Dorrit Nitzan

Professor
Positions: Leading Specialist of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 47 years

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Areas of Expertise and Treatment

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EDUCATION

• 1971 – Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).
• 1979 – Doctorate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hebrew University.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1972-5 – specialization in maxillofacial surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
• 1975-6 – specialization and research work in the laboratory of anaerobic metabolism of microorganisms at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA).
• 1976-8 – specialization and research work in periodontics at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) at Harvard University (Boston, USA) and at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA).
• 1978-9 – specialization in maxillofacial surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
• Since 1979 – Leading Specialist of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• 1981-2 – specialization and research work in immunological diagnostics at the University of Toronto (Canada).
• 1981-2 – Specialization in maxillofacial surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Canada), Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada), University of Florida (Gainesville, USA) and Columbia University (New York, USA).

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2018-20 – was included in the list “The Best Doctors of Israel” published annually by FORBES magazine.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• The Israeli Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• The International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hebrew.