Leaders Doctors of hospitals Israel

Dr. Dan Caspi graduated from the medical college of the University of Padua – one of the oldest in Italy. After that, he received additional training in England, at the Royal Medical School of Advanced Studies. He significantly deepened his specialization in internal therapy at Hammersmith Hospital in London. Completed two more specializations in Israel – in rheumatology at the "Ichilov" clinic and in internal therapy at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center. Received the title of professor at Tel Aviv University, where he was engaged in teaching.

1969–1975 – studied at the Ivano-Frankivsk Medical Institute and a two-year internship in the neurosurgery department of the hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk.

1979–1981 – internships in the neurosurgery department of the Rambam Medical Center and at the Sourasky Center in Tel Aviv.

1989–1990 – advanced training in Toronto, in the field of pediatric neurosurgery;

1992 – internship in peripheral nerve surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town;

2003 – advanced training courses in brachial plexus reconstruction at Oguri Daichi Hospital in Japan;

2006 – advanced training courses on endoscopic peripheral nerve surgery at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus in Dresden.

Shimon Rochkind successfully performs minimally invasive surgeries on the brachial plexus and spine, treats cauda equina syndrome, engages in pediatric spinal surgery, and restoration of impaired brachial plexus functions after injuries.

Professor studies and develops minimally invasive laser techniques for treating peripheral nerve pathologies, and also pays great attention to rehabilitation after spinal and peripheral nerve injuries using bioengineering technologies.

Professor Shimon Rochkind is the author of 60 scientific publications and a member of 23 professional medical societies.

Currently, the doctor heads the peripheral nerve reconstruction department at the Sourasky Center (Ichilov) and maintains a private practice at the Assuta Clinic.

Yakov Shechter received his medical education at the universities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, continued his training at the Rabin Medical Center in the specialty of "oncological dermatology".

Actively engaged in scientific work and participated in the creation of innovative methods for treating and diagnosing malignant skin neoplasms. Improved methods of radiation and chemotherapy.

Holds the position of director of the Melanoma Research Institute at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center.

Dr. Shechter is a member of the following specialized associations:

• Israeli Society of Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy;
• European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer;
• Israeli Melanoma Society, which he also heads.

Specialization: treatment of malignant skin neoplasms, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma.

Ilya Pekarsky graduated from the Second Moscow Medical Institute, where he chose pediatric orthopedic surgery as his specialization. After that, he entered graduate school in Israel. His education did not end there: he constantly improved his qualifications through internships in France, Greece, Spain, the USA, and Switzerland.

Worked at the Assuta and Ramat Aviv clinics, and in 1999 took the position of head of the spinal surgery department at Meir Hospital.

Honorary member of several professional medical organizations:

• Israeli Spinal Association;
• Israeli Association of Orthopedists;
• European Commission for the Specialization of Spinal Surgeons.

Four times in a row, from 2008 to 2012, Dr. Pekarsky was recognized as the best spinal surgeon in Israel.

Vladimir Yutkin is a top specialist in the field of urology, an outstanding physician and scientific figure. He has over 20 years of experience in urology.

From 1997 to 1998, he completed postgraduate studies and an internship at the Israeli clinic "Hadassah."

From 1998 to 2000, he served as a field physician.

Since 2000, he began specializing in urology at the Israeli clinic "Hadassah."

In 2007, he received the position of urological surgeon at the Israeli Board of Urology.

From 2011 to 2013, he specialized in the USA in advanced urological oncology, where he gained extensive experience in treating patients using robotic and laparoscopic surgery.

Vladimir Yutkin conducts laboratory and clinical research in the field of cancer, the results of which he regularly publishes in scientific journals. Dr. Yutkin also presents the results of his research work at international conferences, which have repeatedly resulted in grants for research in the field of prostate cancer and urinary tract cancer. For outstanding scientific work, Vladimir has been awarded twice by the Israeli Society of Urology.

He also teaches at the Medical Institute of the Hebrew University.

Alex Simon is a highly professional gynecologist. His area of activity includes the treatment of all types of infertility. He has over 32 years of medical practice.

In 1982, Alex Simon received his first medical education at the Hebrew University, then completed an internship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hadassah Hospital.

Professor Simon specialized in gamete micromanipulation, as well as in the field of laparoscopic surgery and reconstructive pelvic surgery for gynecological oncology patients in clinics in the USA and Europe.

Since 1987, he has been seeing patients in the IVF department at Hadassah Clinic.

He is currently the director of the IVF center at Hadassah Clinic and holds the position of associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dan Fliss is a widely known Israeli ENT doctor specializing in surgical oncology of the head, neck, and skull base. The doctor's wide recognition is due to his many years of experience in performing the most complex operations and tumor removals using innovative advanced methods in endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery.

Dr. Fliss received his medical education at the University of Bologna, then continued his education, specializing at the Moshe Soroka Clinical Center at a university in Israel.

The doctor also completed an internship at the "Sunnybrook" scientific medical center and specialized in neurosurgery of the cervical spine at the University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland.

Currently, Dr. Fliss is the head of the Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery at the "Sourasky" Medical Center.

Dan Fliss is the author of 170 clinical and scientific articles, 50 chapters in medical textbooks and scientific publications on surgery of the head, neck, and skull base, as well as the author and editor of 5 books in the same field.

Ofer Merimsky is a unique world-renowned Israeli physician specializing in the treatment of all types of sarcomas, an expert in various types of oncology, applying innovative methods of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, head of the department for treating bone and soft tissue tumors at the Sourasky Medical Center.

Together with experienced qualified specialists in various fields of medicine, the doctor practices a comprehensive approach to cancer treatment.

Ofer Merimsky has over 29 years of experience. During this time, he completed a clinical residency at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Clinical Oncology at Tel Aviv University, was a specialist in brachytherapy and radiotherapy at a clinic in New York, and served as a military physician for special units in the Israel Defense Forces.

Currently, the doctor is a member of many medical societies and associations, as well as the author of numerous scientific publications in the field of treating malignant bone and soft tissue diseases, as well as lung cancer.

Yakov Ben Haim is a highly qualified pediatric urology specialist, head of the pediatric urology and surgery department, specializing in the treatment of diseases of the urinary system. Currently accepts patients at the Sourasky Medical Center. The doctor specializes in performing laparoscopic surgeries, stone removal surgeries, and surgeries for vesicoureteral reflux in children. The doctor also acts as a consultant in pediatric urology for the world's largest medical centers.

Mordechai Gutman is a renowned Israeli oncologist, oncosurgeon, professor who has performed many successful operations to remove malignant carcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract and other pathologies. His specialization also includes treatment of intestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer, Crohn's disease, melanoma, sarcoma, etc. Currently accepts patients and is the head of the chemotherapy department at the Chaim Sheba Hospital in Israel.