Place of employment
Surgeon and specialist in ear diseases, hearing rehabilitation, and dizziness. Director of the endoscopic ear surgery services, head, neck, mouth, and jaw surgical ENT department, Tel Aviv Medical Center named after Sourasky (Ichilov).
Main specialty:
ENT, head, and neck surgeries
Sub-specialty:
Ear and skull surgeries, hearing rehabilitation, and pediatric ENT surgeries.
Funding factor:
Harel, Menora, Clal, Direct Insurance
Types of surgeries:
- Tonsillectomy
- Adenoidectomy
- Tonsil Reduction Surgery
- Tympanostomy (Ear Tubes)
- Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation
- Tympanoplasty (Repair of a Perforated Eardrum)
- Ossiculoplasty (Repair of Ossicular Chain)
- Canaloplasty
- Stapedectomy (in case of Otosclerosis)
- Mastoidectomy (in case of cholesteatoma)
- Bone-Anchored Hearing Implants (BAHA, MIPS, BONE-BRIDGE)
- VIBRANT SOUND BRIDGE
- Cochlear implant
- Septum straightening surgery and inferior turbinate resection
- Sinus surgeries
Education:
Medical studies at Hadassah Ein Kerem School of Medicine, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Residency in ENT at Assaf Harofeh Hospital (Shamir)
Residency in ear and lateral skull base surgery at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, Australia (two years)
Sub-internship in pediatric ENT surgery and cochlear implant at the Children's Hospital at the University in Brisbane, Australia (one year)
Sub-internship in minimally invasive ear surgeries (endoscopic ear surgeries) at the leading center in the field in Sydney, Australia
Many professional courses in the fields of ear surgery and hearing rehabilitation around the world.
Clinical experience:
Senior doctor in the field of ear surgery, hearing rehabilitation, dizziness, and tumors of the lateral skull base and the ENT, neck, mouth, and jaw systems at Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov).
Academic experience:
Mentor for medical and nursing students at Tel Aviv University.
Membership in unions:
Otolaryngoloical Association of Head and Neck Surgery in Israel
Israeli Society of Otoneurology
The International Working Group on Endoscopic Ear Surgery (IWGEES).