Alon Pikarsky

Professor
Positions: Head of the Surgery Department, Head of the Colorectal Surgery Center at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 30 years

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Areas of Expertise and Treatment

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EDUCATION
1987 – Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1993-6 – specialization in general surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
• 1996-7 – specialization in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York, USA).
• 1997-8 – Chief Resident of the Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• 1998-2000 – specialization in colorectal surgery and research work at the Cleveland Clinic (Florida, USA).

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2019-20 – was included in the list “The Best Doctors of Israel” published annually by FORBES magazine.
• In Israel prof. Pikarsky became a pioneer in artificial anal sphincter implantation for fecal incontinence and surgical treatment of obstructed defecation using the STARR method.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• The Israeli Association of Surgeons
• The Israeli Association of Colorectal Surgery
• The Israeli Association of Laparoscopic Surgery
• The American Association of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery (SAGES)
• The International Association of Colorectal Surgery

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hebrew.