Board-certified general surgeon, specialist in colorectal surgery, proctology (coloproctology) and minimally-invasive surgery (advanced laparoscopy and robotic surgery) of the small bowel, colon and rectum

Chief of Colorectal Surgery
Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Internship – Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
General surgery residency – Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Fellowship – ACGME Accredited Colorectal Surgery Fellowship – Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA









Papers: 37
Book chapters: 3
Abstracts: 35
Invited Faculty/Speaker (National and International Conferences) – 25
Presentations (National and International Conferences): 120
Television programs: 4
Radio programs: 3


Professional and academic experience –
- Master Class in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (Moscow, Russia) – invited operating faculty – speaker and Live Surgery (Laparoscopic restorative proctectomy (TME/colonic J-pouch) for rectal cancer
- IRB (Institutional Review Board) Member, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA
- Reviewer: American Journal of Gastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Techniques in Coloproctology – Member of the Editorial Board
- Instructor, Basic Surgical Skills Course, Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Courses, Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR), Israel
- Instructor, the Israeli Board of General Surgery Oral Exam Preparation Course, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- Tutor, General Surgery Clerkship (4th , 5th , and 6th year students), Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University
- Tutor, New York State/American Program General Surgery Clerkship (5th year students), Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University
- Lecturer, General Surgery Course Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses Program and Operating Room Nurses Program, Sheba Academic School of Nursing, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Lecturer, The Israel Cancer Association (ICA)
- Lecturer, Continuing Medical Education (CME) school, Department of Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Professional Societies
Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)
American Medical Association (AMA)
European Association for Transluminal Surgery (EATS)
Israel Medical Association
Israel Surgical Association
Israel Society for Endoscopic Surgery
Israel Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Certification and Licensure