Zaher Armaly
Bar Ilan University, Israel
Biography
Zaher Armaly, Clinical Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University has been a member of the faculty since 2009. He received his MD degree from Padua, Italy in 1989. After one-year Medical Training in Nahariya Medical Center, he moved to Rambam Medical Center for Residency & Specialization in Internal Medicine and subsequently sub-specialization in Nephrology and Hypertension. Since 2003, he serves as Director of the Department of Nephrology and Hypertension at Nazareth Hospital, Nazareth, Israel. He has received several awards for his research and clinical activity including Dangur Family Award from Bar Ilan University. He has over 30 original publications in peer review journals and text books. Besides his recent and past achievements in research, he had excellent achievements as a Lecturer, expressed by a wide variety of prizes that he received for (constantly) excellence in teaching including the best Bar Ilan Lecturer Award. He has extensive experience in Nephrology research. His main interest is anemia and the impact of carnitine on iron-induced oxidative stress in CKD patients. Over the last 10 years his group has been studying the pathophysiology of inflammation and oxidative stress following IV iron administration. In addition, his research focuses on contrast-induced nephropathy and novel therapeutic approaches to this common disease state. Finally, he studies the incidence of depression in ESRD patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and the factors underlying this phenomenon.