Best Melanoma doctors in Israel: TOP 16 doctors

Prof. Merimsky leads the Soft Tissue and Bone Oncology Unit at Sourasky Medical Center, with over 41 years of experience of specialized experience in sarcoma and melanoma.

• Senior investigator at Weizmann Institute's tumor immunology lab
• ESMO faculty member for sarcoma and bone tumors
• Trained at Institut Gustave Roussy – Europe's top sarcoma center
• Published master's thesis on anti-melanoma antibodies

Professor Dov Zippel is a general surgeon and surgical oncologist. He specializes in breast disease and melanoma. He leads the Meirav Breast Center at Sheba Medical Center. He also serves at the Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology. In 2025, Forbes Israel named him to its Best Doctors list.

Expertise: advanced care for benign and malignant breast tumors. Minimally invasive and breast-conserving surgery. Surgical treatment of melanoma and other skin cancers.

Accreditations: MD, Tel Aviv University. Residency in general surgery, Sheba Medical Center. Fellowship in surgical oncology, University of Calgary. Board-certified in general surgery and surgical oncology. Research includes intact breast lesion excision and perioperative BRAF inhibitors for stage III melanoma.

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.

Dr. Midovnik is the director of the melanoma center at Sourasky Medical Center, bringing specialized leadership to melanoma care.

• Specialist in medical oncology with a focus on melanoma
• Holds a PhD from Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University
• Leads a dedicated melanoma center for comprehensive treatment

Professor Sprecher heads the Dermatology Department at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and specializes in the genetic factors of skin disease.

• Completed fellowship in genetic dermatology at Thomas Jefferson University in the USA
• Author of 220 scientific publications and speaker at over 200 conferences
• Member of the American Academy of Dermatology and Society of Investigative Dermatology
• Professor at Technion – Israel's leading institute of technology

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.

Dr. Tepper leads the entire Oncology Center at Israel's prominent Assuta Medical Center, bringing strategic oversight to complex melanoma cases.

• Chief Physician and senior oncologist with years of focused experience
• Specializes in the advanced management of skin cancers like melanoma
• Provides care within a major, high-tech private hospital network
• Brings a leadership perspective to creating personalized treatment plans

Specializing in radiotherapy, Dr. Zalmanova provides targeted treatment at Assuta Medical Center.

• Expert in advanced radiotherapy techniques
• Customizes treatment plans for each patient
• Focuses on precision and patient comfort

Dr. Bar-Sela is the Deputy Head of the Oncology Department at Rambam Medical Center.

• Leads a specialized team within a major academic hospital
• Focuses on the treatment of melanoma
• Oversees advanced treatment programs for cancer patients

Dr. Michael Lotem leads the Melanoma and Cancer Immunotherapy Center at Hadassah Medical Center, pioneering new treatments for melanoma patients.

• Head of the Center for Melanoma and Cancer Immunotherapy
• Specializes in innovative immunotherapies for melanoma
• Leads a team of clinicians and researchers
• Focuses on translational research with immediate clinical impact

Dr. Roy Tal is a leading dermatologist in the Department of Oncodermatology at Assuta's dedicated Melanoma Unit.

• Holds an MD degree, graduating in the top 10% of his class
• Received teaching awards for his role at Tel Aviv University's medical school
• Member of the International Dermatoscopy Society, specializing in skin imaging
• Trained in Good Clinical Practice for medical research

Dr. Boaz Gabay leads the onkodermatology department at the Melanoma Unit of Assuta Hospital, bringing extensive, specialized expertise to skin cancer care.

• Senior dermatologist at Meir Medical Center's clinic in Kfar Saba
• Provides expert dermatology consultation at the Beit Levinstein rehabilitation center
• Completed residency in Dermatology and Venereology at Beilinson Medical Center
• Trained in medicine at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine

Professor Schlomo Schneebaum leads the surgical department for breast cancer at Ichilov Medical Center and specializes in melanoma at Assuta Hospital.

• Head of surgical department at one of Israel's top medical centers
• Member of European Association of Surgical Oncology
• Published 73 peer-reviewed articles on oncology
• Trained at Tel-Aviv University and Technion Haifa

Professor Haim Gutman leads the surgical department for oncodermatology at Assuta Hospital and specializes in melanoma treatment.

• Head of surgical oncology at Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson)
• Trained in oncologic surgery at MD Anderson, Houston
• Specializes in melanoma, breast and skin cancer, and bone sarcoma
• Professor at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine