Avi Solomon

Professor
Positions: Head of the Corneal Diseases and External Eye Diseases Department, Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 33 years

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Areas of Expertise and Treatment

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EDUCATION
1985 – graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (Israel).

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1992-8 – specialization in ophthalmology at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
• 1998-2001 – specialization in the treatment of corneal diseases at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami (USA).
• Since 2002 – Leading Specialist of the Ophthalmology Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• Since 2015 – Head of the Corneal Diseases and External Eye Diseases Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2019-20 – entered the ranking “The Best Doctors of Israel”, published annually by FORBES magazine.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• The Israeli Association of Ophthalmology
• The Israeli Association of Refractive Surgery (2016-20 – President)
• The Israeli Eye and Vision Research Association (ISVER, 2012-15 – President)
• The Israeli Corneal Treatment Association (2010-12 – President)
• The International Association of Ophthalmology

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hebrew.