Affiliation: Professor of Neurology at the Tel-Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine. Chairman of the Israeli Stroke Society (ISS) (since 2019) Director of the Neurology Division at Shaare-Zedek Medical Center (since 2016) Head of Stroke Unit at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center (1989-2016) Chairman of the ESNCH (2013-2017) Chairman of the Israeli Neurological Association (2009-2017) Vice President of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) (since 2008-2018). member of the Executive committee on the European Stroke Organization (ESO) Chairman of Neurology Department, Tel-Aviv Medical Center (2002-2007) Consulting Editor of Stroke Main research interests are: Epidemiology of stroke, Stroke prevention, Vascular dementia, Inflammation and stroke, Neurosonology.