CURRICULUM VITAE ELLA BEEN SENIOR LECTURER, PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE TEACHER, DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, SACKLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
4 YASMIN STR. ZUR YIGAL TEL: 036409106 EMAIL : BEENELLA@POST.TAU.AC.IL MOBILE PHONE* 0523353890 ISRAEL 21.02.1963 ZAHAL (ISRAELI) MILITARY SERVICE: SERGENT
27.12.81 - 26.12.83
MARITAL STATUS : M + 4
A. EDUCATION POST-DOCTORAL
BEN GURION UNIVERSITY, BEER SHEVA , ISRAEL
2009-2010
SPINAL ANATOMY AND PATHOLOGY DATE AWARDED: 2010 SUPERVISED BY:
DR. LEONID KALICHMAN
DOCTORAT
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
2000-2006
PHD (DIRECT TRACT) DISSERTATION TITLE: THE ANATOMY OF THE LUMBAR SPINE OF HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS AND ITS PHYLOGENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
DATE AWARDED: 2006
SUPERVISED BY:
PROF. YOEL RAK
BACHELOR IN PHYSICAL THERAPY
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, TEL AVIV, PHYSICAL THERAPY
1987-1990
BPT (SUMMA CUM LAUDE) DATE AWARDED:
1990
B. FURTHER STUDIES 2007 THE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO BACK PAIN, TEL AVIV. 2007 RADIOLOGY AND BACK PAIN, ASSAF HAROFE. 2005 THE FIFTH SYMPOSIUM OF SPONTANEOUS MOVEMENT, GRATZ, AUSTRIA. 2004 POSTURE IN THE PICTURE, CHRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS. 2004 THE ZUK TEST, CERTIFICATE. 2004 OBSERVATIONAL GAIT ANALYSIS- CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. 2001 STRAIN COUNTER STRAIN, CERTIFICATE. 1997 THE CLUMSY CHILD, CERTIFICATE. 1995 CHILD DEVELOPMENT, NORMAL AND ABNORMAL, CERTIFICATE. 1994 CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION.
C.
ACADEMIC and TEACHING EXPERIENCE;
2014–today Senior lecturer, Ono Academic College, Physical Therapy Department 2013-2014 Lecturer, Ono Academic College, Physical Therapy Department 2011-2013 Lecturer, Zefat Academic College, Physical Therapy Department 2005-today Doctoral Instructor, Tel Aviv University, Anatomy and Anthropology 2011-2013 Research and clinical teaching supervisor, Zefat Academic college, Physical Therapy Department 2010 – 2011 Teacher, Zinman college, Anatomy 2008 - 2014 Director of ''Anatomy A'' course,(Undergraduate level, 1st year, Medical studies), Tel Aviv University, Anatomy and Anthropology 2008 - today Academic supervisor for the musculoskeletal system (Undergraduate level, 3rd year, Medical studies), Tel Aviv University, Anatomy and Anthropology 2007- 2008 Director of child development course (undergraduate, Physical Therapy School), Tel Aviv University, Physical Therapy Department 2000 – 2005 Instructor, Tel Aviv University, Physical Therapy Department 2004 – 2005 Teacher, Seminar Hakibuzim, Physical Education 1997 - 2005 Director of Basic and Medical Manual Treatment course (undergraduate, Physical Therapy School), Physical Therapy school, Sheba Medical Center 1995 – 2000 Instructor, Physical Therapy school, Sheba Medical Center
D. CLINICAL/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2002- Today Private clinic
Child development
PT
1995 - 2002
Kupat Holim Meuhedet
Child development C.
PT
1992 - 1994
Sheba Medical Center
Children Rehabilitation PT
1991 – 1992 Levinstein Rehabilitation C. Adult Rehabilitation
PT
D. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Date
Country
2014
Italy
2014
Italy
2014
USA
2014
USA
2013
Israel
2013
Austria
2013
Israel
2012
Israel
Subject
Role (oral presentation/ poster/ organizer) Annual Meeting of Oral presentation: the European Society Spino-pelvic alignment: of Human Evolution An evolutionary perspective Annual Meeting of Poster: Thorax kinematics the European Society and the reconstruction of of Human Evolution body models in hominin evolution The Annual Meeting Oral presentation: of the The Lumbar Spine of Paleoanthropology Australopithecus Sediba Society Indicates Two Hominid Taxa Annual Meeting of Oral presentation: the American Cervical lordosis and the Physical orientation of the foramen Anthropology society magnum, implications to human evolution Clinical Instructor Organizer Meeting, Zefat Academic College Annual Meeting of Poster: the European Society Foramen magnum of Human Evolution orientation and the cervical lordosis The 1st Translational Oral presentation: Research Meeting, Geometric morphometrics : Faculty of Medicine computational applications in the Galilee, Bar for virtual reconstruction. Ilan University Galil Biomedical conference, held in Tel – Hay
Oral presentation: Development of pelvic lordosis in children from two through twenty years old
2012
USA
Annual Meeting of the American Physical Anthropology society The eleventh research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Poster: Amud 7, a Neandertal infant from Amud cave, Israel
2012
Israel
2011
Germany Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Evolution
2011
Israel
Galil Biomedical conference, held in Tel – Hay
2010
USA
Annual Meeting of Oral presentation: the American Sacral orientation in Physical hominid evolution Anthropology society
2010
USA
The tenth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2009
USA
The 78th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
2009
USA
The Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society
Poster: Reconstruction of the spinal curvatures of H. neanderthalensis. Oral presentation: The sagittal posture of the Kebara 2 Neandertal
Oral presentation: Evolutionary Perspective of Erect Posture and Spinal Pathology
Poster: The relationship between the sacral orientation and the lordotic curvature in primates Oral presentation: The acquisition of upright posture: the role of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks in the evolution of the lumbar lordosis Poster: Lumbar lordosis and the posture of La Chapelle– aux–Saints
2008
Israel
The 77th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Oral presentation: A new method for predicting lumbar lordosis angle in early hominids
2008
USA
The ninth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Oral presentation: How to predict the lumbar lordosis angle of early hominids
2007
USA
The Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society
Oral presentation: The Lumbar Spine of Kebara 2.
2007
USA
The 76 Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists
2006
Israel
The 75 Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Poster: The Functional Significance of the Lumbar Transverse Processes of Homo neanderthalensis Oral presentation: The Lumbar Lordosis of Homo neanderthalensis
2005
Israel
The sixth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2004
Israel
The fifth research fair The lumbar spine of Homo of the Sackler Faculty Neanderthalensis. of Medicine
2012
Israel
2010
Poster: The lumbar lordosis of Homo Neanderthalensi
הכנס השנתי של האגודה הישראלית לפיזיותרפיה
Oral presentation: אבולוציה של פתולוגיות עמוד השדרה
הכנס השנתי של האגודה הישראלית .לפרהיסטוריה
Oral presentation: השינוי-מארבע לשתיים במנח עמוד השדרה באבולוצית ההומינידים
E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS (Prizes, fellowships, grants, scholarships) 2014 Outstanding teacher (Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University) 2010 Outstanding teacher (Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University) 2009 Outstanding teacher (Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University) 2007 Outstanding teacher (Physical Therapy School, Tel Aviv University) 2006 Outstanding teacher (Physical Therapy School, Tel Aviv University) 2003 Dan David Prize: Research Grant (15,000 U.S. $) 2002 Igor Orenstein Cathedra: Research Grant (1000 U.S. $) 2001 Igor Orenstein Cathedra: Research Grant (500 U.S. $)
F. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2012 – 2014 Head of ‘’ The Israeli Physical Therapy Research Authority’’. Together with Dr. Noa Ben – Ami. 2011 – 2013
Board member of the Israeli Physical Therapy Higher Committee,
as the representative of the Physical Therapy Department, Zefat Academic College. 2011 – Today Member of the European Society of Human Evolution. 2009 – Today
Member of the Israeli Paleoanthropology society.
2008 – Today
Member of the American association of Paleoanthropology.
2006 – Today
Member of the American association of Physical Anthropology.
1999- Today
Member of Israeli Physical Therapy Society.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
B.2. ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES B.2.1 Articles Published 17. Been E, Shefi S, Zilka L. & Soudack M. (2014). Foramen Magnum Orientation and Its Association with Cervical Lordosis: A Model for Reconstructing Cervical Curvature in Archeological and Extinct Hominin Specimens. Advances in Anthropology, 4, 133-140. doi: 10.4236/aa.2014.43017.
16. Been E, Gómez-Olivencia A, and Kramer PA. (2014). Lumbar lordosis in extinct hominins: Implications of the pelvic incidence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22507. (IF, 2.5; No. of Citations, 2; Rank, 25/47)
15. Been E, and Kalichman L. 2014. Lumbar lordosis. The Spine Journal 14:87-97. (IF, 3.2; No. of Citations, 2; Rank, 4/65)
14. Shefi S, Soudack M, Konen E, and Been E. 2013. Development of the Lumbar Lordotic Curvature in Children From Age 2 to 20 Years. Spine 38(10):E602-E608. (IF, 2.2; No. of Citations, 0; Rank, 18/65)
13. GĂłmez-Olivencia A, Been E, Arsuaga JL, and Stock JT. 2013. The Neandertal vertebral column 1: The cervical spine. Journal of Human Evolution 64:608-630. (IF, 4.1; No. of Citations, 3; Rank, 14/47)
12. Been E, Pessah H, Peleg S, and Kramer PA. 2013. Sacral orientation in hominin evolution. Advances in Anthropology 3:133-141.
11. Been E, Gomez A, and Kramer PA. 2012. Lumbar lordosis of extinct hominins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147:64–77. (IF, 2.5; No. of Citations, 12; Rank, 25/47)
10. Kalichman L, Li L, Hunter DJ, and Been E. 2011. Association between lumbar lordosis and CT-evaluated features of spinal degeneration. The Spine Journal 11(4):308-315. (IF, 3.2; No. of Citations, 7; Rank, 4/65)
9. Been E, Li L, Hunter DJ, and Kalichman L. 2011. Geometry of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral discs in lumbar segments adjacent to spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis: pilot study. European Spine Journal 20(7):1159-1165.
(IF, 2.1; No. of Citations, 4; Rank, 19/65)
8. Been E, Peleg S, Marom A, and Barash A. 2010. Morphology and Function of the Lumbar Spine of the Kebara 2 Neandertal. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142(4):549-557. (IF, 2.5; No. of Citations, 6; Rank, 25/47)
7. Been E, Barash A, Pessah H, and Peleg S. 2010. A new look at the geometry of the lumbar spine. Spine 35(20):E1014-E1017. (IF, 2.2; No. of Citations, 5; Rank, 18/65)
6. Been E, Barash A, Marom A, and Kramer PA. 2010. Vertebral Bodies or Discs Which Contributes More to Human-like Lumbar Lordosis?. Clinical Orthopedic and Related Research 468(7):1822-1829. (IF, 2.8; No. of Citations, 5; Rank , 8/65)
5. Been E, Barash A, Marom A, Aizenberg I, and Kramer PA. 2010. A New Model for Calculating the Lumbar Lordosis Angle in Early Hominids and in the Spine of the Neandertal from Kebara. The Anatomical Record 293(7):1140-1145. (IF, 1.3; No. of Citations, 2; Rank , 12/21)
4. Peleg S, Dar G, Steinberg N, Masharawi Y, Been E, Abbas J, and Hershkovitz I. 2009. Sacral orientation and spondylolysis. Spine 34(25):E906-E910. (IF, 2.2; No. of Citations, 3; Rank, 18/65)
3. Been E, Pessah H, Been L, Tawil A, and Peleg S. 2007. A New Method for Predicting the Lumbar Lordosis Angle in Skeletal Material. The Anatomical Record
290:1568-1573. (IF, 1.3; No. of Citations, 8; Rank, 12/21)
2. Masharawi Y, Rothschild B, Dar G, Peleg S, Robinson D, Been E, and Hershkovitz I. 2004. Facet orientation in the thoracolumbar spine: three-dimensional anatomic and biomechanical analysis. Spine 29:1755-1763. (IF, 2.2; No. of Citations, 71; Rank, 18/65)
1. Kalichman L, and Been E. 2002. Scientific evidences and treatment routines of deep transverse friction (in Hebrew). The Journal of the Israeli Physiotherapy Society 4(2):10-11.
B.2. Articles Submitted 1. T. Bezalel, E.Carmeli, E. Been, L. Kalichman. Scheuermann’s disease: current diagnosis and treatment approach a Review. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
C. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 1. M.Toussaint, A. Gómez-Olivencia, E. Been. The Spy Neandertal spinal bones (the sacrum and one lumbar vertebra). In: H. Rougier & P. Semal (Eds.), Spy Cave. State of 125 Years of Pluridisciplinary Research on the Betche-aux-Rotches from Spy (Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Province of Namur, Belgium). Volume 2, Chapter XXVIII-3. Brussels, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences & NESPOS Society. Anthropologica et Praehistorica, 124 pp. 2013. (in print) D.1. INVITED PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2. Been E. Evolutionary perspective of spinopelvic alignment. International congress of posture. Zinman Institute, Israel. 2014
1. Been E. The evolution of bipedal walking. Israeli Chiropractic Conference, held in Tel-Aviv. 2002
D.2. PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS PUBLISHED AS PROCEEDINGS
30. Bailey J, Been E, Kramer P. 2014. Higher lumbar lordosis among women: a study examining lumbar angle and dorsoventral wedging of vertebral bodies and discs in standing and supine radiographs (919.16) FASEB J April 2014 28:919.16 29. Rak Y, Been E. 2014. Two hominid taxa at Malapa: the mandibular evidence. 28. Been E, Rak Y. 2014. The lumbar spine of Australopithecus sediba indicates two hominid taxa. 27. Been E, Rak Y , Soudack M, Zilka LR, Barash A, Shefi S. 2014. Cervical lordosis and the orientation of the foramen magnum, implications to human evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement. 26. Ben Ami N, Been E. 2013. A new research site for physical therapists. (Hebrew). The 13 annual meeting of Israeli Physical Therapists Society. 25. Been E, Rak Y , Soudack M, Zilka LR, Barash A, Shefi S. 2013. Foramen magnum orientation and the cervical lordosis The third annual meeting of the European Society of Human Evolution. Vienna, Austria. 24. Barash A, Been E. 2013. Changing our focus: Accentuating evolutionary changes of the hominid cranial base. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement. 23. Moller A, Been E. 2013. Analysis of extra-aquatic activities by ICF-CY codes. 1st European Conference on Evidence Based Aquatic. Izmir, Turkey. 22. Been E. 2012. Development of pelvic lordosis in children from two through twenty years old. 3rd Galil Biomedical conference, held in Tel – Hay. 21. Been E, Barash A. 2012. Reconstruction of the spinal curvatures of H. neanderthalensis. . The eleventh research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine.
20. Barash A, Been E. 2012. Geometric morphometrics: computational applications for virtual reconstruction. The 1st Translational Research Meeting, Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar Ilan University. 19. Been E, Rak Y. 2012. Amud 7, a Neandertal infant from Amud cave, Israel. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement: 94-94. 18. Been E, Barash A. 2012. Evolution of spinal pathology. The 12 annual meeting of Israeli Physical Therapists Society. 17. Barash A, Been E, Rak Y. 2011. The role of erect posture in shaping the hominid cranial base. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement. 144:81-81. 16. Been E, Barash A, Gomez A, Kramer PA. 2011. The sagittal posture of the Kebara 2 Neandertal. The annual meeting of the European Society of Human Evolution. Leipzig, Germany. 15. Been E, Peleg S, Barash A. 2011. Evolutionary Perspective of Erect Posture and Spinal Pathology. 2nd Galil Biomedical conference, held in Tel – Hay. 14. Barash A, Been E, Rak Y. 2010. Petrous bone orientation, foramen magnum position, and the evolution of early hominids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement: 61-61. 13. Been E, Barash A, Medlaj B , Peleg S. 2010. Sacral orientation in hominid evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement: 64-64. 12. Been E. 2010. The relationship between the sacral orientation and the lordotic curvature in primates. The tenth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine. 11. Been E, Barash A, Rak Y. 2010. From four to two, Spinal Posture during Hominin Evolution (In Hebrew). Annual meeting of the Israeli Paleoanthropology Society. 10. Barash A, Been E. 2010. Australopithecines and modern human evolution (In Hebrew). Annual meeting of the Israeli Paleoanthropology Society. 9. Been E. 2009. The acquisition of upright posture: the role of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks in the evolution of the lumbar lordosis. In: The 78th Annual Meeting of
American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Chicago: American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement. 8. Been E, Pessah H. 2009. Lumbar lordosis and the posture of La Chapelle–aux–Saints. The Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society. Chicago: Journal of Human Evolution. 7. Been E. 2008. A new method for predicting lumbar lordosis angle in early hominids. In: The 77th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Colombus, Ohio : American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement. 6. Been E. 2008. How to predict the lumbar lordosis angle of early hominids. The ninth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine. 5. Been E. 2007. The Lumbar Spine of Kebara 2. The Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society. Philadelphia: Journal of Human Evolution. 4. Been E. 2007. The Functional Significance of the Lumbar Transverse Processes of Homo neanderthalensis. The 76 Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Philadelphia: American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement. 3. Been E, Pessah H, Peleg S, Rak Y. 2006. The Lumbar Lordosis of Homo neanderthalensis. The 75 Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Ancorage Alaska: American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement. 2. Been E, Pessah H, Barash A, Steinberg N, Dar G, Rak Y. 2005 The lumbar lordosis of Homo Neanderthalensis. The sixth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine. 1. Been E, Masharawi Y, Pessah H, Peleg S, Barash A, Rak Y. 2004. The lumbar spine of Homo Neanderthalensis. The fifth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine.