Laryngologist surgeon

Biography

Education:

  • Hebrew and Hadassah University School of Medicine in Jerusalem


Specialty:

  • AEG diseases, head and neck surgery
  • Oncological surgery of the head and neck


Positions held:

  • Director of the Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery Unit at the EAG Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Rabin Medical Center.
  • Director of the Head, Neck and Skull Base Tumor Laboratory at Rabin Medical Center


Training:

  • Specialization in head and neck oncologic surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA.


Academic work:

  • Senior clinical lecturer in the Department of AEG Diseases at Tel Aviv University.


Membership in unions and professional organizations:

  • Association of ENT physicians and head and neck surgeons in Israel
  • Israeli Society for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology
  • American Society for Head and Neck Diseases
  • American Association for Cancer Research


Areas of special interest:

  • Oral tumors
  • Thyroid and parathyroid (parathyroid) tumors salivary gland tumors
  • Tumors of the throat
  • Skin tumors of the head and neck region


Research:

  • Genetics of tumors of the head of the neck and skull base
  • Side effects of head and neck tumor treatment