Dov Weissberg, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCCP

CURRICULUM VITAE


Born in Lwów, Poland, November 17, 1929
Elementary School in Poland. Studies interrupted by World War II
Secondary School: Liceum B. Limanowski, Walbrzych, Poland. Graduated 1949
University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 1949-1950
Immigrated to Israel in 1950

Medical School:

Hebrew University - Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Graduated October 29, 1956
Thesis for M.D. degree: Pulmonary Function Tests by Means of Helium. February 4, 1958

Internship:

Dec. 1956 - Jan.1958, rotating,  Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Residencies:

1958-1960     Surgery, Rambam Government Hospital, Haifa, Israel (Director: Dr. D. Erlik)
1961-1966     Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, New York City (Director: Dr. D. State)
1966-1968     Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi (Director: Dr. J.D. Hardy)

Specialty Boards:

American Board of Surgery, Certified January 31, 1967
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Certified April 21, 1968
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Certified in General Surgery,
      November 21, 1969

Research Experience:

Lung and heart transplantations, bronchial blood flow, open heart operations with the use of pump oxygenators, non-suture anastomoses of blood vessels, clinical applications and techniques of pleuroscopy

Clinical Appointments:

1968-1970    Senior Fellow in Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada (Director: Dr. F.G. Pearson)
1970-1971    Attending Surgeon in Charge of Thoracic Surgery, Montefiore-   Morrisania Affiliation, New York City
1971-1980    Chief, Department of Surgery (Thoracic and General), Shmuel Harofe Hospital, Be’er Yaakov, Israel
1980-1995     Chief, Department of Surgery (Thoracic and General), The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
1995-2003    Senior Thoracic Surgeon, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
2003-present    Senior Thoracic Surgical Consultant, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon
 

Faculty Appointments:

1965-1966         Assistant Instructor in Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1966-1967         Assistant Instructor in Surgery, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
1967-1968         Instructor in Surgery, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
1968-1969         Instructor in Surgery, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
1969-1970         Associate in Surgery, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
1970-1972         Assistant Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1973-2000         Visiting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1986-2001         Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine
2001-present      Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine

Editorial Boards:

1984-1994    Member, International Board, International Trends in General Thoracic Surgery,   Editors-in-Chief: N.C. Delarue and H. Eschapasse. Publisher W.B. Saunders Co.   From 1987 Publ. C.V. Mosby Co. From 1992 Publ. Elsevier Science
1993-present   Member, Editorial Board, Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny (Polish Journal of Surgery)
2000-present  Corresponding Member, Editorial Board, Annali Italiani di Chirurgia
2006-present   Member, International Advisory Board, Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Fellowships and Memberships:

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC), March 10, 1970
American College of Surgeons (FACS), October 15, 1970
American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP), October 28, 1970
Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Senior Member), January 25, 1972
Israel Surgical Society (Active Member), August 1972
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (Founding Member), October 25, 1974
The James D. Hardy Society (Fellow), April 30, 1992
The F.G. Pearson Club (Member), 1992
Polish Surgical Society, Section of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery (Member), September 11, 1996

Visiting Professorships of Surgery:

University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 15-26, 1974
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, January  10-13, 1979
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, January  15-17, 1981
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi,  January 13-15, 1982
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 5-13, 1989
University of Wroclaw Medical Academy, Wroclaw, Poland, September 2-3, 1993
University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada, October 17-19, 1994
QuFu People’s Hospital, QuFu, Jining, Shandong Province, China, June 1-17, 2000  

Invited Speaker Lectures at Congresses and Conventions:

  1. American College of Surgeons, 61st Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, USA, October 13-17, 1975 (Postgraduate Course in Thoracic Surgery)
  2. Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, 16th Southern Africa Cardiac Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, August 22-25, 1988 (three lectures)
  3. Society of Polish Surgeons, 2nd Symposium on Viscerosynthesis, Warsaw-Rynia, Poland, April 29-30, 1993 (three lectures)
  4. 56th Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Lublin, Poland, September 8-11, 1993 (two lectures)
  5. First International Conference of Emergency Surgery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, September 25-28, 1996 (Plenary Session Lecture)
  6. The IASLC-WAB Joint International Conference on Lung Cancer and Thoraco-Pulmonology, Genoa, Italy, 25-28 November 1999 (three lectures)
  7. Ege Society for Pediatric Thorax and Turkish Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 1st World Congress of the Pediatric Thoracic Disciplines, Çesme, Izmir, Turkey, 20-22 April 2000 (Plenary Session Lecture)
  8. 8th International Thoracic Surgery Congress, Wroclaw, Poland, 12-14 May 2000 (two lectures)
  9. 9th International Thoracic Surgery Congress, Coswig/Dresden, Germany, 23-25 May 2000  (Ceremonial Lecture)
  10. Polish Thoracic Surgery Congress, Gdańsk-Gdynia, Poland, 11-13 October 2002 (Plenary Session Lecture)
  11. 61st Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Gdańsk, Poland, 17-20 September 2003 (two lectures)
  12. 62nd Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Białystok, Poland, 14-17 September 2005
  13. 18th Israeli Medical Association World Fellowship International Conference, Jerusalem, Israel, 11-15 April 2007

Peer Reviewer for Journals

1990-present  Annals of Thoracic Surgery
1990-present  Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny (Polish Journal of Surgery)
1999-present  Chest
2006-present  Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine




List of Publications

  1. Ickowicz M, Weissberg D: L'influence de la cortisone sur la colloidopexie du systeme reticuloendothelial.  Comptes Rendus de l'Association des Anatomistes, XLIIe Reunion, Paris, 1955, pp. 664-670.
  2. Rosenberg S, Braun K, Weissberg D: Pulmonary function tests. Harefuah 53: 252-255, 1957.
  3. Tas J, Weissberg D: Allergy to aminophylline. Acta Allergologica 12: 39-42, 1958.
  4. Peyser E, Weissberg D: Post-traumatic arachnoidal cyst: Report of an unusual case. J. Neurosurg. 18: 551-553, 1961.
  5. Weissberg D, Goetz RH: Tissue reactions to methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 monomer). Surgical Forum 15: 226-227, 1964.
  6. Weissberg D, Goetz RH: Necrosis of arterial wall following application of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate.  Surg. Gynecol. & Obst. 119: 1248-1252, 1964.
  7. Hoppenstein R, Weissberg D, Goetz RH: Fusiform dilatation and thrombosis of arteries following the application of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 monomer).  J. Neurosurg. 23: 556-564, 1965.
  8. Goetz RH, Weissberg D, Hoppenstein R: Vascular necrosis caused by application of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 monomer). Seven month follow-up in dogs. Ann. Surg. 163: 242-248, 1966.
  9. Weissberg D, Schwartz P, Goetz RH: Non-suture end-to-side anastomoses of small blood vessels. Surg. Gynecol. & Obstet. 123: 341-346, 1966.                                                   
  10. Weissberg D, Metcalf W: Foreign bodies in Meckel's diverticulum in an 89 year-old man.  Case report. Arch. Surg. 93: 487-488, 1966.
  11. Weissberg D, Papaioannou AN: Permanent cervical esophagostoma for feeding. Surg., Gynecol. & Obstet. 124: 1079-1080, 1967.
  12. Goetz RH, Weissberg D, Hoppenstein R: Histologic changes in the arterial wall caused by application of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 monomer). International Symposium on Adhesives in Surgery, Vienna, 1967, Symposium Proceedings pp. 175-180.
  13. Weissberg D, Adam YG, Volk H, State D: Acute pancreatitis: a ten-year clinical study. Amer Surgeon 38: 574-581, 1972.
  14. Weissberg D, Goldberg M, Pearson FG: Thymoma. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 16: 141-147, 1973.
  15. Lewit T, Weissberg D, Karman S, Terracina S: Primary malignant tumors of the trachea in Israel. Hurefuah 87: 103-104, 1974.
  16. Pearson FG, Thompson DW, Weissberg D, Simpson WJK, Kergin FG: Adenoid cyctic carcinoma of the trachea: experience with 16 patients managed by tracheal resection. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 18: 16-29, 1974.
  17. Weissberg D, Winter S: Mediastinoscopy in lung cancer: experience with the first 200 patients.  Harefuah 89: 556-558, 1975.
  18. Weissberg D: Bronchial adenoma (Letter to the Editor). Ann. Thorac. Surg. 20: 725, 1975.
  19. Weissberg D: Surgery of lung cancer updated (Editorial). Harefuah 91: 302-303, 1976.
  20. Weissberg D: Mediastinoscopy and anterior mediastinotomy in patients with lung cancer. Isr. J. Med. Sci. 13: 866-869, 1977.
  21. Almog C, Weissberg D, Herczeg E, Pajewski M: Thymolipoma simulating cardiomegaly: a clinical-pathologicrarity. Thorax 32: 116-120, 1977.
  22. Levinson G, Weissberg D, Gilboa Y: Stricture of the trachea: problem and surgical treatment. Harefuah 93: 219-224, 1977.
  23. Herczeg E, Winter S, Weissberg D: Primary carcinoma of the appendix.  J.A.M.A. 238: 51-52, 1977.
  24. Herczeg E, Weissberg D, Almog C, Pajewski M: Inflammatory fibrous histiocytoma of the bronchus. Chest 73: 669-670, 1978.
  25. Almog C, Pik A, Weissberg D, Herczeg E: Regression of malignant thymoma with metastases after treatment with adrenocortical steroids. Isr. J. Med. Sci. 14: 476-480, 1978.
  26. Winter S, Weissberg D: Diaphragmatic hernia. Harefuah 95:28-30, 1978.
  27. Schneider D, Herczeg E, Weissberg D: Spindle cell lipoma. Harefuah 96: 578, 1979.
  28. Schneider D, Herczeg E, Winter S, Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Bronchial carcinoid. Harefuah 96: 613-614, 1979.
  29. Huszar M, Zurkowski Z, Winter S, Herczeg E, Weissberg D: Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the small intestine. J.A.M.A. 243: 651, 1980.
  30. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Zurkowski Z: Pleuroscopy in patients with pleural effusion and pleural masses. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 29: 205-208, 1980.
  31. Kaufman M, Pinkenson M, Krigmont M, Weissberg D: Fine needle aspiration for cytologic diagnosis.  Experience with 220 cases. Harefuah 98: 105-106, 1980.
  32. Todd TR, Cooper JD, Weissberg D, Delarue NC, Pearson FG: Bronchial carcinoid tumors: twenty years experience. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 79: 532-536, 1980.
  33. Weissberg D: Bullous emphysema: guidelines for management and results of operative treatment.  Broncho-pneumologie 30: 198-201, 1980.
  34. Weissberg D, Thau M: Intrathoracic retroesophageal nodular goiter. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surgeon 29: 122-123, 1980.
  35. Weissberg D, Herczeg E: Perforation of thoracic aortic aneurysm: a complication of mediastinoscopy. Chest 78: 119-120, 1980.
  36. Weissberg D: Treatment of varicose veins by compression sclerotherapy. Surg. Gynecol. & Obstet. 151: 353-356, 1980.
  37. Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Marlex mesh in giant ventral hernia repair. Isr. J. Med. Sci. 16: 739-742, 1980.
  38. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Diagnostic and therapeutic pleuroscopy: An experience with 127 patients. Chest 78: 732-735, 1980.
  39. Weissberg D: "Noncardiac" surgery. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 31: 99, 1981.
  40. Weissberg D: General thoracic surgery. Bull. Amer. Coll. Surg. 66: 19, 1981.
  41. Weissberg D: Extended resections of locally advanced stage III lung cancer. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surgeon 29: 238-241, 1981.
  42. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Schwecher I: Pleuroscopy in clinical evaluation and staging of lung cancer. Le Poumon et le Coeur 37: 241-243, 1981.
  43. Weissberg D: Pleuroscopy in empyema: is it ever necessary? Le Poumon et le Coeur 37: 269-272, 1981.
  44. Weissberg D: Talc pleurodesis: a controversial issue. Le Poumon et le Coeur 37: 291-294, 1981.
  45. Weissberg D: Scalene node biopsy. Ann. Thorac. Surg 34: 222-223, 1982.
  46. Weissberg D: Empyema and broncho-pleural fistula: experience with the open window thoracostomy. Chest 82: 447-450, 1982.
  47. Weissberg D, Fintsi Y: Unintentional placement of pleural drain in the hepatic vein. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surgeon 30: 412, 1982.
  48. Adler J, Weissberg D, Herczeg E: The fate of patients with lung cancer: five year review of 250 cases.  Isr. J. Med. Sci. 19: 134-137, 1983.
  49. Weissberg D: Sleeve lobectomy for bronchial tumors.  Isr. J. Med. Sci. 19: 138-141, 1983.
  50. Kaufman M, Bider D, Weissberg D: Diagnosis of breast lesions by fine needle aspiration biopsy. Amer. Surgeon 49: 558-559, 1983.
  51. Weissberg D: Percutaneous drainage of lung abscess. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 87: 308-312, 1984.
  52. Weissberg D: Talc and adult respiratory distress syndrome. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 87:474, 1984.
  53. Weissberg D: Percutaneous drainage of lung abscess (Letter to the Editor). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 88:640, 1984.
  54. Kaufman M, Weissberg D, Bider D: Marlex mesh repair of recurrent inguinal hernia. Surg Gynecol & Obstet 160:505-506, 1985.
  55. Weissberg D: Breakage of bronchoscopic biopsy forceps. Chest 88:156, 1985.
  56. Weissberg D: Percutaneous drainage of lung abscess (Letter to the Editor). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 89:314, 1985.
  57. Serour F, Dona G, Kaufman M, Weissberg D, Krispin M: L'occulusion intestinale aigue par phytobezoards en Israel: Role de l'orange et du persimmon. J Chirurgie 122:299-304, 1985.
  58. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: The use of talc for pleurodesis in the treatment of resistant empyema. Ann Thorac Surg 41:143-145, 1986.
  59. Weissberg D: Bronchial non-adenoma. Ann Thorac Surg 41:702, 1986.
  60. Weissberg D: Treatment of thoracic injuries. Ann Thorac Surg 42:348, 1986.
  61. Weissberg D: Clinical staging of lung cancer: mediastinoscopy, pleuroscopy or computed tomography? Lung Cancer 2:189-192, 1986.
  62. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Schwartz I: Iatrogenic bile duct stricture. Brit J Surg 73:1048, 1986.
  63. Kaufman D, Schwartz I, Weissberg D: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy in diagnosis of pulmonary masses. Amer Surgeon 53:339-341, 1987.
  64. Weissberg D, Schwartz I: Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree. Chest 91:730-733, 1987.
  65. Weissberg D: Pleurectomy for chylothorax associated with intestinal lymphangiectasia (correspondence). Thorax 42:911, 1987.
  66. Wishnitzer R, Weissberg D, Tal S, Eliraz A: Asthmatic-like syndrome due to tracheal membrane. Harefuah 113:350-351, 1987.
  67. Soffer EE, Schneiderman J, Schwartz I, Halpern Z, Adar R, Weissberg D, Bar-Meir S: Effects of upper dorsal sympathectomy on esophageal motility in humans. Dig Dis Sci 33:157-160, 1988.
  68. Weissberg D, Schwartz I: Foreign body retrieval (Letter to the Editor). Chest 93:444, 1988.
  69. Kaufman M, Reubenpour M, Weissberg D: Penetrating injuries of the heart. Harefuah 114:277-278, 1988.
  70. Weissberg D: Bronchial non-adenoma (Letter to the Editor). Chest 93:1317, 1988.
  71. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Schwartz I, Reubenpour M: Traumatic perforations of the esophagus. Amer Surgeon 54:479-482, 1988.
  72. Weissberg D: Staple closure of the bronchial stump (Letter to the Editor). Chest 94: 1316, 1988.
  73. Weissberg D: Iatrogenic or patient-induced (Letter to the Editor). Chest 95:936, 1989.
  74. Weissberg D: Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree (Letter to the Editor). Chest 96:698, 1989.
  75. Weissberg D: Human immunodeficiency virus (Letter to the Editor). Ann Thorac Surg  48:745, 1989.
  76. Weissberg D, Kaufman M:  Two muscle-sparing thoracotomies - techniques and indications. S Afr J Surg 28:17-19, 1990.
  77. Kaufman M, Weissberg D, Schwartz I, Moses Y: Cholecystostomy as a definitive operation. Surg Gynecol Obstet.  170:533-537, 1990.
  78. Weissberg D, Kaufman M:  Bronchoesophageal fistula in adults: Congenital or acquired?  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 99:756-757, 1990.
  79. Weissberg D: Bleomycin and talc for control of pleural effusions (Letter to the Editor).  Br J Surg 77:955, 1990.
  80. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Compressed air injury to the esophagus (Letter to the Editor).  J Trauma 31:150, 1991.
  81. Moses Y, Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Weizbard E: Acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon. S Afr J Surg 29:18-20, 1991.
  82. Weissberg D: Loculated hemopneumothorax. (Letter to the Editor). Chest 99:1054-1055, 1991.
  83. Weissberg D, Fintsi Y:  Complications of thoracostomy  (Letter to the Editor).  Chest 100:886-887, 1991.
  84. Weissberg D: Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract: experience with 70 patients.  S Afr J Surg 29:150-153, 1991.
  85. Weissberg D: Correction: Thoracotomy, not thoracostomy. (Letter to the Editor). Am J Surg 163:635, 1992.
  86. Weissberg D: Pericardial window (Letter to the Editor). Ann Thorac Surg 54:191-192, 1992.
  87. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Suture closure versus stapling of bronchial stump in 304 lung cancer operations.  Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 26:125-127, 1992.
  88. Weissberg D: Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree (Letter to the Editor).  Chest 102:656, 1992.
  89. Weissberg D: Editorial Comment to Bernat M, Strutynska-Karpinska M, Geneja M: Problems of surgical treatment of short esophagus.  Pol Przegl Chirurg (Polish J Surg) 64:1097, 1992.
  90. Weissberg D: Editorial Comment to Pogorzelski R, Radziszewski J, Szostek M: Chest trauma - diagnostics and treatment.  Pol Przegl Chirurg (Polish J Surg) 64:1101, 1992.
  91. Dan M, Torossian K, Weissberg D, Kitzes R: The penetration of ciprofloxacin into bronchial mucosa, lung parenchyma, and pleural tissue after intravenous administrati.  Eur J Clin Pharmacol 44:101-102, 1993.
  92. Weissberg D:  Foreign bodies within a Meckel's diverticulum. Arch Surg 128:469, 1993.
  93. Weissberg D, Ben-Zeev I: Talc pleurodesis: Experience with 360 patients.   J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 106:689-695, 1993.
  94. Weissberg D, Straehley CJ, Scully NM, Margulies DR: Less than lobar resections for bronchogenic carcinoma.  Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 27:121-126, 1993.
  95. Weissberg D:  Stapling of the bronchial stump: Experience with 486 patients. (In Polish).  Lekarz Wojskowy, Suppl, p. 109, 1993.
  96. Weissberg D, Kaufman M:  GIA-TA stapled esophagogastric anastomosis. (In Polish).  Lekarz Wojskowy, Suppl, pp. 119-121, 1993.
  97. Weissberg D:  Anterior resection of carcinoma recti: Stapling versus suture anastomosis. (In Polish).  Lekarz Wojskowy, Suppl, p. 136, 1993.
  98. Weissberg D, Mintz Y, Kaufman M, Ben-Zeev I: Use of mechanical suture in anterior resection of the rectum.  (In Russian) Khirurgiya, Fasc. 12:39-41, 1993.
  99. Weissberg D:  Subcutaneous emphysema: spontaneous or iatrogenic?  (Letter to the Editor).  Chest 105:321, 1994.
  100. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Update on bronchoesophageal fistula in adults.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 107:955, 1994.
  101. Weissberg D: Editorial Comment to Marciniak M, Kolodziej J, Orlowski TM, Domagala J, Staniszewski A: Evaluation of therapeutic effectiveness in bronchopleural fistula.  Pol Przegl Chirurg (Polish J Surg)  66:447-448, 1994.
  102. Weissberg D: Editorial Comment to Orlowski TM: Endoscopic closure of the bronchopleural fistula.   Pol Przegl Chirurg (Polish J Surg)  66:456, 1994.
  103. Madjar S, Weissberg D: Neglected lung cancer.  Lung Cancer 11:105-109, 1994.
  104. Weissberg D: The role of pleuroscopy in the management of resistant empyema. J Cardiovasc Surg 35:177, 1994.
  105. Leviav S, Weissberg D: Rupture of echinococcal cysts in sport trauma. (In Polish).  Lekarz Wojskowy 70:313-316, 1994.
  106. Madjar S, Weissberg D: Thoracic splenosis.  Thorax 49:1020-1022, 1994.
  107. Weissberg D: Mediastinal staging of lung cancer: The changing role of mediastinoscopy.  Isr J Med Sci 31:122-124, 1995.
  108. Madjar S, Weissberg D: Retrosternal goiter.  Chest 108:78-82, 1995.
  109. Weissberg D: Editorial Comment to Jablonka S: Videothoracoscopy: progress or fashion?   Pol Przegl Chirurg (Polish J Surg) 67:460-461, 1995.
  110. Weissberg D: Intraperitoneal colorectal anastomosis: Hand-sewn versus circular staples. Surgery 118:914, 1995.
  111. Weissberg D, Refaely Y:  An individual's privacy versus the rights of  society. Ann Roy Coll Phys Surg Can 28:264, 1995.
  112. Weissberg D, Refaely Y: Symptomatic diaphragmatic hernia: Surgical treatment. Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 29:201-206, 1995.
  113. Weissberg D, Refaely Y: Privacy versus  rights  (Letter to the Editor). Ann Roy Coll Phys Surg Can 28:497, 1995.
  114. Weissberg D, Refaely Y: Pleuroscopy: therapeutic applications. Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 30:1-10, 1996.
  115. Avishai V, Dolev E,  Weissberg D, Zajdel L, Priel IE. Extralobar sequestration presenting as massive hemothorax. Chest 109:843-845, 1996.
  116. Schvadron E, Moses Y, Weissberg D: Gastric rupture complicating inadvertent intubation of the esophagus. Can J Surg 39:487-489, 1996.
  117. Leviav S, Weissberg D: Traumatic rupture of hydatid cysts.  Can J Surg 39:293-296, 1996.  
  118. Weissberg D: Editorial Comment to Furmanik F, Kadziolka W: Prolapse of the heart from the pericardial sac following transpericardial pneumonectomy. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 68:63-64, 1996.
  119. Weissberg D, Refaely Y: Pleural empyema: 24 year experience. Ann Thorac Surg 62:1026-1029, 1996.
  120. Weissberg D: Editorial comment to Sobolewska E, Skokowski J, Braslawska J: Surgical treatment of carcinoids - malignant tumors of the lungs. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 68:1144, 1996.
  121. Weissberg D:  Video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy for bronchial carcinoid tumor in a 14-year-old girl (Correspondence). J Pediatr Surg 35:1135, 1997.
  122. Weissberg D:  High index of suspicion. Ann Thorac Surg 64:291-292, 1997.
  123. Refaely Y, Weissberg D:  Gangrene of the lung: treatment in two stages. Ann Thorac Surg 64:970-974, 1997.
  124. Refaely Y, Weissberg D:  Surgical management of tracheal tumors. Ann Thorac Surg 64:1429-1433, 1997.
  125. Weissberg D:  Talc pleurodesis: a matter of priority (Letter to the Editor). AJR 169:911, 1997.
  126. Weissberg D:  Editorial Comment to Popiela T: What is surgery making for? Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 69:1269, 1997.
  127. Weissberg D:  Editorial Comment to Kolodziejski L, Duda K, Dyczek S, Górska H: Relationship between bronchial patency and results of spirometry and gasometry in patients subjected to pneumonectomy due to carcinoma of the lung. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 69:1289, 1997.
  128. Weissberg D:  Editorial Comment to Furmanik F, Sagan D, Orlowski T, Chabowski M: Surgical management of bullous empysema in Poland. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 69:1297, 1997.
  129. Weissberg D:  Steroids for pulmonary metastases of thymoma (Letter to the Editor). Ann Thorac Surg 65:1197-1198, 1998.
  130. Weissberg D:  Editorial Comment to Fraczek M, Karwowski A, Krawczyk M,  Najnigier B, Paluszkiewicz R, Otto W: Therapeutic management of late diagnosed complications of thoracic esophagus perforation. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 70:28, 1998.
  131. Weissberg D:  Editorial Comment to Wójcik J, Sedlaczek A, Grodzki T, Urbanski S: Pulmonary flow in patients subjected to lung decortication due to chronic pleural empyema. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 70:37, 1998.
  132. Weissberg D: Complications of mediastinoscopy. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 70:210-214, 1998.
  133. Weissberg D: Editorial Comment to Sedlaczek AM, Krawczyk-Sulisz I: Evaluation of the respiratory and circulatory status long time after repair of the main bronchus. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 70:696, 1998.
  134. Weissberg D. Invited Commentary to Faure E, Souilamas R, Riquet M et al: Cold abscess of the chest wall: a surgical entity? Ann Thorac Surg 66:1174-1178, 1998.
  135. Weissberg D. On the therapeutic value of patience (Letter to the Editor). Ann Thorac      Surg  68:296, 1999.
  136. Weissberg D, Refaely Y. Pneumothorax. Experience with 1199 patients. Chest 117: 1279-1285, 2000.
  137. Weissberg D. Bronchial gland neoplasms. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 72:871-880, 2000.
  138. Weissberg D, Schachner A. Video-assisted thoracic surgery - State of the art. Ann Ital Chir 71: 539-543, 2000.
  139. Weissberg D, Refaely Y. The place of surgery in the treatment of re-emerging pulmonary tuberculosis. Ann Ital Chir 71: 649-652, 2000.
  140. Weissberg D. Congenital Horner syndrome (Letter to the Editor). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 121: 819, 2001.
  141. Weissberg D. Resection of lung cancer invading the diaphragm (Letter to the Editor). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 121: 821, 2001.
  142. Weissberg D. Pneumothorax: is chest tube clamp necessary before removal? (Letter to the Editor). Chest 119: 1293, 2001.
  143. Weissberg D. Lung abscess and gangrene. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 73: 358-365;   2001.
  144. Weissberg D, Weissberg D. Late complications of collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. Chest 120: 847-851; 2001.
  145. Weissberg D. Video-assisted thoracic surgery – State of the art. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 73: 1168-1172; 2001.
  146. Weissberg D, Weissberg D. What is a spontaneous pneumothorax? (Letter to the Editor). Chest 121: 1002; 2002.
  147. Weissberg D. Post-pneumonectomy chest tubes (Letter). Tex Heart Inst J 29: 155; 2002.
  148. Weissberg D, Cohen AJ, Hayat H, Schachner A. Malignant thymoma invading pulmonary artery. Changing treatment options. Ann Ital Chir 70: 119-123; 2002.
  149. Weissberg D. Index of suspicion or clinical awareness? (Letter to the Editor). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 124: 1262; 2002.
  150. Weissberg D, Refaely Y. Hernia of the lung. Ann Thorac Surg 74: 1963-1966; 2002.
  151. Weissberg D. Surgical glue and necrosis of arterial wall. Ann Thorac Surg 75:1063; 2003.
  152. Weissberg D. The diagnostic dilemma of diaphragm injury (Letter to the Editor). Amer Surg 69: 450-451; 2003.
  153. Weissberg D, Weissberg D. Percutaneous drainage of lung abscess – 22-year experience. Pol Przegl Chir (Polish J Surg) 75: 128-133; 2003.
  154. Weissberg D. The return of pulmonary tuberculosis (Editorial). Adv Clin Exp Med 12: 269-271; 2003.
  155. Weissberg D. To close or not to close (Letter to the Editor). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 125: 1176-1177; 2003.
  156. Weissberg D, Refaely Y. Pericardial effusion in lung cancer – the role of pericardioscopy, biopsy and fenestration. Adv Clin Exp Med 13: 19-23; 2004.
  157. Weissberg D, Weissberg D. Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema. Eur J Cardio-thorac Surg 26: 885-888; 2004.
  158. Weissberg D. Modern management of spontaneous pneumothorax (Editorial). Adv Clin Exp Med 13: 531-534; 2004.  
  159. Weissberg D, Wishnitzer R, Eliraz A. Multiple malignant pulmonary echinococcosis suggesting metastatic carcinoma. A case report. Adv Clin Exp Med 14: 617-619; 2005.
  160. Weissberg D. Bronchial foreign body – a rare cause of empyema. Adv Clin Exp Med 14: 839-841; 2005.
  161. Weissberg D. Esophageal stoma for decompression of malignant obstruction. J Am Coll Surg 202: 714; 2006.
  162. Weissberg D. What is a spontaneous hemothorax? Ann Thorac Surg 82: 384; 2006.
  163. Weissberg D. Pneumothorax. Pol Przegl Chir (Pol J Surg) 78: 809-820; 2006.
  164. Weissberg D. Limits of starvation ? personal experience. IMAJ 9: 199-201; 2007.
  165. Weissberg D. What is an index of suspicion? J Amer Coll Surg 204: 520; 2007.
  166. Weissberg D. Limits of starvation - personal experience during the Holocaust (in Hebrew). Yesh - Bulletin of the Association of Children and Orphans Holocaust Survivors in Israel, May 2007, p. 10.
  167. Weissberg D. Present status of video-assisted thoracic surgery (Editorial). Adv Clin Exp Med 16: 473-477; 2007.
  168. Weissberg D, Refaely Y. Foreign bodies in the esophagus. Ann Thorac Surg 84: 1854-1857; 2007.
  169. Weissberg D, Weissberg D. Foreign bodies in pleura and chest wall. Ann Thorac Surg 86: 958-961; 2008.
  170. Weissberg D. Esophageal foreign bodies - How will we extract them in the future? (Editorial). Adv Clin Exp Med 17: 595-597; 2008.
  171. Weissberg D. A 13-year old boy opposite the S.S. (in Hebrew). YESH - Bulletin of the Association of Children and Orphans Holocaust Survivors in Israel, December 2009, p. 7.
  172. Weissberg D. Treatment of lung abscess - from Hippocrates to present (Editorial). Adv Clin Exp Med 19: 551-554; 2010.
  173. Weissberg D. From a surgeon's memoirs. Adv Clin Exp Med 19: 777-778; 2010.
  174. Weissberg D. My first teacher of surgery: Dr. David Erlik (in Hebrew). Harefuah 150: 708; 2011.
  175. Weissberg D. Lung hernia - a review. Adv Clin Exp Med 22: 611-613; 2013.

Papers presented at Congresses and Conventions

  1. Ickowicz M, Weissberg D: L'Influence de la cortisone sur la colloidopexie du systeme reticuloendothelial.  Association des Anatomistes, XLIIe Reunion, Paris 25-30 Juillet 1955.
  2. Rosenberg S, Weissberg D, Braun K: Examination of pulmonary functions by means of helium.  The Israel Medical Association, 19th National Scientific Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, March 12-15, 1957.
  3. Weissberg D, Goetz RH: Tissue reactions to methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 monomer).  American College of Surgeons 50th Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum Session, Chicago, 5-9 October, 1964.
  4. Goetz RH, Weissberg D, Hoppenstein R: Histologic changes in the arterial wall caused by application of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 monomer). International Symposium on Adhesives in Surgery, Vienna, Austria, September 1-2, 1967.
  5. Weissberg D, Pearson FG: Primary tumors of the trachea: A review of 32 cases. American College of Chest Physicians, 2nd Annual Fall Scientific Assembly (36th Annual Meeting), Los Angeles, October 25-29, 1970.
  6. Weissberg D, Pearson FG: Carcinoid adenoma of the bronchus: A clinical review. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 40th Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, January 20-23, 1971.
  7. Weissberg D, Pearson FG: Primary malignant tumors of the trachea: A clinical review. 1) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 40th Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, January 20-23, 1971. 2) International Symposium on Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Israeli Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 20-22, 1971.
  8. Weissberg D, Goldberg M, Pearson FG: Thymoma. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 9th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, January 22-24, 1973.
  9. Adam YG, Weissberg D: Acute pancreatitis: Summary of 10 years' experience. Israel Surgical Society, 10th Scientific Convention, Be'er Sheva, Israel, 3-5 April, 1973.
  10. Weissberg D: Tumors of the thymus: A review of 35 cases. Israel Surgical Society, 10th Scientific Convention, Be'er Sheva, Israel, 3-5 April, 1973.
  11. Weissberg D: Mediastinoscopy in lung cancer: experience with the first 200 patients. 1) Israel Medical Association, 24th Scientific Convention, Tel-Aviv, 24-26 December, 1974. 2)Second International Symposium on Acute Non-Traumatic Injury of the Lung, Sponsored by the Israel Association of Chest Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 26-29 April, 1976.
  12. Weissberg D: Mediastinoscopy and anterior mediastinotomy in patients with lung cancer. 1) International Symposium on Malignant Neoplastic Diseases, Sponsored by the Hadassah Medical Organization and the Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, 28-29 June, 1976. 2) Third European Congress on Chest Diseases, Sponsored by the International Academy of Chest Medicine and Surgery and the American College of Chest Physicians, Rome, Italy, 20-25 June, 1977.
  13. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Diagnostic thoracoscopy. 1) The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 47th Annual Meeting, and the Canadian Oncology Society, Vancouver, Canada, 26-28 January, 1978. 2) International College of Surgeons, 21st International Biennial Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 15-18 May, 1978. 3) 13th World Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians and the International Academy of Chest Physicians and Surgeons, Kyoto, Japan, 2-7 July, 1978.
  14. Weissberg D: Strictures of the trachea treated by resection and primary anastomosis.  International College of Surgeons, 21st International Biennial Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 15-18 May, 1978.
  15. Weissberg D: Varicose veins: treatment by compression sclerotherapy. International College of Surgeons, 21st International Biennial Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 15-18  May, 1978.
  16. Kaufman M, Pinkenson M, Weissberg D: Tumor diagnosis by fine needle aspiration biopsy. International College of Surgeons, 21st International Biennial Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 15-18 May, 1978.
  17. Todd TR, Cooper JD, Weissberg D, Delarue NC, Pearson FG: Bronchial carcinoid tumors: Twenty years' experience. The Samson Thoracic Surgical Society, Fifth Annual Meeting, Sun Valley, Idaho, 5-8 June, 1979.
  18. Weissberg D: Bullous emphysema: guidelines for management and results of operative treatment. XXVIIIe Congres de L'Association Internationale de Bronchopneumologie, Bruges, Belgium, 16-19 May, 1979.
  19. Weissberg D: Pleuroscopy in empyema: is it ever necessary?  
    1. Symposium on Thoracoscopy, Sponsored by the Endoscopy Board of the French Respiratory Diseases Society and the Marseille Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Institute, Marseille, France, 24-25 April, 1980.
    2. International Association of Bronchopneumonology, 29th Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 5-6 June, 1980.
  20. Weissberg D, Schwecher I: Pleuroscopy in lung cancer: an aid in clinical evaluation and staging. 1) Symposium on Thoracoscopy, Sponsored by the Endoscopy Board of the French Respiratory Diseases Society and the Marseille Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Institute, Marseille, France, 24-25 April, 1980. 2) Fourth European Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Sponsored by the International Academy of Chest Physicians and Surgeons, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-4 June, 1981.
  21. Weissberg D, Zurkowski Z: Talc pleurodesis: a controversial issue. 1) Symposium on Thoracoscopy, Sponsored by the Endoscopy Board of the French Respiratory Diseases Society and the Marseille Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Institute, Marseille, France, 24-25 April, 1980. 2) International Association of Bronchopneumonology, 29th Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 5-6 June, 1980.
  22. Weissberg D: Benign strictures of the trachea: etiology, prevention and treatment by resection. 1) International Association of Bronchopneumonology, 29th Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 5-6 June, 1980. 2) Fourth European Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Sponsored by the International Academy of Chest Physicians and Surgeons, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-4 June, 1981.
  23. Weissberg D, Zurkowski Z: Empyema and broncho-pleural fistula: experience with the open window thoracostomy. 1) International Association of Bronchopneumonology, 29th Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 5-6 June, 1980. 2) The Israel Surgical Society, Biennial National Congress, Haifa, Israel, 20-22 October, 1980.                         
  24. Kaufman M, Weissberg D, Pinkenson M, Krigmont M: Cytologic diagnosis of breast masses by fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Conference on Breast Cancer, Sponsored by the Israel Cancer Association and the American Cancer Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, 14-16 October, 1980.
  25. Weissberg D: Resection of left lung and carina at simultaneous bilateral thoracotomy.  The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 17th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 26-28 January, 1981.
  26. Weissberg D: Extended resections of locally advanced stage III lung cancer. 1) Fourth European Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Sponsored by the International Academy of Chest Physicians and Surgeons, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-4 June, 1981. 2) 12th World Congress of the Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 23-26 May, 1982.
  27. Weissberg D: Wide fenestration in treatment of resistant empyema. Fourth European Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Sponsored by the International Academy of Chest Physicians and Surgeons, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-4 June, 1981.
  28. Weissberg D: Pleuroscopy in clinical evaluation and staging of lung cancer. 12th World Congress of the Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 23-26 May, 1982.
  29. Fintsi Y, Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Treatment of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax by talc insufflation. 12th World Congress of the Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 23-26 May, 1982.
  30. Bider D, Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Fine needle aspiration biopsy in cytologic diagnosis of pulmonary masses. 1) 12th World Congress of the Israel Medical Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 23-26 May, 1982. 2) Israel Surgical Society, 14th National Surgical Congress, Be'er Sheva, Israel 22-24 March, 1983.
  31. Weissberg D: Resection of tracheal tumors located near carina. Joint International Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical Conference. Stockholm, Sweden, 8-11 September, 1982.
  32. Shamai Y, Eisen Y, Even O, Weingarten R, Schlesinger T, Chaitchuk S, Lieberman Y, Herczeg E, Weissberg D: The concentration of some trace elements in malignant human lung tissue. Annual Congress of the Israel Nuclear Societies, Tel Aviv, Israel, 14-15 December, 1982.
  33. Weissberg D: Sleeve lobectomies. Israel Surgical Society, 14th National Surgical Congress, Be'er Sheva, Israel, 22-24 March, 1983.
  34. Kaufman M, Bider D, Weissberg D: Penetrating heart injuries. Israel Surgical Society, 14th National Surgical Congress,   Be'er Sheva, Israel, 22-24 March 1983.
  35. Weissberg D: Pleuroscopy: Experience with 200 cases. Israel Society of Internal Medicine, Biennial Congress, Tel Aviv, Israel, 25-26 April 1983.
  36. Weissberg D: Huge diaphragmatic hernia with chronic obstructive lung disease, emphysema, and coronary insufficiency. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 21st Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 21-23 January 1985.
  37. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Treatment of hyperhidrosis of hands by dorsal sympathectomy. Israel Surgical Society, 15th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 27-28 March 1985.
  38. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Thoracic outlet syndrome. Israel Surgical Society, 15th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 27-28 March 1985.
  39. Bider D, Kaufman M, Schwartz I, Weissberg D: Neglected cancer of the colon and rectum. 
    1. Israel Surgical Society, 15th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 27-28 March 1985.  
    2. Israel Medical Association, 13th World Congress, Jerusalem,  Israel, 19-24 May 1985.
  40.  Weissberg D, Kaufman M: The use of talc for pleurodesis in the treatment of resistant empyema. Israel Medical Association, 13th World Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 19-24 May 1985.
  41. Weissberg D: Operative treatment of pectus deformities. 1) Israel Medical Association, 13th World Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 19-24 May 1985. 2) American College of Chest Physicians, 6th  European Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Tel , Israel, 15-19 June 1986.
  42. Weissberg D, Schwartz I: Foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree. Israel Medical Association, 13th World Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 19-24 May 1985.
  43. Soffer EE, Schneiderman J, Schwartz I, Halpern Z, Adar R, Weissberg D, Bar-Meir S: The effects of upper dorsal sympathectomy on esophageal motility in man.  Digestive Disease Week and the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, San Francisco, California, 17-23 May 1986.
  44. Weissberg D: Pleuroscopy in the management of persistent or recurrent pneumothorax. American College of Chest Physicians,  6th European Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Tel Aviv, Israel,  15-19 June 1986.
  45. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Schwartz I: Traumatic perforations of the esophagus. Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 9th World Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 31 August - 5 September 1986.
  46. Kaufman M, Schwartz I, Weissberg D: Cholecystostomy as a definitive operation. Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 9th World Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 31 August -  5th September, 1986.
  47. Weissberg D: Resection of invasive malignant thymoma with  pleural metastases. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons,  23rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 21-23 September 1987.
  48. Robenpour M, Gonsalves D, Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Computed  tomography in early diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.  International Symposium on the Pancreas, Tel Aviv, Israel, 17-19 February 1988.
  49. Moses Y, Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Ogilvie Syndrome.  Israel Surgical Society, 16th National Surgical Congress,  Tel Aviv, Israel, 23-24 March 1988.
  50. Torosian K, Robenpour M, Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Prevention of  wound infections after appendectomy. Israel Surgical Society,  16th National Surgical Congress, Tel Aviv, Israel, 23-24 March 1988.
  51. Weissberg D, Nacu-Herskovici H: Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract. Israel Surgical Society, 16th National  Surgical Congress, Tel Aviv, Israel, 23-24 March 1988.
  52. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Robenpour M: Pericardioscopy, biopsy and fenestration in pericardial disease. Israel Surgical Society,  16th National Surgical Congress, Tel Aviv, Israel, 23-24 March 1988.
  53. Robenpour M, Torosian K, Kaufman M, Weissberg D: CT and Ranson's criteria in acute pancreatitis. A comparative study. (1) Israel Surgical Society, 16th National Surgical Congress, Tel Aviv, Israel, 23-24 March 1988. (2) Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 10th World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark,  30 August - 2 September, 1988.
  54. Weissberg D: Management of lung abscess and empyema. Invited  Speaker Lecture, Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, 16th  Southern Africa  Cardiac Congress, Cape Town, South Africa,  22-25 August 1988.
  55. Weissberg D: Management of tracheal tumors. Invited Speaker Lecture, Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, 16th Southern Africa Cardiac Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 22-25 August 1988.
  56. Weissberg D: The role of thoracoscopy in thoracic surgery.  Invited Speaker Lecture, Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons,  16th Southern Africa  Cardiac Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 22-25 August 1988.
  57. Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Locally invasive lung cancer: What are the limits of resectability? 1) International Association for Study of Lung Cancer, Fifth World Conference on Lung Cancer, Interlaken,  Switzerland, 28 August - 1 September 1988. 2) The Centenary Congress of the Polish Surgical Association, Kraków, Poland, 17-20 September 1989.
  58. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Pericardial metastases of lung cancer: The  role of pericardioscopy. 1) International Association for Study of Lung Cancer, Fifth World Conference on Lung Cancer, Interlaken, Switzerland, 28th August - 1 September 1988. 2) The Centenary Congress of the Polish Surgical Association, Kraków, Poland, 17-20 September 1989.
  59. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Moses Y: Neglected lung cancer.  1) International Association for Study of  Lung Cancer, Fifth World Conference on Lung Cancer, Interlaken, Switzerland, 28th August - 1 September 1988. 2) The Centenary Congress of the Polish Surgical Association, Kraków, Poland, 17-20 September 1989.
  60. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Nacu-Herskovici H: Suture closure  versus stapling of bronchial stump in 304 lung cancer operations.  1) International Association for Study of  Lung Cancer,    Fifth World Conference on Lung Cancer, Interlaken, Switzerland,  28th August - 1 September 1988. 2) The Centenary Congress of the Polish Surgical Association, Kraków, Poland, 17-20 September 1989.
  61. Kaufman M, Schwartz I, Robenpour M, Weissberg D:  Cholecystostomy: a new look. 1) Collegium Internationale Chirugiae Digestivae, 10th World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 August - 2 September 1988. 2) The Centenary Congress of the Polish Surgical Association, Kraków, Poland, 17-20 September 1989.
  62. Lichtenstein D, Kaufman M, Iellin A, Weissberg D, Baratz M: Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: a grave prognosis. Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 10th World   Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 August - 2 September 1988.
  63. Brenner J, Amsterdam E, Krispin M, Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Pilot study of one year continuous oral Ftorafur for colon,ֺ rectum and gastric cancers. American Society of Clinicalֺ Oncology, Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 21-23 May 1989. Proceedings A.S.C.O., Vol. 8, March 1989, p. 127.
  64. Brenner J, Levine S, Kaufman M, Weissberg D, Shey G: Hormonal treatment of non-oat cell carcinoma of the lung. American Association for Cancer Research, Eightieth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 24-27 May 1989. Proceedings A.A.C.R., Vol. 30, March 1989, p. 270.
  65. Kaufman M, Weissberg D, Schwartz I: Neglected cancer of the colon and rectum. 2nd International Conference on Gastrointestinal Cancer, Jerusalem, Israel, 27 August - 1 September 1989.
  66. Kaufman M, Weissberg D: Tumors of carina treated by resection. The Centenary Congress of the Polish Surgical Association, Kraków, Poland, 17-20 September 1989.
  67. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: Anterior resection of carcinoma recti: Stapling versus suture anastomosis.  1) The Centenary Congress of the Polish Surgical Association, Kraków, Poland, 17-20 September 1989. 2) International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 13th Biennial Congress, Graz, Austria, 24-28 June 1990.  3) Israel Surgical Society, 18th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-21 May 1992. 4) Society of Polish Surgeons, 2nd Symposium on Viscerosynthesis, Warsaw-Rynia, Poland, 29-30 April 1993.  (Invited Speaker Lecture). 5) First (XVII) Convention of Surgeons of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, 19-21 September 1994.
  68. Weissberg D: The use of talc for pleurodesis.  Israel Surgical Society, 17th National Surgical Congress, Haifa, Israel, 5-6 September 1990.
  69. Weissberg D: Thymoma and operations on thymus.  Israel Surgical Society, 17th National Surgical Congress, Haifa, Israel, 5-6 September 1990.   
  70. Straehley CJ, Weissberg D, Scully NM, Margulies DR: Less than lobar resection for bronchogenic carcinoma.  Western Thoracic Surgical Association, 17th Annual Meeting, June 26-29, 1991, Seattle, Washington.
  71. Weissberg D: Symptomatic diaphragmatic hernia: Surgical treatment. 1) 55th Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Wroclaw, Poland, 15-18 September 1991. 2)  Israel Surgical Society, 18th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-21 May 1992.
  72. Weissberg D: Operative management of retrosternal goiter. 1) 55th Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Wroclaw, Poland, 15-18 September 1991.  2) Israel Surgical Society, 18th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-21 May 1992.
  73. Weissberg D: Fenestration of pleural cavity in treatment of resistant empyema: 19-year experience. 55th Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Wroclaw, Poland, 15-18 September 1991.
  74. Ben-Zeev I, Kaufman M, Matz A, Weissberg D: Acute cholecystitis: Changing therapeutic approaches.  Israel Surgical Society, 18th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-21 May 1992.
  75. Weissberg D: Stapling of the bronchial stump: Expewith 486 patients. 1) Invited Speaker Lecture, Society of Polish Surgeons, 2nd Symposium on Viscerosynthesis, Warsaw-Rynia, Poland, 29-30 April 1993.  2) First (XVII) Convention of Surgeons of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, 19-21 September 1994.
  76. Weissberg D, Kaufman M: GIA-TA stapled esophagogastric anastomosis. Invited Speaker Lecture, Society of Polish Surgeons, 2nd Symposium on Viscerosynthesis, Warsaw-Rynia, Poland, 29-30 April 1993.  
  77. Weissberg D: Mediastinoscopy: Experience with 936 patients. Israel Society for Endoscopic Surgery and the Israel Medical Association Clinical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 22-24 June 1993.
  78. Weissberg D: The role of pleuroscopy in the management of resistant empyema. 1) Invited Speaker Lecture, 56th Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Lublin, Poland, 8-11 September 1993. 2) Israel Surgical Society, 19th National Surgical Congress, Tel Aviv, Israel, 27-28 April 1994.  
  79. Weissberg D: Tumors of bronchial glands: the non-adenoma.  Invited Speaker Lecture, 56th Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Lublin, Poland, 8-11 September 1993.  
  80. Weissberg D: Pulmonary gangrene complicated by pleural empyema: treatment in stages. 1) Section of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery of the Polish Surgical Society, 26th Convention, Wroclaw, Poland, 11-13 September 1996. 2) Israel Surgical Society, 20th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 8-9 June 1997.  
  81. Weissberg D: The place of surgery in today's treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. 1) Section of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery of the Polish Surgical Society, 26th Convention, Wroclaw, Poland, 11-13 September 1996. 2) Israel Surgical Society, 20th National Surgical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 8-9 June  1997. 3) Moscow International Conference on Surgery of Tuberculosis, Moscow, Russia, 17-19 September 1997.  4) Second International Congress on Thorax Surgery, Bologna, Italy, 24-26 June 1998.
  82. Weissberg D: Chest in polytrauma: surgical aspects. Invited Speaker Lecture (Plenary Session), First International Conference of Emergency Surgery, Yugoslav Association for Emergency Surgery and European Association for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 25-28 September 1996.
  83. Landau O, Priel I, Cohen A, Flid A, Weissberg D: Pleural empyema in the era of minimally invasive surgery. Israel Surgical Society, 21st National Surgical Congress, Haifa, Israel, 26-27 May 1999.
  84. Weissberg D: Surgery for tumors of the trachea and carina. Invited Speaker Lecture, The IASLC-WAB Joint International Conference on Lung Cancer and Thoraco-Pulmonology, Genoa, Italy, 25-28 November 1999.
  85. Weissberg D: Why is lung cancer so often neglected? Invited Speaker Lecture, The IASLC- WAB Joint International Conference on Lung Cancer and Thoraco-Pulmonology, Genoa, Italy, 25-28 November 1999.
  86. Weissberg D: Chest trauma in multiply injured patients. Invited Speaker Lecture, The IASLC-WAB Joint International Conference on Lung Cancer and Thoraco-Pulmonology, Genoa, Italy, 25-28 November 1999.   
  87. Weissberg D: Video-assisted thoracic surgery - State of the art. 
    1. Invited Speaker Lecture, Ege Society for Pediatric Thorax and Turkish Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 1st World Congress of the Pediatric Thoracic Disciplines, Çesme, Izmir, Turkey, 20-22 April 2000.
    2. Invited Speaker Lecture, 8th International Thoracic Surgery Congress, Wroclaw, Poland, 12-14 May 2000.
  88. Weissberg D: Pericardioscopy for metastatic carcinoma of the bronchus. 
    1. Invited Speaker Lecture, 8th International Thoracic Surgery Congress, Wroclaw, Poland, 12-14 May 2000.
    2. Israel Surgical Federation, 22nd National Congress of Surgery, Tel Aviv, Israel, 9-10 May 2001.
  89. Weissberg D: Video-assisted thoracic surgery - State in the beginning of the new century. The 60th Jubilee Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Warsaw, Poland, 12-15 September 2001.    
  90. Raziel A, Weissberg D, Priel IE: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax – The Wolfson experience. Israeli Society of General Thoracic Surgery, 2nd Annual Convention, Ramat Gan, Israel, 20 February 2002.
  91. Weissberg D: Historical review and actual aspects of spontaneous pneumothorax treatment. Ceremonial Lecture, 9th International Thoracic Surgery Congress, Coswig/Dresden, Germany, 23-25 May 2002.
  92. Weissberg D. Talc application in recurrent empyematous pleural effusion. Polish Thoracic Surgery Congress, Gdańsk-Gdynia, Poland, 11-13 October 2002.
  93. Weissberg D. Percutaneous drainage of lung abscess. Polish Thoracic Surgery Congress, Gdańsk-Gdynia, Poland, 11-13 October 2002.
  94. Weissberg D. Impressions from China – Memoir of a Surgeon. 61st Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Gdańsk, Poland, 17-20 September 2003.
  95. Weissberg D. Neglected lung cancer. 61st Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Gdańsk, Poland, 17-20 September 2003.
  96. Weissberg D. Advances in the treatment of lung abscess. International Conference on Centenary of Thoracic Surgery, Wrocław, Poland, 4-6 November 2004.
  97. Weissberg D. Modern methods of teaching surgery in China. 62nd Congress of the   Society of Polish Surgeons, Białystok, Poland, 14-17 September 2005.
  98. Weissberg D. Complications of mediastinoscopy. Israel Society of Pulmonology and Israel Society of Thoracic Surgery Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, Ein Bokek, Dead Sea, 23-25 March 2006.
  99. Weissberg D. Hernia of the lung. Israel Society of Pulmonology and Israel Society of Thoracic Surgery Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, Ein Bokek, Dead Sea, 23-25 March 2006.
  100. Weissberg D. Extremes of starvation: Personal experience during the Holocaust. 1) 6th Nahariya Congress on Morbidity and Medicine During the Holocaust, Nahariya, Israel, 10 May 2006. 2) Invited Speaker Lecture, 18th Israeli Medical Association World Fellowship International Conference, Jerusalem, Israel, 11-15 April 2007.
  101. Weissberg D. Dr. Jozef Klinger - the story of one Jewish physician in the Holocaust. 7th Nahariya Congress on Morbidity and Medicine During the Holocaust, Nahariya, Israel, 8 May 2007.
  102. Weissberg D. Fear and horror in the Holocaust. 9th Nahariya Congress on Morbidity and Medicine During the Holocaust, Nahariya, Israel, 5 May 2009.

Books

Medical

  1. Weissberg D: Handbook of Practical Pleuroscopy.  Futura Publ. Co., Mount Kisco, N.Y., 1991.

Biography and Memoirs

  1. Weissberg D: I Remember.... Freund Publishing House, London and Tel Aviv, 1998. (English Edition)
Hebrew Edition:
Weissberg D:התעוררתי משריקת הקטר  (The Whistle of the Train Woke Me Up).
Freund Publishing House, London and Tel Aviv, 1998.
Polish Edition:
Weissberg D: Zbudził mnie gwizd parowozu (The Whistle of the Train Woke Me Up).
Freund Publishing House, London, 1999.
  1. Weissberg D: בחרתי בכירורגיה (I Have Chosen Surgery) – A Surgeon’s Memoir. Freund   Publishing House, London and Tel Aviv, 2001.
English Edition:
Weissberg D: I Have Chosen Surgery – A Surgeon’s Memoir. Self-published, Rehovot, Israel, 2002.

  1. Weissberg D: ועוד סיפורים (Some More Stories From Life). Self-published, Rehovot, Israel, 2004.


  2. Weissberg, D. The Holocaust - One Boy's Experience. Self-published, Rehovot, Israel, 2008. (English Edition)

    Hebrew Edition:
    Weissberg D. השואה – ניסיונו של נער אחד . Self-published, Rehovot, Israel, 2009

Reference

  1. Weissberg D, Cohen L: Idioms, Proverbs, Thoughts (אמרות, פתגמים ומחשבות), (A multilingual collection). Self-published, Rehovot, Israel, 2004.  

List of chapters in books

  1. Weissberg D: The surgical management of recurrent or persistent  pneumothorax: Pleuroscopy and talc poudrage. In: Current Controversies in Thoracic Surgery, Editor C. Frederick Kittle.  Publisher W.B. Saunders Co.,  Philadelphia, 1986. Pp 46-50.
  2. Weissberg D: Bronchial adenoma. In: Decision Making in Surgery of the Chest, Editor Laurens R. Pickard. Publisher W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1989. Pp 104-105.
  3. Weissberg D: Thoracoscopy, a rediscovery. In: International Trends in General Thoracic Surgery, Volume 6: Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Management of Pleural Diseases, Editors J. Deslauriers and L.K. Lacquet. Publisher C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1990.  Pp 54-55.
  4. Weissberg D: Role of chemical methods to induce adhesive pleuritis. In: International Trends in General Thoracic Surgery,  Volume 6: Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Management of Pleural Diseases, Editors J. Deslauriers and  L.K. Lacquet. Publisher C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1990.  Pp 130-131.
  5. Weissberg D, Utkin V: Tracheobronchial trauma. In: International Trends in General Thoracic Surgery, Volume 7: Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Management of Chest Injuries, Editors A. Besson and W.R. Webb. Publisher C.V. Mosby - Year Book, St. Louis, 1991.  Pp 392-396.
  6. Weissberg D: Bronchial gland tumors. In: Thoracic Surgery, Editors F.G. Pearson, J. Deslauriers, R.J. Ginsberg, C.A. Hiebert, M.F. McKneally, H.C. Urschel, Jr.  Publisher Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1995. Pp. 623-636.
  7. Weissberg D: Chest in polytrauma: surgical aspects. In: Emergency Surgery, Editors V. Antunovic, D. Zivorad, M. Mitrovic, M. Sukalo. Publisher CIC Edizioni Internazionali, 1996, Pp. 221-227.
  8. Huggins JT, Weissberg D, Sahn SA: Pleural disease in the intensive care unit. In: Textbook of Critical Care, Fifth ed., Editors M.P. Fink, E. Abraham, J.L. Vincent, P. Kochanek. Publisher Elsevier-Saunders, Philadelphia, 2005. Pp. 633-646.
  9. Weissberg D: Primary lung abscess. In: Conn’s Current Therapy, 57th ed., Editors R.E. Rakel, E.T. Bope. Publisher Elsevier-Saunders, Philadelphia, 2005. Pp. 284-285.
 

Scientific Exhibits and Posters

  1. Hoppenstein R, Weissberg D, Goetz RH: Fusiform dilatation and thrombosis of arteries following the application of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Eastman 910 monomer). The Harvey Cushing Society, 33rd Annual Meeting, New York City, April 11-15, 1965.
  2. Hardy JD, Timmis HH, Conn JH, Weissberg D: Some problems in cardiovascular surgery. Experience with 1500 cases.
    1. American College of Surgeons, 53rd Annual Clinical Congress, Chicago, October 2-6, 1967.
    2. American Heart Association, 40th Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, October 20-22, 1967.
    3. Southern Medical Association, 61st Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, November 13-16, 1967.
    4. American Medical Association, 21st Clinical Convention, Houston, Texas, November 26-29, 1967.
  3. Hardy JD, Timmis HH, Weissberg D, Anas P: Blackout spells. Emphasis on cerebrovascular insufficiency.  Mississippi State Medical Association, 100th Annual Session, Jackson, Miss., May 13-16, 1968.
  4. Weissberg D: Postphlebitic leg ulcer: the value of compression, mobilization and sclerotherapy. International Union of Phlebology,  8th World Congress, Brussels, Belgium, 2-6 May 1983.
  5. Kaufman M, Schwartz I, Weissberg D: Cholecystostomy as a definitive operation. Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 9th World Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 31 August - 5 September 1986.
  6. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Besnosoff R, Schwartz I: Cholecystostomy: a new look.
    1. Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 10th World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 August - 2 September 1988.
    2. International Conference on Gallstones and Their Management, Jerusalem, Israel, 25 February - 1 March 1990.
  7. Lichtenstein D, Kaufman M, Iellin A, Weissberg D, Baratz M: Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: a grave prognosis. Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, 10th World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 August - 2 September 1988.
  8. Weissberg D, Kaufman M, Schwartz I: Anterior resection of carcinoma recti: Stapling versus suture anastomosis.  2nd International Conference on Gastrointestinal Cancer, Jerusalem, Israel, 27 August - 1 September 1989.
  9. Kaufman M, Weissberg D, Schwartz I: Neglected cancer of the colon and rectum. 2nd International Conference on Gastrointestinal Cancer, Jerusalem,  Israel, 27 August - 1 September 1989.            
  10. Dan M, Torossian K, Weissberg D, Kitzes R: Penetration of ciprofloxacin into bronchial mucosa, lung parenchyma and pleural tissue following intravenous administration.  3rd International Symposium on New Quinolones. Vancouver, Canada, 12-14 July 1990.
  11. Weissberg D: Pleuroscopy in the management of persistent or recurrent pneumothorax. American College of Chest Physicians, 56th Annual Scientific Assembly, Toronto, Canada, 22-26 October 1990.
  12. Weissberg D: Diagnostic and therapeutic uses of pleuroscopy. American College of Chest Physicians, 56th Annual Scientific Assembly, Toronto, Canada, 22-26 October 1990.
  13. Weissberg D: Foreign bodies: tracheobronchial, gastrointestinal, and in other locations.  Experience with 220 patients.  American College of Surgeons, 78th Annual Clinical Congress, New Orleans, 11-16 October 1992.
  14. Weissberg D: The role of pleuroscopy in the management of resistant empyema.  International Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Fourth World Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-23 February 1994.
  15. Weissberg D: Pericardioscopy in patients with metastatic lung cancer. The 60th Jubilee Congress of the Society of Polish Surgeons, Warsaw, Poland, 12-15 September 2001.