Dr. Nadav Sheffer

Dr. Nadav Sheffer

Dr. Nadav Shafer, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in Medical Engineering at Afeka, and also serves as a consultant to the medical device industry (AMAR). In addition, he teaches in the Master's program in Regulatory Studies at the Gray School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, as well as in the Department of Health Systems Management at Ariel University.

Dr. Shafer holds a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Tel Aviv University (as part of the academic reserve program). Upon graduation, he served in the IDF Medical Corps as a biomedical engineering officer and later as Acting Head of the Medical Equipment Evaluation Department. Following his military service, he continued to serve in the reserves in this same field for nearly two decades.

Alongside his military career, Dr. Shafer completed an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and later earned a Ph.D. in the same field, both from Tel Aviv University. He also holds an additional LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degree.

Over the course of nearly 30 years at the Israeli Ministry of Health, Dr. Shafer held various positions related to medical technologies. From 2013 to 2022, he served as Director of the Medical Devices Division (AMAR). He was a member of the National Helsinki Committee for Clinical Trials involving medical devices, and an advisor to the Ministry of Health's committee on medical cannabis research.

For more than 25 years, Dr. Shafer has actively participated in numerous committees at the Standards Institution of Israel, including chairing (on a voluntary basis) the Central Standards Committee for Medical Equipment, as well as serving on various technical and expert committees.

Dr. Shafer has been a faculty member at Afeka since January 2006. He currently serves as Head of the Afeka Center for Medical Engineering (ACME), Project Coordinator at the School of Medical Engineering, and Academic Advisor for final-year projects in the field.

As part of his research activity, Dr. Shafer collaborates with Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa, and the Department of Health Systems Management at Ariel University.

1.         Mishali M, Sheffer N, Negev M. National adverse event reporting for medical devices in Israel, 2013-2024. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2026 Aug 24;15(1):32.

2.         Kivity S, Bykhovsky D, Sheffer N, Netzer K, Pri-Paz Basson Y, Tayer-Shifman O, et al. (2026) Texture-enhanced thermography for joint inflammation detection using consumer-grade thermal cameras. PLoS One 21(7): e0354709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0354709

3.         Mishali M., Sheffer N., Negev M. Challenges and dynamics in reporting medical device incidents: a qualitative study. Front. Health Serv. 2025 Dec 10:5:1720494. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1720494. 

4.         Mishali M., Sheffer N., Mishali O., Negev M.  Evaluation of Reporting Trends in the MAUDE Database: 1991 to 2022. Digital Health 11 (2025).   https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251314094 .

5.         Mishali M., Sheffer N., Mishali O., Negev M.  Understanding Variation Among Medical Device Reporting Sources: A Study of the MAUDE Database.  Clinical Therapeutics 47(1): 76 – 81, January 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2024.10.004. Epub 2024 Nov 8.

6.         Kivity-S.,; Sheffer-N.; Netzer-K.; Luria-L.; Pri Paz Basson-Y.; Tayer Shifman- O.E.; Siavn Hoffmann-R.; Ghanayem-R; Hoffer-O. Accurate Detection of Arthritis Using Hand-held Thermal Imaging Machine Learning. [Poster Presentation]. Arthritis Rheumatol.2024; 76 (suppl. 9). ACR Convergence 2024 Meeting.

7.         Sheffer-N.  Regulation of (Medical) Applications in Israel. The 2022 International Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Auditory Research. Tel Aviv, October 21st, 2022.

8.         Blechman-Ovadia Z; Gino O; Dandeker L; Sheffer-N; Baltaxe E; Aharonson V. The Feasibility of Flat, Portable and Wireless Device for Non-Invasive Peripheral Oxygenation Measurement over the Entire Body. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE), March 2016 9(3).

9.         Tal O; Sheffer-N; Vaknin S. Parameters for allocation of expensive medical devices (EMD) as a national regulatory mechanism. Harefuah. 2008 Apr;147(4):359-62, 372

10.       Loznen-S; Sheffer-N; Leib-M. Medical Devices in Israel Today. Medical Device Technology. Nov. 2003 14(9): 50-52. 

11.       Sheffer-N; Barnea-O. Coronary Autoregulation Based on Oxygen Flow Sensitivity of Coronary Arteriolar Smooth muscle to Oxygen Tension. Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, Aug. 2003.

12.       Sheffer-N; Scheinowitz-M.; Barnea-O. Coronary Autoregulation Based on Oxygen Flow: A Model of Oxygen Supply to Coronary Arteriolar Smooth Muscle, Injury and Endothelial Dysfunction. Proceedings of The 23rd Annual International EMBC Conference, Istanbul, TURKEY, Oct. 2001. 

13.      Hirshberg-A; Sheffer-N; Barnea-O. A computer simulation of hypothermia during damage control laparotomy. World J Surg, 1999 Sep. 23(9): 960-65.

14.      Sheffer-N; Gefen-N; Gefen-A. Blood transport in The Field: A Multi Compartment Model. Proceedings of MELECON 98 – the 9th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, IEEE, Tel Aviv, May 1998. 

15.      Sheffer-N; Gefen-N; Gefen-A. Preservation of Blood During Transport in The Field: An Analytical Model. In: Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Nice 1997.

16.      Sheffer-N; Hirshberg-A; Barnea-O. Myocardial O2 balance during fluid resuscitation in uncontrolled hemorrhage: computer model. J-Trauma. 1997 Apr. 42(4): 647-51.

17.      Barnea-O; Sheffer-N. A computer model for analysis of fluid Resuscitation. Comput-Biol-Med. 1993 Nov; 23(6): 443-54.