CURRICULUM VITAE

Ella Been

Physical Therapy Department, Head, Ono Academic College.

Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Teacher, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel

Aviv University.

Email: Beenella1@Gmail.Com

A. Education

2009 - 2010. Post-Doctoral, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Spinal Anatomy and Pathology. Supervised by Dr. Leonid Kalichman

2000 - 2006. Doctorate (PhD Direct Tract), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Dissertation Title: The Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine of Homo

Neanderthalensis and its Phylogenetic and Functional Implications.

Supervised By: Prof. Yoel Rak.

1987 - 1990. Bachelor in Physical Therapy. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Physical

Therapy. BPT (Summa Cum Laude)

B. Further Studies

2007 The Interdisciplinary Approach to Back Pain, Tel Aviv.

2007 Radiology and Back Pain, Assaf Harofe.

2005 The Fifth Symposium of Spontaneous Movement, Gratz, Austria.

2004 Posture in the Picture, Chroningen, Netherlands.

2004 The Zuk Test, Certificate.

2004 Observational Gait Analysis- Clinical Applications.

2001 Strain Counter Strain, Certificate.

1997 The Clumsy Child, Certificate.

1995 Child Development, Normal and Abnormal, Certificate.

1994 Childbirth Education.

C. Academic and Teaching Experience

2014 - Today. Head of Physical Therapy Department, Ono Academic College

2014 - Today. Senior lecturer, Ono Academic College, Physical Therapy

Department

2013 - 2014. Lecturer, Ono Academic College, Physical Therapy Department

2011 - 2013. Lecturer, Zefat Academic College, Physical Therapy Department

2005 - Today. Doctoral Instructor, Tel Aviv University, Anatomy and

Anthropology

2011 - 2013. Research and clinical teaching supervisor, Zefat Academic College,

Physical Therapy Department

2010 - 2011. Teacher, Zinman College, Anatomy

2008 - 2014. Director of ''Anatomy A'' course (Undergraduate level, 1st year,

Medical studies), Tel Aviv University, Anatomy and Anthropology

2008 - 2016. Academic supervisor for the musculoskeletal system

(Undergraduate level, 3rd year, Medical studies), Tel Aviv University,

Anatomy and Anthropology

2007 - 2008. Director of child development course (undergraduate, Physical

Therapy School), Tel Aviv University, Physical Therapy Department

2000 - 2005. Instructor, Tel Aviv University, Physical Therapy Department

2004 - 2005. Teacher, Seminar Hakibuzim, Physical Education

1997 - 2005. Director of Basic and Medical Manual Treatment course

(undergraduate, Physical Therapy School), Physical Therapy school, Sheba

Medical Center

1995 - 2000. Instructor, Physical Therapy school, Sheba Medical Center

D. Clinical/Professional Experience

2002 - Today. Private clinic. Child development PT

1995 – 2002. Kupat Holim Meuhedet. Child development PT

1992 – 1994. Sheba Medical Center. Children Rehabilitation PT

1991 – 1992. Levinstein Rehabilitation C. Adult Rehabilitation PT

E. Publications

Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals

Original Research Papers

23. Arlegi M, Gómez-Olivencia A, Albessard L, Martínez I, Balzeau A, Arsuaga JL,

Been E. The role of allometry and posture in the evolution of the hominine

subaxial cervical spine. Journal of Human Evolution, in print.

22. Been E, Gómez- Olivencia A, Shefi S, Soudack M, Bastir M, Barash A. The

evolution of spinopelvic alignment in hominins. The Anatomical Record, In

Print.

21. Feldman R, Schreiber S, Pick CG, Been E. 2016. Physical characteristics in

mental illness population - literature review. Journal of the Israel

Physiotherapy Society (Hebrew), 18 (2): 40-58

http://www.ipts.org.il/?CategoryID=354&ArticleID=1035

20. Bailey JF, Sparrey CJ, Been E, Kramer PA. 2016. Morphological and postural

sexual dimorphism of the lumbar spine facilitates greater lordosis in

females. Journal of Anatomy. 229(1), 82-91.

19. Barash A, Bastir M, Been E. 2015. 3D Morphometric Study of the Mandibular

Fossa and Its Implication for Species Recognition in Homo erectus. Advances

in Anthropology, 5(03), 152.

18. Bezalel T, Carmeli E, Been E, Kalichman L. 2014. Scheuermann's disease:

Current diagnosis and treatment approach. Journal of back and

musculoskeletal rehabilitation, 27(4), 383-390.

17. Been E, Shefi S, Zilka L, Soudack M. 2014. Foramen Magnum Orientation and

Its Association with Cervical Lordosis: A Model for Reconstructing Cervical

Curvature in Archeological and Extinct Hominin Specimens. Advances in

Anthropology, 4, 133-140. doi: 10.4236/aa.2014.43017.

16. Been E, Gómez-Olivencia A, and Kramer PA. 2014. Lumbar lordosis in extinct

hominins: Implications of the pelvic incidence. American Journal of Physical

Anthropology. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22507.

15. Been E, and Kalichman L. 2014. Lumbar lordosis. The Spine Journal 14:87-97.

14. Shefi S, Soudack M, Konen E, and Been E. 2013. Development of the Lumbar

Lordotic Curvature in Children From Age 2 to 20 Years. Spine 38(10):E602-

E608.

13. Gómez-Olivencia A, Been E, Arsuaga JL, and Stock JT. 2013. The Neandertal

vertebral column 1: The cervical spine. Journal of Human Evolution 64:608-

630.

12. Been E, Pessah H, Peleg S, and Kramer PA. 2013. Sacral orientation in

hominin evolution. Advances in Anthropology 3:133-141.

11. Been E, Gomez A, and Kramer PA. 2012. Lumbar lordosis of extinct hominins.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147:64–77.

10. Kalichman L, Li L, Hunter DJ, and Been E. 2011. Association between lumbar

lordosis and CT-evaluated features of spinal degeneration. The Spine Journal

11(4):308-315.

9. Been E, Li L, Hunter DJ, and Kalichman L. 2011. Geometry of the vertebral

bodies and the intervertebral discs in lumbar segments adjacent to

spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis: pilot study. European Spine Journal

20(7):1159-1165.

8. Been E, Peleg S, Marom A, and Barash A. 2010. Morphology and Function of

the Lumbar Spine of the Kebara 2 Neandertal. American Journal of Physical

Anthropology 142(4):549-557.

7. Been E, Barash A, Pessah H, and Peleg S. 2010. A new look at the geometry of

the lumbar spine. Spine 35(20):E1014-E1017.

6. Been E, Barash A, Marom A, and Kramer PA. 2010. Vertebral Bodies or Discs

Which Contributes More to Human-like Lumbar Lordosis? Clinical

Orthopedic and Related Research 468(7):1822-1829.

5. Been E, Barash A, Marom A, Aizenberg I, and Kramer PA. 2010. A New Model

for Calculating the Lumbar Lordosis Angle in Early Hominids and in the Spine

of the Neandertal from Kebara. The Anatomical Record 293(7):1140-1145.

4. Peleg S, Dar G, Steinberg N, Masharawi Y, Been E, Abbas J, and Hershkovitz I.

2009. Sacral orientation and spondylolysis. Spine 34(25):E906-E910.

3. Been E, Pessah H, Been L, Tawil A, and Peleg S. 2007. A New Method for

Predicting the Lumbar Lordosis Angle in Skeletal Material. The Anatomical

Record 290:1568-1573.

2. Masharawi Y, Rothschild B, Dar G, Peleg S, Robinson D, Been E, and

Hershkovitz I. 2004. Facet orientation in the thoracolumbar spine: three-

dimensional anatomic and biomechanical analysis. Spine 29:1755-1763.

1. Kalichman L, Been E. 2002. Scientific evidences and treatment routines of

deep transverse friction (in Hebrew). The Journal of the Israeli Physiotherapy

Society 4(2):10-11.

Chapters in Books

2. M.Toussaint, A. Gómez-Olivencia, E. Been. (2017) The Spy Neandertal spinal

bones (the sacrum and one lumbar vertebra). In: H. Rougier & P. Semal

(Eds.), Spy Cave. State of 125 Years of Pluridisciplinary Research on the

Betche-aux-Rotches from Spy (Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Province of Namur,

Belgium). Volume 2, Chapter XXVIII-3. Brussels, Royal Belgian Institute of

Natural Sciences & NESPOS Society. Anthropologica et Praehistorica, 124 pp.

XXX. In print.

1. Been E, Gómez-Olivencia A, and Kramer PA, Barash A (2017) 3D

Reconstruction of Spinal Posture Of The Kebara 2 Neandertal. In: Marom A

and Hovers E (eds.) Human Prehistory and Paleontology: Contributions in

Honor of Yoel Rak. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series.

Springer, New York, pp XX-XX. In print.

Peer-reviewed Articles under revision

6. Gómez-Olivencia A, Arlegi M, Barash A, Stock JT, Been E. The Neandertal

vertebral column. 2-The lumbar spine. Journal of Human Evolution, under

review.

5. Been E, Hovers E, Ekshtain R, Malinski-Buller A, Agha N, Barash H, Bar-Yosef

Mayer DE, Benazzi S, Hublin JJ, Levin L, Greenbaum N, Mitkin N, Oxilia G,

Porat N, Roskin J, Soudack M, Yeshurun R, Rak Y, Barzilai O. Human remains

from the open-air site of ‘Ein Qashish show Neandertal resilience in the Late

Middle Paleolithic of the southern Levant. Scientific reports. Under review.

4. Bailey JF, Shefi S, Soudack M, Kramer PA, Been E. Pelvic Incidence in Children

and Adolescents Predicts Mature Lumbar Lordosis. European Spine Journal.

Under review.

3. Kalichman L, Carmeli E, Been E. Association between imaging parameters of

paraspinal muscles, spinal degeneration, and low back pain. BioMed

Research International. Under review.

2. Been E, Shefi S, Soudack M. Cervical lordosis, the effect of age and gender.

The Spine journal, under review.

1. Gómez-Olivencia A, Been E. Vertebrae & Thorax. In: Cowgill L, Maddux S.

(Eds.). Neandertal Skeletal Anatomy. Cambridge, Cambridge University

Press, under review.

Papers in final stages of preparation

1. Rak Y, Gefen E, Ginzburg A, Been E. The Au. sediba hypodigm contains two

hominin species: A response to Ritzman et al.'s "Mandibular ramus shape of

Australopithecus sediba suggests a single variable species"

Papers presented at scientific meetings and abstracts

47. Bailey JF, Shefi S, Soudack M, Kramer PA, Been E. Pelvic Incidence in Children

and Adolescents Predicts Mature Lumbar Lordosis. The FASEB Journal, 2016

46. Been E, Rak Y, Levin L, Barash A, Ekshtain R, Barzilay O. Knee joint pathology

in Ein Qashish 3 (EQH-3) Neanderthal. ESHE Annual meeting, Madrid;

09/2016.

45. Rak Y, Been E. What Do We Really Know about the Origin of Humans? ESHE

Annual meeting, Madrid; 09/2016.

44. Haeusler M, Fornai C, Frater N, Been E, Bonneau N. Neanderthal vertebral

curvature and spinal motion – the evidence of spinal osteoarthritis in the La

Chapelle-aux Saints skeleton. ESHE Annual meeting, Madrid; 09/2016.

43. Been E, Gómez-Olivencia A, Kramer PA, Arlegi M, Barash A, Rak Y.

Mathematical model of spinal curvature: implications to human evolution.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology ; 04/2016.

42. Gómez-Olivencia A, Barash A, Arlegi M, García Martínez D, Kramer PA, Bastir

M, Been, E. 3D virtual reconstruction of the Kebara 2 thorax. ESHE Annual

meeting, London; 09/2015.

41. Arlegi M, Gómez-Olivencia A, Been E. The mid-sagittal morphology of the

lower cervical spine in hominoids: preliminary evolutionary implications.

ESHE Annual meeting, London; 09/2015.

40. Been E, Levin L, Barzilay O, Ekshtain R, Malinsky-Buller A, Greenbaum N,

Agha N, Rak Y, Hovers E: Human Remains from the Late Middle Paleolithic

Open-Air Site of 'Ein Qashish, Yizra'el Valley, Israel. ESHE Annual meeting,

London; 09/2015.

39. Tara Josephine Chapman, Serge Van Sint Jan, Antoine Balzeau, Alon Barash,

Ella Been, Gilles Berillon, Benoit Beyer, Jonathan Brecko, Jérôme Coupier,

Isabelle Crevecoeur, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Anne Hambucken, Stéphane

Louryan, Aurore Mathys, Céline Mathieu, Fedor Moiseev, Caroline Polet,

Marcel Rooze, Hélène Rougier, Victor Sholukha, Patrick Semal: The

reconstruction of 'Spyrou' the Spy II Neandertal skeleton. European Society

of Human Evolution, British Museum, London; 09/2015.

38. Been E, Soudeck M, Kramer P, Shefi, S. 2015. Does the ontogeny of erect

posture follow its phylogeny? Physiotherapy, 101, e136.

37. Barash A, Been E, Rak Y. 2015. AL 333-105: Virtual reconstruction and 3D

printing of Australopithecus afarensis child. In American Journal of Physical

Anthropology (Vol. 156, pp. 78-78).

36. Bailey JF, Sparrey CJ, Been E, Kramer PA. 2015. Sacral orientation and its

relationship to the sexual dimorphism of lumbar lordosis. In American

Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 156, pp. 75-75).

35. Bailey J, Been E, Kramer P. 2014. Higher lumbar lordosis among women: a

study examining lumbar angle and dorsoventral wedging of vertebral bodies

and discs in standing and supine radiographs (919.16) FASEB J April 2014

28:919.16

34. Been, E. 2014. Spino-Pelvic Alignment, Pathological and Evolutionary

Perspectives. The 3rd Wingate Congress of Exercise and Sport Science.

Thursday, June 12.

33. Rak Y, Been E. 2014. Two hominid taxa at Malapa: the mandibular evidence.

32. Been E, Rak Y. 2014. The lumbar spine of Australopithecus sediba indicates

two hominid taxa.

31. Been E, Rak Y, Soudack M, Zilka LR, Barash A, Shefi S. 2014. Cervical lordosis

and the orientation of the foramen magnum, implications to human

evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement.

30. Ben Ami N, Been E. 2013. A new research site for physical therapists.

(Hebrew). The 13 annual meeting of Israeli Physical Therapists Society.

29. Been E, Rak Y, Soudack M, Zilka LR, Barash A, Shefi S. 2013. Foramen

magnum orientation and the cervical lordosis. The third annual meeting of

the European Society of Human Evolution. Vienna, Austria.

28. Barash A, Been E. 2013. Changing our focus: Accentuating evolutionary

changes of the hominid cranial base. American Journal of Physical

Anthropology Meeting Supplement.

27. Moller A, Been E. 2013. Analysis of extra-aquatic activities by ICF-CY codes.

1st European Conference on Evidence Based Aquatic. Izmir, Turkey.

26. Been E. 2012. Development of pelvic lordosis in children from two through

twenty years old. 3rd Galil Biomedical conference, held in Tel – Hay.

25. Been E, Barash A. 2012. Reconstruction of the spinal curvatures of H.

neanderthalensis. . The eleventh research fair of the Sackler Faculty of

Medicine.

24. Barash A, Been E. 2012. Geometric morphometrics: computational

applications for virtual reconstruction. The 1st Translational Research

Meeting, Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar Ilan University.

23. Been E, Rak Y. 2012. Amud 7, a Neandertal infant from Amud cave, Israel.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement: 94-94.

22. Been E, Barash A. 2012. Evolution of spinal pathology. The 12 annual

meeting of Israeli Physical Therapists Society.

21. Barash A, Been E, Rak Y. 2011. The role of erect posture in shaping the

hominid cranial base. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting

Supplement. 144:81-81.

20. Been E, Barash A, Gomez A, Kramer PA. 2011. The sagittal posture of the

Kebara 2 Neandertal. The annual meeting of the European Society of Human

Evolution. Leipzig, Germany.

19. Been E, Peleg S, Barash A. 2011. Evolutionary Perspective of Erect Posture

and Spinal Pathology. 2nd Galil Biomedical conference, held in Tel – Hay.

18. Barash A, Been E, Rak Y. 2010. Petrous bone orientation, foramen magnum

position, and the evolution of early hominids. American Journal of Physical

Anthropology Meeting Supplement: 61-61.

17. Been E, Barash A, Medlaj B, Peleg S. 2010. Sacral orientation in hominid

evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Meeting Supplement:

64-64.

16. Been E. 2010. The relationship between the sacral orientation and the

lordotic curvature in primates. The tenth research fair of the Sackler Faculty

of Medicine.

15. Been E, Barash A, Rak Y. 2010. From four to two, Spinal Posture during

Hominin Evolution (In Hebrew). Annual meeting of the Israeli

Paleoanthropology Society.

14. Barash A, Been E. 2010. Australopithecines and modern human evolution (In

Hebrew). Annual meeting of the Israeli Paleoanthropology Society.

13. Been E. 2009. The acquisition of upright posture: the role of the vertebral

bodies and the intervertebral disks in the evolution of the lumbar lordosis.

In: The 78th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical

Anthropologists. Chicago: American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Meeting Supplement.

12. Been E, Pessah H. 2009. Lumbar lordosis and the posture of La Chapelle–

aux–Saints. The Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society. Chicago:

Journal of Human Evolution.

11. Been E. 2008. A new method for predicting lumbar lordosis angle in early

hominids. In: The 77th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical

Anthropologists. Colombus, Ohio: American Journal of Physical

Anthropology Meeting Supplement.

10. Been E. 2008. How to predict the lumbar lordosis angle of early hominids.

The ninth research fair of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine.

9. Been E. 2007. The Lumbar Spine of Kebara 2. The Annual Meeting of the

Paleoanthropology Society. Philadelphia: Journal of Human Evolution.

8. Been E. 2007. The Functional Significance of the Lumbar Transverse Processes

of Homo neanderthalensis. The 76 Annual Meeting of American Association

of Physical Anthropologists. Philadelphia: American Journal of Physical

Anthropology Meeting Supplement.

7. Been E, Pessah H, Peleg S, Rak Y. 2006. The Lumbar Lordosis of Homo

neanderthalensis. The 75 Annual Meeting of American Association of

Physical Anthropologists. Ancorage Alaska: American Journal of Physical

Anthropology Meeting Supplement.

6. Been E, Pessah H, Barash A, Steinberg N, Dar G, Rak Y. 2005 The lumbar

lordosis of Homo Neanderthalensis. The sixth research fair of the Sackler

Faculty of Medicine.

5. Been E, Masharawi Y, Pessah H, Peleg S, Barash A, Rak Y. 2004. The lumbar

spine of Homo Neanderthalensis. The fifth research fair of the Sackler

Faculty of Medicine.

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E. Academic and Professional Awards

2014. Outstanding teacher (Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University)

2010. Outstanding teacher (Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University)

2009. Outstanding teacher (Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University)

2007. Outstanding teacher (Physical Therapy School, Tel Aviv University)

2006. Outstanding teacher (Physical Therapy School, Tel Aviv University)

2003. Dan David Prize: Research Grant (15,000 U.S. $)

2002. Igor Orenstein Cathedra: Research Grant (1000 U.S. $)

2001. Igor Orenstein Cathedra: Research Grant (500 U.S. $)

F. Membership in Professional Societies

2012 – 2014. Head of ‘’ The Israeli Physical Therapy Research Authority’’.

Together with Dr. Noa Ben – Ami.

2011 – 2013. Board member of the Israeli Physical Therapy Higher Committee,

as the representative of the Physical Therapy Department, Zefat Academic

College.

2011 – Today. Member of the European Society of Human Evolution.

2009 – Today. Member of the Israeli Paleoanthropology society.

2008 – Today. Member of the American association of Paleoanthropology.

2006 – Today. Member of the American association of Physical Anthropology.

1999 - Today. Member of Israeli Physical Therapy Society.

G. Research Supervision

2014 – Today. Anat Gershon. PhD, Physical Therapy Department, Tel Aviv

University. In collaboration with Dr. Youssef Masharawi and Dr. Michalle

Soudeck. Research title: The development of the bony thorax in typically

developed children and in cerebral palsy.

2014 – 2016. Alon Sigler, MSc, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology,

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. In collaboration with Prof.

Chaim Pick. Research title: Comparing anterior postural alignment and

perception of posture between standing and supine position.

2015 – Today. Ron Feldman, MSc, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology,

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. In collaboration with Prof.

Chaim Pick and Dr. Shaul Schrieber. Research title: Physical Characteristics in

Anxiety Disorders.

2015 – Today. Viki Volkov, MSc, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology,

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. In collaboration with Prof.

Zvi Livshits. Research title: Genetic determinants of idiopathic scoliosis in

Israeli Jews.

H. Mentions in the Media

2. Debate Flares over Identity of Celebrated Human Fossils

CALGARY—''Addressing the Paleoanthropology Society in Calgary last week, Yoel

Rak and Ella Been of Tel Aviv University made the case that the bones do

not represent a transitional species but instead come from two different

genera.''

By Kate Wong on April 17, 2014, Scientific American

1. Missing link fossils may be a jumble of species

"Our closest ape-like ancestor may be two species Australopithecus sediba is

hailed by many as a transitional form between the ape-like

australopithecines and the earliest"

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