Fabiana Benjaminov

Specialist in Internal medicine and Gastroenterology with a subspecialty in interventional endoscopy. Highly skilled in ERCP, interventional EUS, complex polypectomies (EMR), stents insertions, RFA treatments for Barrett’s esophagus. Ample clinical experience in all gastroenterology fields. Committed to provide excellent patients care, while contributing to medical education and research.

Publications:

1) The predictive value of electrocardiographic pattern of acute Q wave myocardial

2) Treatment of hepatoportal venous thrombosis: the role of anticoagulation.
Benjaminov F, Wong F, Blendis L, Halpern Z. Gastroenterology 2001 120:

578-579.

3) Pseudomembranous colitis: clinical, endoscopic and radiological correlation- a 2

year experience. Benjaminov F, Zissin R, Novis B. Harefuah 2001; 140(3): 197- 200.

4) The pathophysiology of ascites formation in cirrhosis of the liver.

Benjaminov FS. Harefuah 2002; 141(8): 721-5.

5) Portopulmonary hypertension in decompensated cirrhosis with refractory ascites
F S Benjaminov, M Prentice, K W Sniderman, S Siu, P Liu, and F Wong
Gut 2003; 52: 1355-1362.

6) Adult celiac disease presenting with intussusception and elevated liver enzymes.

Fabiana Sclarovsky- Benjaminov, Stephanie Wilson and Flavio Habal. IMAJ 2003;

5: 203-204.

7) Insulin and losartan reduce proteinuria and renal hypertrophy in the pregnant

diabetic rat.

Natif N, Sclarovsky- Benjaminov F, Van Dijk DJ, Sulkes J, Gafter U, Boner G,

Erman A. J Lab Clin Med 2003; 142: 166-171.

8) Liver disease in pregnancy.

Fabiana S Benjaminov, Jenny Heathcote.

Am. J. Gastroenterol 2004; 99: 2479-2488.

9) The effect of single oral low-dose losartan on posture-related sodium handling in

post- TIPS ascites-free cirrhosis.

Therapodos G, Hol L, Benjaminov F, Wong F. Hepatology. 2006 Sep;44(3):640-9

10) Nonspecific esophageal motility disorders may be an early stage of a specific

disorder, particularly achalasia.

Naftali T, Levit T, Pomeranz I, Benjaminov FS, Konikoff FM.

Dis Esophagus. 2009;22(7):611-5. Epub 2009 Mar 17.

11) The effects of age and cholecystectomy on common bile duct diameter,

as measured by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS).

Benjaminov Fabiana, Leichtman George, Naftali Timna, Half Elizabeth E, Konikoff

Fred M. Surg Endosc 2013;27:303-307

12) Consecutive versus separate sessions of endoscopic ultrasound ( EUS) and

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for symptomatic

choledocholithiasis

Fabiana Benjaminov, Assaf Stein, George Lichtman, Itamar Pomeranz, Fred M

Konikoff. Surg Endosc 2013;27:2117-2121

13) Cannabis Induces a Clinical Response in Patients with Crohn's Disease: a

Prospective Placebo-Controlled Study.

Naftali T, Bar Lev L, Dotan I, Lansky EP, Sclarovsky- Benjaminov F, Konikoff FM.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. See comment in PubMed Commons below2013;11(10):1276-1280

14) False Negative Fecal Occult Blood Test May Be Associated with Increased Mortality

from Colorectal Cancer.

Half EE, Mlynarsky L, Naftali T, Benjaminov F, Konikoff FM. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 May 22

15) The utility of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for the assesment of patients with elevated liver enzymes

Benjaminov O, Bachar G, Goldberg N, Benjaminov F,Tur-Kaspa R. See comment in PubMed Commons below

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;25(10):1190-4.

Laish I, Katz H, Sulayev Y, Liberman M, Naftali T, Benjaminov F, Stein A, Kitay-

Cohen Y, Biron-Shental T, Konikoff F, Amiel A. See comment in PubMed Commons belowGene. 2013;25;529(2):245-9

17) Bile duct problems- endoscopic solutions. Fabiana Benjaminov,Olga Barkay,

Fred M Konikoff. October 2015, Harefuah 154(8):525-9, 539

18) low dose cannabidiol is safe but not effective in the treatment for Crohn's disease, a

randomized controlled trial. Naftali T, Mechulam R, Marii A, Gabay G, Stein A,

Bronstein M, Laish I, Benjaminov F, Konikoff FM. Dig Dis Sci 2017

19) Trends in inflammatory bowel disease- comparison between the Arab and Jewish

population in Israel. Benjaminov F, Stein A, Segal R, Konikoff FM, Naftali ,

Hermoni D. J Clin Gastroenterol trear 2017:3(1): 41-45.

20) Low-Dose Cannabidiol Is Safe but Not Effective in the Treatment for Crohn’s

Disease, a Randomized Controlled Trial. Timna Naftali, Refael Mechulam, Amir Marii,

Gila Gabay, Asaf Stein,Miriam, Bronshtain, Ido Laish, Fabiana Benjaminov & Fred M.

Konikoff. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 2017: 62(6); 1615-1620.

21) The Relationship between Gender, Severity of Disease, Treatment Type, and

Employment Outcome in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Israel,"

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sep 2018.

Timna Naftali, Adi Eindor-Abarbanel, Nahum Ruhimovich,1 Ariella Bar-Gil Shitrit,3

Fabiana Benjaminov, Fred Konikoff, Shay Matalon, Haim Shirin, Yael

Milgrom, Tomer Ziv-Baran, Efrat Broide

22) Periampullary Diverticulum Increases Disease Severity Among Patients with Common Bile Duct Stones.

Benjaminov F, Stein A, Naftali T and Konikoff FM. WJGH 2019:1; 1-4

23) Sense of coherence in people with and without inflammatory bowel disease- is there

a difference?

Naftali T, Eindor- Abarbanel A, Ruhimovitch N, Bar- Gil Shitrit A,

Benjaminov F, Laish I, matalon S, Shirin H, Milgrom Y, Ziv-Baran T, Broide E. J

Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2019;29(1):29-32

24) Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with a combination of Curcumin, green tea

and Selenomethionine has a positive effect on satisfaction with bowel habits.

Lior O, Benjaminov F, laish I, Stein A, Konikoff FM, Naftali T. J of Bioscience and

Medicine. 2019;7:170-179.

25) Trans-fistula percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy following a case of emergency pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Gutwetter N, Yaslowitz O, Avital S, Sergeev I, Benjaminov F, Rudnicji Y

Surgery Open Difestive Advance 2021, vol 3.

Papers presented at scientific meetings:

1) ECG Pattern of Evolving Q- Wave Myocardial Infarction of Local

Reischemia. Sclarovsky- Benjaminov F, S Sclarovsky, Y Birnbaum.

The annual congress of the Israeli Cardiology Society, April 1992.

2) Acute Intermittent Porphyria Induced By Lysergic Acid. F.S Benjaminov, M Lahav.

The 6th annual scientific assemly for the Israeli association for Emergency medicine 1999

3) Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease associated pyoderma gangrenosum

with Cyclosporine. F.S Benjaminov, R McLeod, H. Steinhart.

The Canadian Digestive Disease week, Quebec-City, 2000

4) Porto- Pulmonary Hypertension in Decompensated Cirrhotic With Refractory

Ascites. F. S. Benjaminov K. Sniderman, S. Siu, P. Liu, M. Prentice, F.

Wong.

The Canadian Digestive Disease Week, Banff, February 2001.

5) Porto- Pulmonary Hypertension in Decompensated Cirrhotic With Refractory

Ascites. F. S. Benjaminov K. Sniderman, S. Siu, P. Liu, M. Prentice, F. Wong.

The Digestive Disease Week, Atlanta, USA, May 2001.

6) The Yield of Routine Small Bowel Biopsies in Investigating Iron Deficiency

Anemia in the Elderly. F.S Benjaminov, T. Naftali, F.M. Konikoff

The Digestive Disease Week, New-Orleans, USA 2010

7) The effects of age and cholecystectomy on common bile duct diameter.

True or myth? - as measured by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS).

F. Benjaminov, G. Leichtman, FM. Konikoff

*A distinction poster

The American Gastroenterology Association, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago 2011

8) Consecutive Vs separate sessions of EUS and ERCP for choledocholithiasis

Fabiana Benjaminov, Assaf Stein, George Leichtman, Timna Naftali, Elizabeth Half,

Fred. M. Konikoff.

The American Gastroenterology Association, Digestive Disease Week, San- Diego

2012.

9) Prevalence and disease expression of inflammatory bowel disease- comparison

between Arabs and Jews in Israel.

Benjaminov F1*, Hermoni H2*, Naftali T1, Segal R1, Stein A1, Konikoff FM1.

The American Gastroenterology Association, Digestive Disease Week,Orlando, USA

2013

10) The effect of periampullary diverticulum (PAD) on the clinical presentation

of CBD stones and outcome after ERCP.

Benjaminov F, Stein A, Naftali T, Konikoff FM

The European Gastroenterology Association Week. Vienna, Austria 2014.

11) The importance of gastroscopy before bariatric surgery, its impact on the surgical

procedure and complications.

Benjaminov F, Feldman D, Stein A, Konikoff FM, Naftali T.

The European Gastroenterology Association Week. Vienna, Austria 2016.

12) Small and numerous gallbladder stones are risk factors for complicated common bile

duct stones.

Fabiana Benjaminov*, Sharif Yassin#, Assaf Stein*, Ido Laish*, Timna Naftali*, Fred

M Konikoff*. Digestive Disease Week 6/2018, Washington DC, USA

13) Risk of choledocholithiasis in patients with high pre procedure probability for CBD stones and improving bilirubin levels. Sergeev I, Stein A, Feldman D, Ringel Y, Benjaminov F

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy- ESGE DAYS, Dublin Ireland, April 2020

14) follow up colonoscopy after adenoma resection in patients with diverticulosis of colon

Eitan M, Benjaminov F, Ringek Y, Naftali T

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy- ESGE DAYS, Dublin Ireland, April 2020

15)Percutaneous Gastrostomy in patients with advanced dementia- a patient selection tool. Eitan M*, Benjaminov F*, Ringel Y.

United European Gastroenterology annual meeting- Vienna, Austria. October 2022.

· Equal contribution