Best surgeons in Israel: TOP 42 doctors

Professor, specialist in chest surgery, cardiac surgery

Dr. Riad Hadad is a leading Israeli surgeon and oncologist. He specializes in surgical treatment of gastrointestinal and liver cancer.

Education and professional experience

• Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Medicine in Haifa, Israel;
• Internship at Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel;
• specialization in general surgery at Tel Aviv University, Israel;
• specialization in the field of oncology of the gastrointestinal tract and liver at the medical center of the University of Toronto, Canada;
• Today, Dr. Hadad heads the department for the treatment of the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder at Assuta Clinic.

Scientific activity

Dr. Riad Hadad is the author of 60 scientific publications and a speaker at international symposia and conferences.

Membership in international associations

• Israel Medical Association;
• Israel Surgical Society;
• Israeli Society of Surgical Oncology;
• Association of Surgical Oncologists;
• European Society of Surgical Oncology;
• European Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.

Specialist in bariatric surgery

Head of the Breast Surgery Department, Mammologist

Dr. Marat Khaikin is a Senior surgeon, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, a specialist in colorectal surgery, proctology and laparoscopic gastrointestinal tract in Assuta Hospital, Israel.

Gynecologist, Specialist in Endoscopic Surgery

Urologist, Specialist in Oncourology

Oncosurgeon

Specialist in endoscopic surgery

Orthopedist, Specialist in hand surgery

Surgeon, Specialist in Laparoscopic and Colorectal Surgery

Alexander Kantarovsky - surgeon of the highest category in the field of vascular surgery in the department of vascular surgery at the hospital Hillel. Dr. Kantarovsky holds the position of Consultant in Vascular Surgery in the Vascular Surgery Unit at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Israel.

Dr. Avi Hefetz  is Head of the department of surgery and head and neck oncology at the medical center head and neck surgery at  Melanoma Unit department of the largest Israel hospital - Assuta. Leading specialist in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of tumors in the head and neck, as well as, where appropriate, non-surgical treatment of the disease.

Clinical practice of doctor Hefetz combined with teaching and research activities, he teaches at Tel Aviv University, is the author of over 70 scientific articles which are published in various professional journals, has spent more than 40 scientific presentations.


 

Senior physician of the pediatric surgery department

Specialization

• Neonatal surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery

Education, training and advanced training courses

In 1988 he graduated from the State Medical Institute, Dnepropetrovsk.

After moving to Israel, he studied at the postgraduate level at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon (1990-1991), then completed a one-year internship at the Hadassah Medical Center.

As part of his postgraduate education, he completed courses in Advanced Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery (Aesculapius Academy, Berlin), Medical Circumcision (Center for Progressive Judaism, Tel Aviv), courses for medical workers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi, India), etc.

Specialization in pediatric surgery:

• 1994 - 2002 Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
• 2002 - 2011 Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
• Since 2011 Senior Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
• Scientific activity:

Dr. Kapuller is the author (including co-author) of 17 scientific articles, the chapter "One port laparoscopically assisted appendectomy" in the textbook "Pediaric Surgery diagnosis and management", 2009.

Works presented at 8 national and 16 international congresses.

Membership in organizations:

Member of the Israel Medical Organization,

Member of the Israeli Society of Pediatric Surgeons,

Member of the Israeli Association of Endoscopic Surgery,

Member of the Israeli Association of Endoscopic Surgery,

Member of the European Association of Pediatric Surgeons,

Member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery.

Dr. Alon Pikarsky is a board-certified general surgeon specializing in colorectal surgery and affiliated with Hadassah Medical Center. He speaks English and Hebrew and has been an instructor, lecturer and senior lecturer in surgery since 1995, 1999, and 2005 respectively. He has also been director of the Medical Students Program in the Department of Surgery since 1997 and the Residency Program Director since 2000. He is a member of various surgical associations since 1998.

Thoracic Surgeon

Specialization

• spinal deformities in adults and children;
• robotic spine surgery;
• intervertebral hernias;
• spinal tumors;
• spinal column injuries.

Education and advanced training courses

• 1999 - 2002 – received medical education at the Hebrew University.
• 2002 - 2005 – completed Master's degree.
• 2005 – completed courses in cardiology and trauma resuscitation.
• 2006 - 2012 – completed internship and residency in orthopedics at Hadassah University Hospital.
• 2010 – completed a basic course in orthopedic traumatology.
• 2014 – completed a course in pediatric vertebrology at the Orthopedic Association.
• 2014 – completed a course for department heads at the Association of Orthopedists.

Professional biography

After completing his internship, he worked as a physician in a refugee camp (Kampala, Uganda) under the auspices of the Global Youth Movement for Africa (2007). He returned to Hadassah, where he worked in the orthopedic department during his residency.

From 2013 to 2014, he was an attending spine surgeon at the Bronx Hospital (New York). After returning to Israel, he currently works as a spine surgeon in the orthopedic department.

He actively uses robotic equipment and, together with the clinic’s team of doctors, has performed many complex operations to restore the structure of the spinal column.

Scientific activity

Participated in various clinical studies in California, Switzerland, and the USA. Teaches at the University of Jerusalem and Cornell Weill University, is a member of the Association of Orthopedists and the Congress of Vertebrologists (Milan). Has repeatedly received grants for research in the field of vertebrology. In 2017, he received an associate professor degree. Has a number of articles published in scientific journals.

Gynecologist surgeon