Zvi Israel
Professor
Positions: Head of the Functional Neurosurgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 26 years
Areas of Expertise and Treatment
Neurosurgery:
- surgical treatment of epilepsy;
- Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders;
- tremor;
- dystonia;
- surgical treatment of chronic depression;
- tinnitus;
- deep brain and vagus nerve stimulation (DBS);
- stereotactic radiosurgery.
EDUCATION
- 1983 — Obtained a degree in neurobiology at the Royal College (London, UK).
- 1986 — Graduated from Westminster Medical School (London, UK).
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
- 1989–1995 — Specialization in neurosurgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
- Since 1995 — Senior expert of the Neurosurgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
- 1999–2001 — Specialization in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, USA).
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 2018–2020 — was included in the list “Best Doctors in Israel” published annually by FORBES magazine.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- The Israeli Association of Neurological Surgeons
- The European Association of Neurological Surgeons
- The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- The International Association of Neuro-Oncology
- The Israeli Neurotrauma Society
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hebrew.
Zvi Israel
head of the department
Total experience of 26 years
MD, Professor
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