Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Staff

Dr. Yeshayahu Yishai Salem, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University,
is a specialist in pediatric cardiology at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center
He completed his internship year at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva
He specialized in pediatrics at Safra Children’s Hospital at Tel Hashomer, where he received the Director-General of the Ministry of Health Award for Outstanding Physician
He later completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
He served as a senior cardiologist at the Pediatric Heart Institute at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
He completed advanced training in non-invasive cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital, affiliated with Harvard University, and went on to complete an additional fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA
He founded and directed a fetal cardiology clinic in collaboration with the relevant clinical unit
He served as Director of the Advanced Cardiac Imaging Service for congenital heart defects, and as Director of the Non-Invasive Pediatric Cardiology Unit at Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
Alongside his work at Mayanei HaYeshua, he serves as a senior physician at the Center for Congenital Heart Defects and as Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Dr. Amanda Sinai, a graduate of the University of Manchester in England,
serves as a physician at the Adult Clinic of the Mental Health Center at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center
She trained in surgery at Wythenshawe Hospital and in medicine at North Manchester General Hospital in England
She later served as a physician in neurology, intensive care, accidents, and emergency medicine at Western Health in Melbourne, Australia
She worked in general adult psychiatry and old-age psychiatry at West Hampstead Day Hospital and St Ann’s Hospital in London, England
She also worked in child and adolescent psychiatry at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and in adult learning disabilities at Chase Farm Hospital in London, where she later worked in forensic psychiatry. In addition, she worked in neuropsychiatry at the National Hospital for Neurology in London
She subsequently worked in adult psychiatry within various public services in London treating learning disabilities
After making Aliyah, Dr. Sinai served as a consultant psychiatrist for intellectual disabilities at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and later continued in this role at Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with disabilities

Education and Professional Training

2014
Doctorate (M.D.) in Psychiatry, University College London, England

2010
Master of Science (MSc) in Psychiatric Research, University College London, England

2007
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), England

2002
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB), University of Manchester, England

Prof. Israel Strauss, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
serves as Head of the Psychiatric Division at the Mental Health Center of the Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center

He completed his medical and surgical internship at Hillbrow Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. He later worked as a general practitioner at the Alexandra Health Center and as an emergency physician at Johannesburg General Hospital
He subsequently specialized in psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and served as Chief Resident at the Bronx Psychiatric Center, USA
He completed a research fellowship at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School
He served as a lecturer and mentor to medical students at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University
He held positions as Department Head and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at the Mental Health Medical Center in Be’er Ya’akov, where he also served as a member of the Physicians Committee, Chair of the Residency Committee, Chair of the Violence Committee, and Chair of the Medications Committee

In addition, he serves as Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Israel Psychiatric Association and as Editor-in-Chief of the Israel Journal of Psychiatry

Education and Professional Training

2012–2014
MHA – Master of Health Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva

1996–1998
Fellowship in Clinical Research Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School

1996
Mini-Fellowship in Brain Imaging, Columbia University, New York, USA

1996
Certification in Forensic Medical Opinions, American Board of Forensic Medicine, USA

1992–1996
Residency in Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (USA Certification Board)

1987–1989
Studies in Psychology and Theological Bioethics, University of South Africa

1984–1989
Faculty of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (MBBCh)

Dr. Anat Aboudi Shasher, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion in Haifa,
serves as Deputy Director of the Division and Head of the Adult Clinic at the Mental Health Center of the Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center
She completed her internship at the Sheba Medical Center with distinction, and went on to specialize in psychiatry at the same institution
She served as a scientific editor for the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology and worked in an acute psychiatric department, including both closed and open wards (Ward A and Ward B), at the Sheba Medical Center

She later served as a senior physician in an open psychiatric ward at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, where she also participated in teaching and mentoring students
She has experience working in a general psychiatric clinic, as well as with female patients in areas related to fertility, parenthood, and pregnancy loss at the “Hava” Clinic at the Sheba Medical Center
She also served as Deputy District Psychiatrist at the Tel Aviv District Health Office of the Ministry of Health

Education and Professional Training

2014–2015
Completed the GCSRT – Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program, as part of continuing education at Harvard Medical School, Boston

2009–2013
Completed an MSc degree in an international program – Master in Affective Neuroscience

2005
Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa – graduated with distinction

Dr. Yoav Domani, a graduate of the Technion Faculty of Medicine in Haifa,
is the Director of the Men’s Inpatient Department and Director of the Treatment-Resistant Depression Clinic at the Mayanei Hayeshua Mental Health Center.
He completed his residency in General Medicine at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva, and later continued his residency in Psychiatry at Shalvata Mental Health Center in Hod Hasharon, Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center in Tzur Moshe, and Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
He later worked as a psychiatrist in a psychiatric clinic for war veterans of the Ministry of Defense at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
He also worked as a psychiatrist in a community clinic at the “Beit Cham” association in Bnei Brak.
He founded and managed a clinic for patients infected with HIV at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
Later, he worked as a psychiatrist in the Psychiatric Day Care Department at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
He served as Head of Psychiatry Department C at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

Education and Professional Training

2016–2018 – Postdoctoral fellowship in a Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
2008–2011 – Continuing studies in Psychotherapy at Tel Aviv University.
1998–2005 – Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Technion, Haifa.

Michal Tairi, a graduate of the Kiryat College for Engineering and Technology, is the Director of the Vascular Laboratory at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
She previously trained in a vascular laboratory at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
She later served as a medical equipment technician in the vascular laboratory at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, where she performed all tests conducted in a vascular laboratory.
She also trained in women’s ultrasound, obstetrics, and gynecology at the ultrasound unit of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Later, she specialized in gynecological and obstetric ultrasound at a women’s clinic of Clalit Health Services.

Education and Professional Training

Medical Technologist, Biotechnological Institutes in Israel at the Kiryat College for Engineering and Technology – graduated with honors.
2012–2015 – Practical Engineer in Medical Instrumentation, Kiryat College for Engineering and Technology, Tel Aviv.

Dr. Tiberiu Shulimson, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Iași, Romania, is the Director of the Pulmonology Institute at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed his internship at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, where he also continued his residency in Internal Medicine and Pulmonology.
He also served as a senior physician in the Emergency Medicine Department and the General Intensive Care Unit.
He completed advanced training in interventional pulmonology at the Pulmonology Institute of St. Marguerite Hospital in Marseille, France, and at the University Hospital of Canton Basel, Switzerland.
Prior to joining Mayanei Hayeshua, he served for a decade as Director of the Professional Unit for Interventional Pulmonology at the Pulmonology Institute of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
He also authored the national guidelines for performing flexible bronchoscopy in Israel on behalf of the Israeli Medical Association.

Prof. Zvi Fireman, a graduate of the University of Bologna Faculty of Medicine in Italy, is the Director of the Gastroenterology Institute at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He specialized in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
He completed a research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA.
He worked as a senior gastroenterologist in the Gastroenterology Department at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, and in the Gastroenterology Unit at Hasharon Medical Center in Petah Tikva.
He served as a consulting gastroenterologist for Leumit Health Services in Tel Aviv, and managed the Gastroenterology Institute at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.

Education and Professional Training

1983 – Board certification in Gastroenterology, Israeli Gastroenterology Association.
1981 – Board certification in Internal Medicine, Israeli Society of Internal Medicine.
1968–1974 – Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Bologna, Italy.

Prof. Shmuel Odes, a graduate of the University of Cape Town, South Africa,
is a specialist in gastroenterology at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine in South Africa.
He later specialized in gastroenterology and liver diseases under the Scientific Council of the Israeli Medical Association and the Israeli Ministry of Health.
He completed training in gastrointestinal physiology at the University of California, San Diego, USA.
He served as Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit at Soroka University Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.
He serves as a full professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be’er Sheva.
In the past, he served as a specialist in gastroenterology and liver diseases at Assuta Hospital in Be’er Sheva and Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat.
He is a member of the Israeli Gastroenterology Association, the Israeli Society for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association (where he was elected a Fellow), the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation, and the Convocation at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
He has been a principal investigator in a groundbreaking Crohn’s disease study supported by the prestigious Helmsley Charitable Trust in the United States for over a decade.

Abumukh Majdi, a graduate of Nursing studies at Ruppin Academic Center, is the Deputy Head Nurse of the Gastroenterology Institute at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He previously served as a gastroenterology nurse at the Gastroenterology Institute at Assuta Ra’anana.
In parallel, he worked at “Beit Balev” nursing home in Kfar Saba.
He later worked at the “Dvora Ben-Nordia” nursing home in Nordia.
He also worked in the General Surgery Department at Assuta Ramat HaHayal in Tel Aviv.

Education and Professional Training

2018 – Training course in the management of gastrointestinal disorders.
2016 – Four-year Nursing program with a Bachelor’s degree (B.N.), Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer.

Dr. Assaf Yossi Manisterski, an outstanding graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University,
is the Director of the Endocrinology Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva,
where he also completed a second specialization in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism in the Endocrinology Department.
He has been serving as an endocrinologist and specialist in diabetes and metabolism at Maccabi Healthcare Services for over 15 years,
and as the Director of the Diabetes Clinic at the Maccabi Healthcare Services branch in Petah Tikva.
As part of his work, Dr. Manisterski treats disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands.
In the metabolic field, he treats osteoporosis and various metabolic diseases.
He also serves as a specialist at the Diabetes Institute, treating both Type 2 diabetes (“adult-onset diabetes”) and Type 1 diabetes (“juvenile diabetes”), and has extensive experience working with insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems.
In addition, he guides and supports family physicians in managing diabetes care, serves as a consultant to pharmaceutical companies, and lectures at the Faculty of Medicine at Ariel University.

Dr. Moshe Shashar is a specialist in nephrology and hypertension, with extensive experience in clinical medicine, research, and teaching.
He currently serves as Director of the Nephrology Department at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak.
He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
He completed a fellowship and gained clinical research experience at Boston Medical Center, USA.
Dr. Shashar Bino has broad clinical experience in leading nephrology institutes in Israel and worldwide.
He served as a senior lecturer at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, and has published dozens of scientific articles in leading international journals on kidney diseases, dialysis, kidney transplantation, and internal medicine.
In addition, he served as the scientific chair of the annual conference of the Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension.
He has also received prestigious research grants from the American Society of Nephrology.

Education and Professional Training

2003 – Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), graduated with highest honors, Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
1999 – Bachelor of Medical Sciences (B.Med.Sc), School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Rafael Geri, a graduate of the Medical School in Milan, Italy,
is a senior physician in nephrology at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed his internship at Bnai Zion Medical Center in Haifa.
He specialized in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa.
He completed a clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada.
He served as Director of the Nephrology Unit at Ziv Medical Center in Safed.
He currently serves as a nephrology consultant for Maccabi Healthcare Services in Haifa and Pardes Hanna.
Until recently, he served as Director of the Nephrology Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

Dr. Simcha Rosenblat, a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Medical School, is a cardiology specialist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed his internship at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.
He specialized in cardiology, including training in the Internal Medicine Department at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, where he continued working at the Heart Institute.
He managed the Maccabi community Heart Institute.
He worked in the Cardiology Department at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and was involved in echocardiography examinations.
He also worked at a Maccabi institute performing echocardiography and stress echocardiography, and trained technicians and physicians.

Dr. Dov Drumer, a graduate of the University of Milan in Italy,
is a physician at the Adult Clinic at the Mental Health Center of Mayanei Hayeshua.
He previously trained in psychiatry at the psychiatric hospital in Be’er Yaakov, at Geha Mental Health Center in Petah Tikva, at the Department of Psychiatry at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem,
and at the Treatment-Resistant Depression Unit at Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem, where he continued as a senior psychiatrist and consultant in psychogeriatrics.
He later served as Head of the Psychogeriatric Department at Kfar Shaul Psychiatric Hospital in Jerusalem. He also worked as a psychogeriatric consultant in nursing homes.
He subsequently served as a senior psychiatrist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

Education and Professional Training

1997–1998 Course in Psychiatry and Law, Tel Aviv University
1995–1997 Training course for directors of geriatric institutes, Tel Aviv University
1989 Course in psychogeriatrics under the supervision of Professor Tom Arie, Jerusalem
1988 Course in psychogeriatrics in the geriatric division of Herzog Medical Center, Jerusalem
1984 Short-term psychodynamic therapy under the supervision of Professor Haim Dasberg
1970–1976 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree, University of Milan, Italy
1966 Studies in psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Dr. Eitan Savir, a graduate of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine,
is a podiatric surgeon at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
During his studies, he served as a senior podiatry resident at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
He served as a podiatrist at The Foot Specialty Practice in Brooklyn, and later at American Foot Care in Queens, New York.
He served as Head of Podiatry at Queens Medical Center in New York.
He later worked as a podiatrist in the Orthopedic Department at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
In addition, he serves as a volunteer surgeon in India at a surgical camp run by the Rotary Club for the treatment of children with polio, cerebral palsy, and lower-limb deformities.

Education and Professional Training

2006 Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM)
1998 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Industrial Engineering and Management, Brunel University, Israel
1994 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Industrial Engineering and Management, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York

Dr. Amir Hasharoni, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University,
is a senior orthopedist and spine surgery specialist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He previously completed his medical internship at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, and then completed his residency in orthopedics in Orthopedic Department B at Ichilov Medical Center, Tel Aviv.
He completed a fellowship in spine surgery at New York University Medical Center and in the Spine Unit of the Department of Orthopedics at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York, USA.
He later served as a senior spine physician in the Department of Orthopedics at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.
He served as Director of the Spine Unit at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, and later worked as a senior spine physician in the Department of Neurosurgery at Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva.

Education and Professional Training

2019 – GCP course
2012–2015 – Law studies (LL.B.) at the Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion
1995–1998 – Doctorate, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1983–1989 – Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Dr. Ron Yaniv, a specialist in dermatology and facial aesthetics,
is the Director of the Dermatology Clinic at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, where he completed a master’s degree in dermatology with highest honors and continued to diploma studies in dermatology.
He completed his residency in dermatology at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. In addition, he undertook advanced training in Israel and abroad, both in dermatology and in aesthetic medicine.
He previously served as a clinical instructor in the Department of Dermatology at the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, and as a lecturer at the Academic School of Nursing affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.
Alongside his work at Mayanei Hayeshua, he manages a private clinic in Petah Tikva specializing in dermatology and aesthetic medicine, and advises companies in the life sciences sector.

Dr. Yaniv has authored more than 20 scientific publications and articles. He has been an invited lecturer at international conferences in Mexico, Ecuador, Belarus, Poland, and other countries. As part of the Department of Human Genetics at the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, he conducted in-depth laboratory research on DNA repair in Jews of Iraqi origin with a rare skin disease involving the early onset of skin cancer. The study received the Outstanding Research Work Award from the Israeli Dermatology Association.

Education and Professional Training

Master’s degree in Health Systems Management from the Business School, Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University
Diploma in continuing studies in dermatology at the School of Continuing Medical Education, Tel Aviv University
Master’s degree in Dermatology from the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine – with highest honors
Medical studies at the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine

Dr. Einav Lahav, a graduate of the Hadassah School of Medicine and the Hebrew University, is a pediatric nephrologist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
She completed a general internship in the departments of internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and pediatrics at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
She worked as a senior resident at the Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, in Ramat Gan, where she continued her residency in pediatrics.
She later specialized in pediatric nephrology at the Pediatric Nephrology Clinic at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva. She subsequently served as a resident physician in pediatric nephrology at the Pediatric Nephrology Clinic at the Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital.

Education and Professional Training

2015 License in pediatric nephrology from the Israel Medical Association
2012 Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) course at Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva
2011 License in pediatrics from the Israel Medical Association
2010 GCP course at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
2009 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) course at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
2009 Basic course in breastfeeding counseling at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
2005 Sedation course at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
2004 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem
2000 Bachelor of Medical Sciences (B.Sc.) degree from the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem

Graduate of the Hebrew University School of Medicine – 1997.
Holds specialist certification in orthopedic surgery, and is a graduate of the Orthopedic Department at Beilinson Hospital.
Works as a senior surgeon and Director of the Foot and Ankle Orthopedics Service in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Beilinson Hospital and Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital.
Member of the Israel Orthopedic Association and the Israeli Foot and Ankle Society.

Education and Professional Training

Courses in orthopedic trauma care by the AO Foundation:
Advanced Fracture Care, Advanced Foot and Ankle Trauma, as well as additional orthopedic trauma courses.

1997 – Medical studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Dr. Matityahu Nof, a graduate of the Hebrew University School of Medicine in Jerusalem,
is the Director of the Diabetic Foot Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He served for more than twenty years as Head of the Foot and Ankle Orthopedic Surgery Unit at Assaf Harofeh Hospital in Rishon LeZion.
He founded the Israeli Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society and served as its president for more than a decade.
He is also a physician in the Foot, Ankle, and Diabetic Foot Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

Education and Professional Training

1981–1988 Orthopedic Surgery at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot

1968–1976 Doctor of Medicine degree at the Hadassah School of Medicine of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Dr. Menashe Haddad, a graduate of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital School of Medicine in Jerusalem,
is the Director of the Vascular Service at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed his residency in general surgery at Beilinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva, where he later continued his specialization in vascular surgery.
He subsequently trained in this field at Centre Hospitalier Régional Hôpital Nord in Saint-Étienne, France.
He later served as Director of the Vascular Department at Beilinson Medical Center, and afterward worked as a senior vascular surgeon at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba.

Dr. Haddad has decades of clinical experience in the diagnosis, conservative treatment, and surgical treatment of various vascular diseases,
arteries and veins, as well as in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and chronic wounds.
He is a member of the Israeli Society for Vascular Surgery, the Israel Surgical Association, and additional professional associations abroad.

Dr. Boris Orkin, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Samara University in Russia,
is a senior physician and surgeon in the Pediatric Surgery Department at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed his internship at the Samara Clinical University Medical Center, where he continued with a clinical subspecialty in the urology department.
He later specialized in general urology in the urology department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, where he continued working as a senior urologist.
In addition, he specialized in general surgery and pediatric surgery at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem.
He later served as a senior pediatric surgeon at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
He also served as Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.

Education and Professional Training

2009 Short fellowship in pediatric surgery at LIG and S. Morgan Children’s Hospital in New York, USA
2005 SAGES – fellowship in pediatric surgery in a laparoscopic surgery course in Miami, Florida, USA
2001 Basic course in laparoscopic surgery at Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
1997 Seventh European Winter Forum on Urology in Davos, Switzerland
1990 Advanced surgical urology at the First Medical Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow, Russia
1989 Course in conservative urology at the First Medical Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow, Russia
1988 Course in conservative treatment of inflammatory diseases of the urinary and reproductive system, Medical Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia
1987 Course in advanced surgical urology at the First Medical Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Dr. Anat Laor, a pediatric specialist,
is the head of the Pediatric and Adolescent Surgical Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
After graduating with honors from medical school in Hungary, she completed her residency in general surgery at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, and subsequently undertook a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Following her training, she returned to Kaplan Medical Center as a senior physician.
In 2017, she co-founded the Pediatric Surgery Department at Assuta Ashdod Hospital with Dr. Boris Orkin, in professional collaboration with the department at Mayanei Hayeshua.
Throughout her work as both a resident and a senior physician, Dr. Laor has performed countless surgeries on children across a wide range of conditions, from common cases such as inguinal or umbilical hernia, undescended testis, and laparoscopic procedures, to complex surgeries for congenital anomalies and tumors.

Prof. Nathan Weksler, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Guanabara University in Brazil,
is Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Operating Rooms at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He specialized in anesthesiology as well as in intensive care.
He worked at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, and later at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.

He subsequently served as an anesthesiologist at the private Herzliya Medical Center.

Dr. Avraham Kenler, a graduate of a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium,
is Head of the Hematology Service at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He trained in Brussels, Belgium, and in Geneva, Switzerland, and later specialized in hematology at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

He served as a resident at Cantonal Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, at Institut Jules Bordet Hospital in Anderlecht, Belgium,
and at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, where he later continued as a senior hematology physician.