Профессор Дафна Паран

Professor Daphne Paran

Doctor information

Professor Paran is a Rheumatologist and a specialist in Internal Medicine. She directs the Rheumatology Department’s Day Care Center and the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Clinic at the Ichilov Medical Center. She maintains a private practice at the Assuta Clinic.

The Professor’s core specialization is the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), offering comprehensive therapy that includes innovative biological drugs based on monoclonal antibodies.

She also treats patients with the autoimmune hypercoagulation state known as Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS). She jointly manages the monitoring of pregnant women with this pathology alongside gynecologists. Her professional interests include the diagnosis and management of Psoriatic Arthritis and its complications, as well as the treatment of Fibromyalgia (using pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies like physiotherapy and psychotherapy).

Most common pathologies to refer to (Rheumatology)

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Bechterew’s disease (ankylosing spondylitis)
  • Hemorrhagic vasculitis
  • Systemic scleroderma
  • Sjögren’s disease
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Celiac disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Mixed connective tissue disease
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Familial Mediterranean fever (periodic disease)

Education and clinical experience

2006

Private patient appointments at Assuta Medical Center

2000

Rheumatologist, then Head of the Day Hospital and Clinic for Systemic Lupus erythematosus and Antiphyspholipid Siddrome in the Department of Rheumatology at Ikhilov Medical Center

1996

Traineeship in rheumatology and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus at St. Thomas' Hospital (UK, London)

1994

Specialization in Rheumatology at Ikhilov Medical Center

1992

Specialization in Internal Medicine at Meir Hospital (Kfar Saba)

1990

She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Academic and scientific activities

Professor Paran is a lecturer at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine. She combines clinical work with scientific research, having published around 100 articles in international medical journals throughout her career. Her research topics include:

  • COVID-19 vaccination in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases;
  • The use of biological agents in rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatological diseases;
  • The role of ultrasound in the assessment of patients with psoriatic arthritis;
  • Treatment of fibromyalgia;
  • Treatment of osteoporosis in menopausal women;
  • Modern diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus;
  • Myocardial infarction in autoimmune diseases and its causes;
  • Risk factors for atherosclerosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Membership in medical associations

  • Israeli Medical Association
  • Israeli Association of Rheumatologists
  • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

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