Best Chordoma doctors in Israel: TOP 4 doctors

Leading expert in bone and soft tissue sarcomas – Prof. Merimsky heads the sarcoma department at Sourasky Medical Center.

• 41 years of experience of specialized experience in orthopedic oncology
• Fellowship-trained in sarcoma treatment at Institut Gustave Roussy in Paris
• Member of ESMO Faculty for soft tissue and bone sarcoma
• Published numerous research papers on sarcoma treatments
• Performs complex oncological cases including metastatic lesions

Dr. Yuri Goldes is a general surgeon with more than 20 years of clinical experience. He specializes in upper gastrointestinal and oncologic surgery. He is Deputy Director of the Department of General Surgery and Transplantation at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv. He also leads the Upper GI Surgery Unit. He was named to Forbes Israel’s Best Doctors in 2025. He is ranked among Israel’s Best Gastrointestinal Surgeons by Forbes. In 2019, he received the Israeli Ministry of Health “Best Doctor of the Year” award.

He is an expert in advanced minimally invasive and robotic surgery. He treats diaphragmatic hernia, achalasia, GERD, and gallbladder disease. He also performs oncologic surgery for pancreatic, gastric, and esophageal cancers. He uses laparoscopic and robotic techniques.

He pioneered some of Israel’s first robotic oncologic resections of the stomach and pancreas. He is among a small group worldwide who perform minimally invasive Whipple procedures (pancreaticoduodenectomy) using advanced laparoscopy. He applies methods that improve outcomes and speed recovery. He provides personalized care.

Leads the Metastatic Bone Lesions Department at Ichilov Medical Center, focusing specifically on complex bone cancers like chordoma.

• Orthopedic surgeon specializing in oncological orthopedics
• Professor at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Medicine
• Educated at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Conducted clinical internships in the United States
• Senior doctor at an Israeli oncological orthopedics center

Professor Raanan Berger, MD PhD, is a medical oncologist and radiotherapist. He is Director of the Cancer Center at Sheba Medical Center and heads its clinical research unit. He was listed in Forbes Israel’s “Best Doctors” (2025). He leads the genitourinary oncology program with a focus on prostate cancer. His care includes systemic therapy and radiotherapy in a multidisciplinary, patient-centered model.

He is board-certified in oncology. He earned his MD and PhD at Tel Aviv University and completed his clinical training at Sheba. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Dana-Farber/Harvard, focusing on prostate cancer with Dr. Philip Kantoff and molecular oncology in Dr. William C. Hahn’s lab. He is a member of ESMO and ASCO. He has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed papers, including studies on outcomes in high- versus very high-risk prostate cancer and on BRCA1/2 in large cohorts.