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Dr. A. Mark Clarfield

  • Director Emeritus, MSIH
  • Senior Adviser of Global Health
  • Director, Centre for Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Dr. A. Mark Clarfield is an Emeritus Professor of Geriatrics and Head of the Centre for Global Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the former Director of the Medical School For International Health. He is currently the Associate Director for Global Health at the Medical School for International Health. He was on the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University from 1978-1992, and was the Assistant Dean of Students at the Faculty of Medicine at McGill. After moving to Israel, he was the Sidonie Hecht Chair in Geriatrics at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Research Interests

  • Aging
  • Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
  • Medical education
  • International medicine
  • Medical history
  • Organization of health care

Education and Training

  • B.Sc., York University
  • M.D., University of Toronto
  • Residency, Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto
  • Fellowship American Geriatrics Society