Leon Kaplan

Professor
Positions: Head of the Spinal Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 38 years

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Areas of Expertise and Treatment

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EDUCATION
1978 — Graduated from Medical Institute (Leningrad, USSR).

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1979 — Orthopedic Surgery Internship at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
• 1982–1989 — Specialization in orthopedic surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• Since 1991 — Senior spinal surgeon at the Hadassah University Hospital.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2018–2020 — was included in the list “Best Doctors in Israel” published annually by FORBES magazine.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• The Israeli Orthopedic Association (IOA)
• The Israeli Spine Society
• The International Orthopedic Association
• The European Society of Spinal Surgery

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Russian, English, Hebrew.