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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. Alon Friedlander, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and a spine and scoliosis specialist for adults and children. He is the Director of the Orthopedic Department at Sheba Medical Center. He is also an Associate Professor of Orthopedics at Tel Aviv University. He is listed by Forbes among Israel’s Top Doctors.

He treats complex spine disorders with minimally invasive and open surgery. His procedures include anterior and posterior fixation. His focus areas are scoliosis and other deformities, tumors, stenosis and instability, and disc herniation. Education: MD, Tel Aviv University; residency, Sheba Medical Center. Fellowships: Institut Mutualiste Montsouris and University Hospitals of Strasbourg (France); Queen Mary Hospital and the Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital (Hong Kong).

Advisory roles: IDF referral physician. Consultant to soccer teams. Specialist for the Spartak Basketball Club (knee injuries).

Dr. Einat Shacham‑Shmueli is a senior medical oncologist at the Gastrointestinal Clinic, Cancer Center, Sheba Medical Center. She treats cancers of the colon, stomach, and pancreas. She also manages metastatic disease. She uses precision diagnostics and biomarkers, systemic therapies, and radiotherapy. Care is provided within a multidisciplinary team.

She has authored more than 25 peer‑reviewed papers on GI oncology, tumor biology, and new treatments. Her work includes studies on stenting for malignant colonic obstruction. She serves as an investigator in international programs, including the NCI, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, and the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program.

Education: MD, Tel Aviv University. Oncology residency, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Advanced training in GI oncology, UCSF. Accreditations: Board certified in Oncology and Gastroenterology. Member, Israel Society of Oncology and Radiotherapy.

Dr. Barak Rosenzweig, MD, directs the Urological Oncology Service at Sheba Medical Center. He is a uro-oncologic surgeon with nearly 20 years of experience. He treats complex urologic cancers with advanced robotic and minimally invasive methods. He is listed among Israel’s Best Doctors by Forbes.

Expertise includes tumors of the prostate, kidney, bladder, testis, and upper urinary tract. He performs robotic radical prostatectomy, kidney-sparing partial nephrectomy, and advanced laparoscopy. Diagnostics include MRI-guided fusion biopsy and imaging-based personalized planning.

He completed a Urological Oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is a Senior Physician in the Department of Urology and a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University. He is a graduate of the Sheba Talpiot program. He is an active researcher with over 200 publications in urologic oncology.

Prof. Zvi Cohen is Director of the Neurosurgery Department and the Neuro-Oncology Unit at Sheba Medical Center. He is a neurosurgeon and neuro-oncology expert. He was included in Forbes Israel’s Best Doctors 2025. He leads clinical research on drug therapies for malignant brain tumors. He also founded Sheba’s brain tumor tissue bank.

He is board-certified in neurosurgery. He trained at Tel Aviv University. He completed fellowships in neuroradiology at Beth Israel and in neurosurgical oncology at MD Anderson. His practice covers complex brain, pituitary, spine, and spinal cord tumors. He has expertise in stereotactic biopsies, image-guided resections, intraoperative MRI, navigation systems, and radiosurgery. He is a member of the Society for Neuro-Oncology and the Israeli Association of Neurological Surgeons.

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.

Prof. Amit Tirosh is a senior endocrinologist and Head of the Neuroendocrine Tumors Service at Sheba Medical Center. He specializes in neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).

His work centers on hereditary NET syndromes. He is affiliated with the NIH in MEN1 research. He serves on an international VHL expert panel and helped write VHL management guidelines. He is the primary contact at Sheba’s multidisciplinary VHL clinic.

He leads the Endocrine Oncology Bioinformatics Lab. He collaborates with international teams, including the Weizmann Institute. He provides advanced NET care, including PRRT.

He earned his MD from the Hebrew University–Hadassah. He completed a residency at Assaf HaRofeh, an endocrinology fellowship at Rabin, and training at the NIH. He is board-certified in Endocrinology. He is a member of the Israeli Society of Endocrinology, the Endocrine Society, and the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers, including in JAMA, Gastroenterology, and Radiology.

Dr. Almog Ben-Yaacov is an Attending Surgeon in the Department of General and Oncological Surgery (Surgery C) at Sheba Medical Center. He specializes in cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). His clinical focus includes gastric cancer, sarcoma, and complex colorectal malignancies. Since 2018, he has performed more than 200 HIPEC procedures.

MD, Semmelweis University, 2006, with honors. Training in cardiothoracic surgery at Sheba Medical Center. Residency in general surgery at Montefiore (Albert Einstein) and at Rabin (Beilinson). Board-certified in General Surgery and in Surgical Oncology.

Advanced training includes ESSO-certified HIPEC in Hamburg. Microwave liver ablation in Reims. NanoKnife at King’s College London. Advanced surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering (2019). His publications cover CRS+HIPEC outcomes and Hartmann’s reversal.

Known Expertise 

Medical Oncologist 

Academic Position 

Senior Lecturer 

Education

Bar-Ilan University, Israel / Computational Biology 

Israeli Society for Health-Tech / Fellowship by IMA/ Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine and Health-Tech 

Sheba Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University, Israel/ Genomics and Biomedical Informatics 

Semmelweis University/Doctor of Medicine 

Training and Specialization 

Clinical observership in acute oncology, early phase clinical trials and lung cancer/ Guy's and St. Thomas hospital, London, England 

Leader Shift, Executive Development Program, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center 

Fellowship Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine and Health-Tech 

Resident, Medical Oncology, TASMC, Israel 

6th year medical school rotations, Kaplan Medical Center, Israel 

Rotation, intensive care unit and pulmonology, Stony Brook hospital, NY, US 

Clinical Experience 

Leader of the TASMC oncology project of PSIFAS, the Israeli National Genomic Medicine Initiative 

PI for study initiator trial: T-Cell Repertoire sequencing as clinical efficacy tool for pembrolizumab (with platinum based chemotherapy) in advanced NSCLC. 

PI for study initiator trial: T-cell repertoire sequencing as a clinically efficacy tool for neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy for resectable NSCLC. 

Representative of the National Medical Association for the National Council for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Diseases, as well as head of the oncology field, Leumit HMO 

Consultant on drugs and operations in the field of oncology, Leumit HMO 

Member of the Helsinki Committee for Clinical Studies, TASMC 

Primary investigator (PI) in pharmaceutical phases I&III clinical trials Head of oncology day-care service, TASMC, Israel 

Molecular Tumor Board (MTB) moderator of the Israeli Lung Cancer Society 

NGS interpretation clinic alongside head of pathology, TASMC, Israel 

PI for study initiator trial: Genomic Variant of BCL-2 as a Novel Predictor of Response to Paclitaxel, TASMC, Israel 

Medical oncology clinic in the field of lung and breast cancer, TASMC, Israel

Leading sub-investigator (SI) in many phase I-III clinical trials in oncology, including intra-tumoral injections (mRNA, viruses and NO), TASMC, Israel 

Courses 

Good Clinical Practice ICH GCP R2 & Israeli MOH Guidelines Updated Course 

Point-of-Care Ultrasound course, Israeli Medical Association 

GCP training Bioforum 

GCP training Bioforum

Investigator Site Personnel ICH GCP Training Certificate - TransCelerate BioPharma 

Academic Experience 

Lecturer in the Department of Medical Education at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University 

JIMS Journal Club - Instructor for students. 

Guidance of Dr. Aviv Berkovich M.D in basic science: cfDNA NGS for identification ofprimary and acquired resistance in patients with Lung Cancer and EGFR mutations. 

TASMC, Israel in collaboration with The Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY USA 

Training team for oncology residents, TASMC, Israel 

Mentor for new intern, TASMC, Israel 

Tutor for medical students in oncology clerkships, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 

Honors 

Outstanding teacher in the faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

 Outstanding teacher in the faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 

Sign of honor for reserve medical personnel for the battle in Lebanon, IDF

Completion of residency final examination (shlav Beit) with honors 

Israeli society for clinical oncology and radiation therapy (ISCORT) 17 research grant competition winner 

Affiliations 

Israeli Medical Association (IMA) 

Israeli Society for Clinical Oncology and Radiation Therapy (ISCORT) 

The Israeli Lung Cancer Group (ILCG) 

European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) 

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 

The International Society of Liquid Biopsy (ISLB) 

The Israeli Society for Health-Tech 

Boards 

Co-founder, board member and treasurer of the Israeli Acute Oncology Society 

Clinical Research Association Board of Directors on behalf of the Israeli Lung Cancer Group 

Member of the Trustees of Oncology Innovation, TASMC, Israel 

Doctor of Medical Service IDF 

Areas of interest 

Thoracic malignancies, 

early to late phase clinical trials, 

intra-tumoral injections, 

comprehensive genomic profiling of tumors, 

liquid biopsies: cfDNA, TCR rep-seq and epi-Genetics; 

cell therapy

Dr. Ido Wolf is a specialist in Oncology, Internal Medicine, and the Army Medical Units with a degree from Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He is currently the Head of the Medical Oncology Division at Sourasky Medical Center and speaks English.

The doctor is a certified specialist in clinical neurophysiology, electrophysiology, and electromyography, focusing on neuromuscular disorders and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The treatment approach includes both palliative and drug therapies.

The doctor studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Heidelberg and completed a neurology fellowship at the Sourasky Medical and Diagnostic Center. Additional training in neuromuscular pathologies and electromyography was completed at the American Hospital, University of Louisiana in New Orleans.

The doctor is a member of several prestigious organizations, including the Association of Neurologists of Israel and the International Research Alliance for Neuroscience and Motor Neuron Disease Research.

The doctor is a top gastroenterologist and hematologist with over 50 years of experience, specializing in liver conditions. The doctor is recognized as a leading liver expert at Ichilov Medical Center, focusing on the treatment and diagnosis of chronic hepatitis, autoimmune, and genetic liver diseases.

The doctor heads the Liver Unit at Sourasky Medical Center and has a medical degree from the Hebrew University and a specialty in gastroenterology from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School. The doctor has authored over 60 publications and presented at 100 conferences.

Memberships include the Israeli Gastroenterology Association and the American and European Associations for the Study of the Liver.

The doctor is a neurologist with a specialization in multiple sclerosis and myasthenia gravis. They graduated from Tel Aviv University School of Medicine and conducted immunological studies of multiple sclerosis at Harvard University.

With participation in 40 scientific conferences and authorship of over 30 publications in professional journals, the doctor is a prominent figure in the field. They are affiliated with the Israeli Society of Neurology, Israeli Society of Neuroimmunology, and the European Association for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research.

The doctor collaborates with top Israeli doctors and hospitals, providing access to advanced medical expertise and technologies.

With over two decades of experience, the doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal diseases, including pancreas inflammation, cystic formations, and intestinal diverticulitis. The doctor also offers overweight treatment and has contributed significantly to the field with 85 published scientific papers.

Graduating from the Medical University in Kazakhstan, the doctor completed residency and advanced specialization at the First Medical Center in Tel Aviv. The doctor provides treatments for Crohn's disease, stomach ulcers, and gastrointestinal cancer, and performs procedures like video capsule endoscopy.

The doctor is a world-renowned plastic surgeon with over 35 years of practical experience. Specializing in liposuction, mammoplasty, and Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery, the doctor is part of the team at Sourasky Medical Center, focusing on mommy makeover procedures.

The doctor is a leading ophthalmologist and eye surgeon in Israel, specializing in corneal transplantation, cataract surgery, and laser eye surgery. The doctor practices at Ichilov Medical Center, Enaim Medical Center, and Atidim Medical Center. The doctor conducted significant research on medical laboratory development and was recognized by Technion for innovative work in human vision design.

The doctor completed medical education at Technion Faculty of Medicine, with further training at Carmel Medical Center and a Post Doctoral Fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital. The doctor is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

The doctor is a renowned Israeli neuropathologist specializing in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other nervous system disorders at Sourasky Medical Center in Israel. The doctor has extensive experience in diagnosing and treating multiple sclerosis, Tourette syndrome, Huntington's disease, multiple system atrophy, and cerebral palsy in children.

With over 30 years of working and scientific experience, the doctor graduated from Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University.

The doctor specializes in neuro-oncology and has extensive experience in treating complex brain tumors. With a focus on innovative treatment methods, the doctor has contributed significantly to advancements in patient care within this challenging field. The doctor is recognized for their leadership in neuro-oncology and commitment to improving patient outcomes through research and clinical excellence.

The doctor is a highly experienced neuro-oncologist with a focus on treating brain and spinal cord tumors. She completed her neuro-oncology training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 1996 to 1998. Since 1998, she has served as a senior neuro-oncologist, demonstrating extensive clinical expertise. She was the director of the Neuro-oncology Service at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah from 1998 to 2005, where she led advancements in neuro-oncological care.