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Dr. Maor Lahav is a leading Israeli gastroenterologist and head of the Department of Invasive Endoscopy (examination using an endoscope).

Maor Lahav is one of the few doctors in Israel who performs radiofrequency ablation on patients with Barrett's esophagus. The essence of the method is that the doctor destroys cancer cells in the upper layer of the mucous membrane using radio waves. Healthy cells grow in their place.

Education

• Residency in Gastroenterology at Chaim Sheba Medical Center;
• Internship and laboratory research at the University of Chicago Hospital (USA).

Membership in associations

• American Gastroenterological Society;
• Israel Gastroenterology Association.

Professor Izhar Fluman is one of the best spinal surgeons in Israel, known for his success in treating scoliosis. The doctor heads the spine surgery center at the Assuta clinic.

Education

• Studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
• Specialization in Orthopedic Surgery at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem;
• 2-year internship at the Children's Hospital at Harvard University in the field of spine surgery, USA.

Scientific activity

Professor Izhar Fluman has written about 130 scientific papers and presented at over 100 national and international symposia on spinal diseases.

Dr. is a staff editor of the scientific journals Spine and Journal of Spinal Disorder.

Membership in associations

• Israel Medical Association;
• Israel Orthopedic Association;
• Israel Spinal Association;
• International Spinal Society;
• European Spine Association;
• North American Association for Spinal 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.

Dr. Eli Ashkenazi is a spinal neurosurgeon based in Israel with over 20 years of experience, specializing in lumbar and cervical spine diseases management. He is the founder and head of the Israel Spine Center at Assuta Hospital and has authored over 50 papers on spine conditions treatment. He holds a degree in general medicine from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, specialty in neurosurgery from Hadassah University Hospital-Ein Kerem, and has completed training in spinal surgery from Montefiore Medical Center. He is a member of numerous neurological, neurosurgical, and spine societies.

Specialist in bariatric surgery

Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Specialist in strabismus treatment

Head of the Endocrinology Department

Head of the Department of Eye Tumors

Dr. Mark Dolev is a top Israeli neurologist experienced in treating the central and peripheral nervous systems, degenerative neurologic diseases, and multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He heads the Neurological Rehab Unit and the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Sheba Medical Center, and is a member of the Israeli Medical Association and the Israeli Neurological Association. He graduated from the Medical School at the Moscow State University.

Head of the Onco-Gynecology Department and Lung Cancer Treatment Subdivision, Chief Physician, specializes in Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy in Gynecology.

Professor Benjamin Dekel is an internationally renowned doctor heading the Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute and the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at the Sheba Medical Center. He has a Bachelor's degree in Medical Sciences and MD from the Technion, a Doctorate (Ph.D.) from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and has completed multiple residencies, fellowships and post-doctoral fellowships. He has pioneered the identification of stem/progenitor cells for tissue repair and regeneration, and has published over 110 publications in leading medical journals. He is an elected member of the Society of Pediatric Research and the American Society of Clinical Investigation and has won multiple awards.

Head of Department of Pediatric Oncology

Chief physician of Oncogynecology Department.