T.Z. Homonnai, P.F. Kraicer
The effect of massage treatment of prostatic congestion on the prostatic size and secretion of citric acid.
Andrologia, 12:30-33, 1979.

 

43.       G. Paz (Frenkel), T.Z. Homonnai
Involvement of insulin and testosterone in the reproduction of streptozotocin diabetic rats.
Int. J. Androl., 2:353-360, 1979.

 

44.       G. Paz (Frenkel), N. Scher, T.Z. Homonnai, A. Campus, E. Eylan
Absence in human ejaculate of cephalexin following its oral administration.
Int. J. Androl., 2:308-314, 1979.

 

45.       G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai
Leydig cell function in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
Experimentia, 35:1412-1413, 1979.

 

46.       G. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai
Development of diabetic-infertility induced by streptozotocin in the male rat.
Int. J. Androl., 2:182-192, 1979.

 

47.      צ.ט. הומונאי, ג. פז (פרנקל) 

          ערמונית ופוריות הגבר.
הרפואה, חוברת 96, עמודים 1979 ,326-321.

 

47.       T.Z. Homonnai, G.F. Paz
The prostate and male fertility.
Harefuah, 96:321-326, 1979.

 

48.       T.Z. Homonnai, I. Henig, G.F. Paz, S. Gilat, R. Chayen
Adrenal androgens and their effect on human semen quality.
Int. J. Androl., 2:517-525, 1979.

 

49.       M.P. David, A. Amit, A. Bergman, G. Yedwab, G.F. Paz, T.Z. Homonnai
Sperm penetration in vitro:  Correlation between parameters of sperm quality and the penetration capacity.
Fertil. Steril., 32:676-680, 1979.

 

50.       T.Z. Homonnai, G.F. Paz, J.M. Weiss, M.P. David
Quality of semen obtained from 627 fertile men.
Int. J. Androl., 3:217-228, 1980.

 

51.       T.Z. Homonnai, N. Fainman, G.F. Paz, M.P. David
Testicular function after herniotomy.
Andrologia, 12:115-120, 1980.

 

52.       T.Z. Homonnai, G.F. Paz, J.N. Weiss, M.P. David
Relation between semen quality and fate of pregnancy: retrospective study on 534 pregnancies.
Int. J. Androl., :574-594, 1980.

 

53.       T.Z. Homonnai, N. Fainman, Y. Engelhard, Z. Rudberg, M.P. David, G.F. Paz
Varicocelectomy and male fertility:  comparison of semen quality and recurrence of varicocele following varicocelectomy by two techniques.
Int. J. Androl., 3:447-458, 1980.

 

54.       G.F. Paz, H.N. Drasnin, T.Z. Homonnai
Sorbitol in the accessory glands of the diabetic male rat.
Acta Diabetologica Latina, 17:229-235, 1980.

 

55.       G.F. Paz, J.S.D. Winter, F.I. Reyes, C. Faiman
Developmental pattern of 53
b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in isolated rat Leydig cells.
Steroids, 36:661-674, 1980.

 

56.       G.F. Paz, J.S.D. Winter, F.I. Reyes, C. Faiman
Developmental pattern of testosterone production by the rat testis.
Steroids, 36:675-688, 1980.

 

57.       G.F. Paz, J.A. Thliveris, J.S.D. Winter, F.I. Reyes, C. Faiman
Hormonal control of testosterone secretion by the fetal rat testis in organ culture.
Biol. Reprod., 23:1087-1095, 1980.

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