Background
Rivkind, Avraham I. Son of Menachem and Lucia Rivkind.
Rivkind, Avraham I. Son of Menachem and Lucia Rivkind.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Hadassah - Hebrew University School Medicine, Jerusalem, 1977.
Acting chief, department vascular surgery Hebrew University Hadassah School Medicine, 1988, physician, trauma unit, 1988, head, department general surgery and shock trauma unit, since 1999, senior lecturer, 1990—1994, Karl Stoll chair, surgical trauma, since 2005. Attending physician, department surgery Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center, 1991—1997, head, trauma unit, since 1991, associate professor, since 1994. Attending physician, division trauma & critical care medicine, and foregut unit department surgery Los Angeles County-University Southern California Medical Center, 1997—1998.
Research fellow, Center Neuroscis. & Behavioral Research Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1985. Director, advanced trauma life support (atls) provider course American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, Baltimore, since 1986.
Clinical and research fellow, surgery, traumatology & critical care medicine Maryland Institute Emergency Medicine, Medical Services Systems Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, 1986—1988. Examiner Examination Committee Science Council Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, since 1990. Member “Revach” Committee Israeli Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, 1991—1993, National Trauma Committee, Israeli Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, since 1993.
Personal physician, president Mr. Ezer Weizman State Israel, Jerusalem, 1993—2000. Medical consultant Association Mutual Israelita Argentina Jewish Community Center, Buenos Aires, 1994.
Visiting associate professor, department surgery University Southern California (LAC & University of Southern California Medical Center), Los Angeles, 1997—1998. Consultant Kenyan Government, Mombassa, 2002. Member, steering committee Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, since 2004.
Consultant aftermath of tsunami, Sri Lanka, 2005. Consultant Inograd Committee, Jerusalem, 2007. Consultant surgeon general surgery and trauma State Israel, since 2008.
Detective, sergeant Military Police, 1967-1970, Israel.
Married Linda Rivkind. Children: Maya, Yael, Shelley, Barak.