Positions and place of employment:
Director of the Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Unit, Soroka Medical University Center
Main specialization:
General Surgery
Sub-specialization:
Advanced laparoscopic surgery of the gastrointestinal tract and surgeries for obesity
Types of surgeries:
Gastric bypass / mini bypass
Gastric bypass with ring implementation
Duodenal bypass with single launch.
sleeve
Repeated bariatric surgery (after ring, sleeve, mini-bypass or gastric bypass) -
REVISIONAL BARIATRIC SURGERY
Laparoscopic surgery of the gastrointestinal tract - partial resection of the stomach. Small intestine and large intestine.
Invasive minimosurgery to repair diaphragmatic hernias.
Invasive minimally invasive surgeries for gallbladder resection
Minimally invasive surgeries to repair hernias in the abdominal wall and groin.
Insurer:
Most HMOs and insurance companies
education:
1983-1989 KGMA
Clinical experience:
SURGICAL RESIDENCY 1992-1999 SOROKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
2000-2007 Senior Surgeon in the Surgery Department at Soroka.
2007- FELLOWSHIP IN ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC DIGESTIVE SURGERY
At the University Center of Barcelona. Spain.
Further training in advanced gastrointestinal surgery and advanced bariatric surgery in Belgium, Austria, Spain, Italy and Switzerland.
2010 -2017 Director of the Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Unit and founder of the Center for Bariatric Surgery at Barzilai Hospital.
2017-PRESENT Director of Laparoscopic Surgery and Obesity Surgery Unit at Soroka University Medical Center.
Academic experience:
Lecturer at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Association membership:
IFSO
EAES
ESCP
Professional Articles:
A variety of articles in the field of surgery and bariatrics appear in PUBMED & RESEARCH GATE