Professor Vivian Drory
Neurologist. Professor Vivian Drory is a leading Israeli neurologist and head of the national center for the treatment of muscle degeneration. She was included in the 2021 ranking of Israel's best doctors compiled by Forbes magazine.
Professor Vivian Drory is a top specialist in general neurology and clinical neurophysiology. Her work includes electromyography, diagnosis and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), innovative imaging methods for diagnostic studies, early diagnosis of neuromuscular pathologies using biological markers, neuromuscular blockade, and assessment of fatigue by electrophysiological indicators. Dr. Drory represents Israel in the European group for the study of motor neuron diseases.
- Halderberg School of Medicine, Germany: M.D.
- Residency in neurology, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Advanced training in electromyography and neuromuscular disorders, Louisiana State University hospital, New Orleans, USA
Membership in professional organizations:
- Israel's representative in the European research group for the study of motor neuron diseases
- Israeli Neurological Association
- Israeli Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
- Regular lecturer at the largest international conferences in the USA, Canada and Europe
- In 2012, together with an international group of scientists, she discovered a gene responsible for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Rehabilitation and pain treatment
- Biomarkers
- Computed tomography
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Electromyography
- Electrophysiological study (EPS)