Uzi Izhar
Professor
Positions: Head of the Thoracic Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 29 years
Areas of Expertise and Treatment
All types of thoracic surgery
EDUCATION
1988 — Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel).
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
- 1988–1989 — Internship at the Sheba Medical Center (Tel HaShomer, Israel).
- 1989–1991 — Specialization in general surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
- 1991—1996 — Specialization in cardiothoracic surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital.
- 1996—1998 — Specialization in cardiothoracic surgery at the Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, Rochester, USA).
- 2006–2008 — Head of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
- Since 2008: Head of the Thoracic Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- 1989 — The Joseph Schmeller’s award for medical research at the Hadassah University Hospital.
- 1993 — The Hebrew University award for excellence in clinical work.
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS:
- Chairman of the Israeli Society for Thoracic Surgery.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- The Israeli Society of Cardiological Surgeons
- The International Society of Cardiological Surgeons
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hebrew.
Uzi Izhar
head of the department
Total experience of 29 years
Professor
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