Professor Avner Shemer, MD, did his residency in dermatology and venereology at the Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. He trained in the Mycology Laboratory, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, and at the Mycology Laboratory, Institute of Dermatology at Guy’s Hospital, London, UK. Shemer received his medical degree from Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Currently, Prof. Shemer is a Senior Physician, Dermatology and Venereology, at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, specializing in Skin and Venereal Disease; and an associate clinical professor – Tel-Aviv University – Department of Dermatology and Venereology at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. He also serves as head of the Israel Council of Dermato-mycology and Nail Disorders, and an advisor on mycological disorders to several drug companies.
Prof. Shemer has over 100 publications, and gives many lectures in basic research and clinical dermatology on fungal/nail disorders in particular.