Faculty and Staff - Optometry and Vision Sciences (M.Optom)

Dr. Ravid Doron holds a B.Sc. in Optometry from Bar-Ilan University and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Medical Sciences from Tel Aviv University. She is the Head of the M.Sc. Program in Vision Science and Optometry at the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College.
Her research focuses on the development of the visual system in children and on visual perception in normal and pathological conditions. In recent years, her work has focused in particular on the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of myopia during childhood and adolescence. Her studies are conducted in collaboration with researchers from academic institutions in Israel and abroad.
Dr. Doron teaches in the undergraduate and graduate optometry programs, supervises students in the department clinics and in clinical and research projects, and serves on several academic committees and on the Ethics Committee of the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College for the approval of clinical studies. She led the Evidence-Based Practice program within the OCULUS project of the European Union’s Erasmus program and continues to promote and implement this approach in teaching and clinical training. Dr. Doron is a member of the Israeli Council of Optometrists, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), and a reviewer for international scientific journals in the field of vision science.
Contact
Tel: +972-2-6291911
Email: ravidro@jmc.ac.il 

Dr. Hadas Ben-Eli holds a Bachelor of Science in Optometry from Hadassah Academic College (now the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary Academic Center), a Master of Science in Neuroscience and Behavior, and a Doctorate in Public Health from the Hebrew University.

Dr. Ben-Eli developed a psychophysical test for the early diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration using color vision, which earned her an award from the Israeli Society for the Study of Vision, and during her doctorate she examined risk factors and a possible common pathway for dry eye syndrome, Sjögren's syndrome, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These studies were conducted in collaboration with the Department of Ophthalmology, the Department of Rheumatology, Hematology, and the Department of Oral Medicine at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, and were published at international conferences and in renowned scientific journals.

Currently, Dr. Ben-Eli is the Head of the Department of Optometry at the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary Academic Center, a Lecturer in Ocular Pathology and Statistics in the Bachelor of Optometric Sciences, and coordinates the Master's Degree Clinical Seminar (Israeli and International) in the Department of Vision Sciences and Optometry.

In addition, Dr. Ben-Eli serves as the Director of the Optometry and Biometrics Service at Hadassah Medical Center.

Dr. Ben-Eli's research focuses on anterior segment diseases of the eye, such as dry eye disease and cataracts, and their impact on vision tests, vision tests in children, fitting and calculating intraocular lenses for candidates for cataract surgery, and fitting contact lenses for cases of complex eye diseases. These studies are conducted in collaboration with the provincial health bureaus at the Ministry of Health, with ophthalmologists from Hadassah Medical Center, with companies from the optics industry, and with researchers in the field of vision from abroad.

Devora Mirsky is an optometrist with expertise in the field of low-vision.

She has broad experience in eye exams and visual aid fittings, primarily from her work in the Michaelson Institute for Visual Rehabilitation at Hadassah Hospital. There, she is also responsible for laser-assisted cataract surgeries, and participates in studies that are done in the ophthalmology Department. Additionally, she runs workshops about low vision for medical students and has lectured in the optometry course for ophthalmology residents. Devora manages the virtual community of AMD in “Kamoni” and presents lectures to public and professional audiences.
At the College Devora will manage low vision clinics for the Master’s program.

Dr. Eyal Gal holds a B.Sc./B.Optom from Bar-Ilan University and an M.Optom with honors from Hadassah Academic College. He earned his Ph.D. at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain, with a focus on contact lens design for keratoconus and post-keratoplasty (PKP), emphasizing specialty contact lenses for ocular diseases.

He is a lecturer and the Director of the Contact Lens Laboratories and Clinics at the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College, where he oversees both graduate (Israeli and international) and undergraduate clinical training in specialty contact lenses. Dr. Gal co-instructs the Final Research Project course and teaches Advanced Contact Lens Techniques within the M.Optom and undergraduate programs, as well as myopia management clinics.

In his academic and clinical pursuits, Dr. Gal collaborates with prominent international contact lens companies such as CooperVision Israel, SwissLens (Switzerland), Spectrum INC (USA),Ultavision (UK) and Mark’ennovy-Euclid (Spain).