Amos Fruman

MD
Positions: Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 34 years

Areas of Expertise and Treatment

General surgery

Pediatric surgery:

correction of all types of hernias, including in newborns;
surgical treatment of congenital defects and acquired diseases of the digestive system;
removal of tumors of the abdominal and chest cavity;

surgical treatment of injuries in children;
minimally invasive surgery;
introduction of catheters for long-term intravenous therapy in children with hemato-oncological and chronic diseases.

EDUCATION
1984 – Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

1984-5 – Internship at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
1986-1992 – specialization in general surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital.
1992-6 – specialization in pediatric surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital.
1994-6 – specialization in pediatric surgery and research work at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, USA.
Since 1996 he has been a leading specialist of the general and pediatric surgery departments at the Hadassah University Hospital.
2012-16 – Head of the Pediatric Oncological Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
2016 – Acting Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Since 2017 – Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.

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