Eli Vakil (; born March 4, 1953) is an Israeli clinical

neuropsychologist Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brai ...

. He is a professor emeritus and former departmental chairman of the Department of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

,
and the head of the

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and

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Lab at the Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary

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Center at

Bar Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

. He also served as the director of the Rehabilitation Center for Veterans after Traumatic Brain-Injury (TBI) in

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, Israel.

Biography

In 1974–1976, Vakil studied at

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

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, graduating with a B.A. in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

. He received his Ph.D. in clinical

neuropsychology Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brai ...

from the

Graduate Center of the City University of New York The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University ...

in 1985. His dissertation was titled: "Encoding of frequency of occurrence, temporal order, and spatial location information by closed-head-injured and elderly subjects: Is it automatic?" Vakil is married with three children and lives in

Ra'anana Ra'anana () is an affluent city in the southern Sharon, Israel, Sharon Plain of the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, 1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where a ...

Academic and clinical career

Vakil started his career as a clinical neuropsychologist working in rehabilitation with patients who had sustained severe head-injuries. He worked at the Head Trauma Program at the

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine Rusk Rehabilitation is the world's first and among the largest university-affiliated academic centers devoted entirely to inpatient/outpatient care, research, and training in rehabilitation medicine for both adults and pediatric patients. The sys ...

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, and in the Recanati National Institute for the Rehabilitation of the head-injured person in Israel. In the summer of 2017, he was a visiting scholar at the Kessler Foundation in

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. Vakil was chairman of the rehabilitation psychology section in the Israeli Psychological Association. He is a founding member of the Israeli Neuropsychological Society and has served as a board member of the

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(INS).
Vakil has served on the INS Board of Governors (2004-2007), as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (JINS) (2004-2008). Eli Vakil INS Award

In 2017 he received the

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of the

(INS).
In 2019 he received the Distinguished Career Award by the Israeli Psychological Association – Rehabilitation Psychology. Prof. Vakil has published extensively (over 170 scientific papers and book chapters) in the area of

memory Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembe ...

and

memory disorders Memory disorders are the result of damage to neuroanatomical structures that hinders the storage, retention and recollection of Memory, memories. Memory disorders can be progressive, including Alzheimer's disease, or they can be immediate including ...

in various populations, such as

traumatic brain injury A traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force. TBI can be classified based on severity ranging from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI/concussion) to severe traumati ...

patients, Parkinson’s disease patients, and the elderly.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vakil, Eli 1953 births Living people Bar-Ilan University alumni Israeli neurologists Academic staff of Bar-Ilan University Israeli neuroscientists People from Ra'anana CUNY Graduate Center alumni Neuropsychologists Israeli psychologists