Yoav Mintz
Professor
Positions: Head of the Advanced Surgery Technologies Center at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 23 years
Areas of Expertise and Treatment
General surgery:
- laparoscopic surgery;
- gallbladder surgery;
- surgeries using the DA VINCI robot.
EDUCATION
1995 – graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
- 1996-2000 – specialization in surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
- 2000-2001 – Specialization in surgery at Mount Sinai Clinic (New York, USA).
- 2001-3 – Specialization in surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- 2012-13 – Awarded by the American Association of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery.
- 2014 – Award of the International Society of Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT – The Society of Medical Innovation and Technology) for the creation of the best medical technology for the treatment of type II diabetes.
li>He was the first in Israel to use a robot in general surgery. Regularly performs surgeries to remove the gallbladder using an improved technique – through one puncture.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- The Israeli Association of Surgery
- The Israeli Association of Endoscopic Surgery
- The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery
- The American Association of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery
- The International Association of Robotic Surgery
- The Society of Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hebrew.
Yoav Mintz
senior surgeon
Total experience of 23 years
Professor
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