Background
Kahane, Itzhak was born on August 21, 1937 in Jerusalem. Son of Yehoshua and Martha (Herzog) Kahane.
educator microbiology researcher
Kahane, Itzhak was born on August 21, 1937 in Jerusalem. Son of Yehoshua and Martha (Herzog) Kahane.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1965. Master of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1971.
Postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1971-1972;
research associate, Yale University School Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 1972-1974;
instructor, Hadassah Medical School Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1970-1974;
lecturer, Hadassah Medical School Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1974-1978;
senior lecturer, Hadassah Medical School Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1978-1983;
associate professor, Hadassah Medical School Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1983-1993;
professor, Hadassah Medical School Hebrew U., Jerusalem, since 1993. Visiting professor U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1978-1979, Wellcome Research laboratories, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1978-1979, Tokai U. School Medicine, Japan, 1987, U. Alabama School Medicine, Birmingham, 1988. Visiting associate professor of University Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, 1983, Yale University School Medicine, 1992.
Chairman committees, organizer various symposia, meetings, workshops, since 1979.
Member American Society Microbiology, International Organization Mycoplasmology (secretary general since 1996), Israel Society Microbiology (president 1991-1995), Israel Society Prevention Sexual Transmitted Diseases (board directors since 1992), Israel Bio-chemical Society, Israel Society Electron Microscopy, Israel Society Hematology and Blood Transfusion.
Married Chava Gutkind, November 24, 1959. Children: Tal, Ofer.