Prof. Gil Chernin

Professor Chernin is the director of the Nephrology and Hypertension Institute of the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehoboth and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Medicine. He is also the immediate past president of the Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (ISNH). Dr Chernin graduated from the Hebrew University School of Medicine in Jerusalem and subsequently received his clinical training of Medicine and Nephrology at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center in Tel-Aviv.

He undertook a research fellowship in the laboratory of Professor Friedhelm Hildebrandt at the University of Michigan, focusing on the field of monogenic proteinuric kidney diseases. His research interests encompass both the fields of hereditary kidney disease and cardiovascular outcomes in CKD. He serves as a member of the Israeli National Council of Diabetes and other national committees in the field of dialysis. Dr. Chernin is highly engaged in advocating for better kidney health and national implementing of strategies to detect and treat chronic kidney disease. One of his main loves is mentoring and teaching of the younger generation of students and physicians. For this passion, he received numerous prizes for excellence in teaching.