Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Staff

Dr. Eran Herzog, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Ben-Gurion University in Be’er Sheva,
is Head of the Pain Management Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He served as an anesthesiology specialist at Soroka University Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.
He worked as an anesthesiologist at Ziv Medical Center in Safed.
He served as an anesthesiologist at Assuta Medical Center and later at Horev Medical Center in Haifa.

Education and Professional Training

2000 Board Certification in Anesthesiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Be’er Sheva
1992 Doctor of Medicine (MD), Ben-Gurion University, Be’er Sheva

Dr. Peter Friedman, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bologna, Italy, is Head of the ENT Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He completed his internship at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Be’er Yaakov and at Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem.
He specialized in general surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center and in ENT medicine at Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem.
He served as Chief Physician in the ENT Department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, and later as Chief Physician in the ENT Department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
He completed subspecialty training in nasal and sinus diseases, as well as in vocal cord disorders, where he was responsible for the hospital’s voice laboratory.
He served as a medical adjudicator on National Insurance Institute medical committees and on the Ministry of Defense Higher Committee.
Alongside his work at Mayanei Hayeshua, he serves as an independent ENT specialist for Meuhedet, Maccabi, Leumit, and Clalit healthcare services, as well as an independent specialist for ‘Clalit Mushlam’ since its establishment.

Dr. Francine Partouche-Meir, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montpellier, France, is a senior ENT physician and head & neck surgery specialist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

She trained in the Emergency Department and the Oncology Department at the hospital in Béziers, France. She also trained in stomatology and oral and maxillofacial surgery, visceral and vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, neurosurgery, and general surgery.

She later specialized in ENT and face and neck surgery.

She worked at Saint Come Clinic in Le Mans, Saint Etienne Clinic in Melun, Francs Bourgeois Clinic in Nevers, and Louis Giorgi Hospital in Orange, France.

She later served as a senior physician in the Department of Stomatology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Versailles Central Hospital in France.

After making Aliyah, Dr. Partouche-Meir served as a physician and surgeon in the Department of ENT and Face and Neck Surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

In addition, she worked in the Snoring and Sleep Apnea Department at Hadassah Optimal Medical Center in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

She also served as a consulting physician for Meuhedet, Leumit, and Maccabi healthcare services.

Education and Professional Training

1989 National Competitive Examination for Surgical Residency
1987–1989 Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, France

Dr. Michael Tamar, a graduate of the Technion Faculty of Medicine in Haifa,
is an orthopedic specialist and Head of the Shoulder Surgery Service at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He specialized in general medicine at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, and later in orthopedic surgery
at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba and Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Be’er Yaakov.

He worked in the Foot and Ankle Clinic at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
He later served as an orthopedic surgery specialist with Maccabi Healthcare Services.

He worked in the Shoulder Unit at Laniado Hospital in Netanya, where he practiced orthopedic surgery and performed shoulder surgeries.

He completed a fellowship in shoulder surgery and arthroscopy under the guidance of Dr. Philippe Collin,
President of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (SECEC–ESSSE).

Education and Professional Training

Residency in Orthopedic Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
Fellowship in Shoulder Surgery with Dr. Philippe Collin, Rennes, France

Courses:
ACLS Course, ATLS Course, AO Trauma Basic Course,
Medical Disability Rating Course, EFAS – European Foot and Ankle Surgery Course Specimen,
Basic and Advanced MIFAS Course – Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery,
MIFAS Course – Basic Ankle Arthroscopy, Shoulder Arthroscopy Course,
Nice Shoulder Course, Rome Shoulder Course, Reading Shoulder Unit Cadaver Lab Arthroscopy

2004–2010 Doctor of Medicine (MD), Technion, Haifa

Clinics at Mayanei Hayeshua:
Shoulder Consultation Clinic
Fluoroscopy-Guided Shoulder Injection Clinic (requires referral from department physicians)

Dr. Lionel Kopeliovitch, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
is a pediatric orthopedic specialist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He completed his internship at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Be’er Yaakov,
where he worked in the departments of orthopedics, surgery, basic sciences, rehabilitation medicine, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery.

He served as a senior physician in the Pediatric Orthopedics Unit and later as Head of the Unit.
He subsequently served as Deputy Head of the Orthopedics Department at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center.

Education and Professional Training

• 1972–1975 Advanced Studies in Orthopedics, Tel Aviv University
• 1965–1970 Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dr. Binyamin Shalva, a graduate of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University,
is Head of the Urology Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He completed a departmental internship at Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv, where he continued as a surgical physician in the Emergency Department.
He specialized in urology at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.

He completed a fellowship in female urology at the Department of Urology of the Third State Medical University in Moscow, Russia.

He served as a senior urologist in the Department of Urology at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.
He later held the position of senior urologist at Assuta Medical Center branches in Tel Aviv, Rishon LeZion, and Ashdod.

In parallel, he worked with Maccabi Healthcare Services in Tel Aviv and Ashdod, and with Meuhedet Health Services in Ra’anana.

Education and Professional Training

• 2016 ACLS Course
• 2012 Training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• 2009 License in Urologic Surgery
• 2001–2007 Advanced Studies in Urology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
• 2000 ATLS Course, IDF Medical Corps
• 1996 Israeli Medical Licensing Examination – Graduated with Honors
• 1990–1996 Medical Studies, State Medical Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia

Prof. Avraham Ami Sidi, a graduate of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University,
is a urology specialist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He completed a rotating internship at Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv.
He specialized in urology at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, where he later served as a senior physician in the Department of Urology,
a consultant in the rehabilitation center, and was in charge of the urodynamics and neuro-urology clinics.

He completed a clinical fellowship in urodynamics, rehabilitation urology, sexual dysfunction,
and prostatic devices at the University of Minnesota Medical School, USA,
where he was later appointed Head of the Neuro-Urology, Sexual Dysfunction, and Prostatic Devices Program.

He served as a consulting urologist at the Veterans Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,
and worked as a senior physician in urology at the University of Minnesota hospitals.

He later served as a senior physician in the Department of Urology at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba,
and as a consultant at the Levinstein Pediatric Rehabilitation Center in Ra’anana.

He also served as Head of the Department of Urology at Edith Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.

Education and Professional Training

• 1993 Board Certification, American Board of Urology
• 1981 Board Certification in Urology
• 1975–1981 Advanced Medical Training in Surgery and Urology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
• 1975 Doctor of Medicine (MD) – Graduated with Highest Honors
• 1970–1973 Medical Studies, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University – Graduated with Highest Honors
• 1967–1970 Medical Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, France

Prof. Nathan Gadoth, a graduate of the Hebrew University School of Medicine in Jerusalem, is Head of the Neurology Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center and Chairman of the institution’s Helsinki Committee.

He completed his residency in pediatrics at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva. He later specialized in pediatric and adult neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

He completed a residency in neurology at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, where he later served as Deputy Head of the Neurology Department and Head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Unit.

He served as Head of the Neurology Department at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba and worked as a sleep physician at the Sleep Research Laboratory at Beit Levinstein.

In the past, he served as a Full Professor at Tel Aviv University, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of Tel Aviv University, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Tel Aviv University, Chairman of the Pediatric Neurology Society, Chairman of the Adult Neurology Society, and Chairman of the Clinical Neurophysiology Society

Prof. Yaakov Amir, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University in conjunction with Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem,
is the Head of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He completed his residency in pediatrics at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva,
and later specialized in infectious diseases at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

He served as a visiting professor at the research institute of the Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California,
in the Infectious Diseases Unit at Long Island Children’s Hospital in New York,
in the vaccine development research laboratories of Novartis in Siena, Italy,
and in the maternity department at Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris, France.

He established a unique clinic for the follow-up of children with congenital CMV infection.
He also served for many years as the Head of the Pediatrics Department at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva.

He is a member of the Israeli Society for Infectious Diseases, the European Society for Infectious Diseases, and the Pediatric Association

Dr. Alexander Moroz, a graduate of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University,
is an orthopedic specialist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He completed his residency at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer,
and later in the orthopedic department at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Be’er Yaakov.
In addition, he underwent further training at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.

He is a member of the Israeli Orthopedic Association and the Israeli Society for Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy.

Education and Professional Training

• 2018 Course in Myofascial Pain Treatment and Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS)
• 2012 GCP (Good Clinical Practice) Course
• 2011 International Conference on Advances in Traumatology and Reconstructive Orthopedics, Ziv Medical Center, Safed
• 2010, 2013 Courses in Ilizarov and Truelok Techniques
• 2008 Shoulder Arthroscopy Course
• 2007–2009 Master’s Degree in Health Systems Management (MHA), Ben-Gurion University, Be’er Sheva
• 2006 International Course on Interlocking Nailing, Germany
• 2005–2007 Advanced Orthopedics Program, Tel Aviv University
• 2005 AO Course – Principles of Surgical Fracture Treatment
• 2003 Aviation Medicine
• 2002 Maritime and Hyperbaric Medicine
• 1991–1998 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Dr. Eitan Gantz is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. He is a senior physician and joint replacement specialist at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, and later in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center.

He completed fellowships in joint replacement at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Canada, and at Oost-Limburg Hospital in Genk, Belgium. In addition, he completed an academic fellowship at HSS Hospital in New York.

Today, he serves as a senior surgeon at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center and Shamir Medical Center – Assaf Harofeh.

Dr. Gantz specializes mainly in hip and knee replacement, both due to degenerative disease and traumatic injuries. He performs advanced joint reconstruction surgeries using innovative technologies, including robotic-assisted surgery, aiming to achieve surgical precision and optimal adaptation to the patient’s anatomy.

In the field of hip replacement, Dr. Gantz also specializes in the anterior approach, which allows minimal muscle cutting and faster recovery.

Education and Professional Training

2022 ACLS Course, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Be’er Yaakov

2016 ATLS Course, IDF

2015 MRI in Orthopedics Course with Dr. David Stoller, Tel Aviv

2012 Basic Trauma Course – AO, Tel Aviv

2002–2008 Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Dr. Daniel Turgeman, Faculty of Medicine, René Descartes University in Paris,
is a specialist in hand surgery at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
He completed a residency in orthopedic surgery and traumatology (D.E.S./D.E.S.C),
during which he rotated through various hospitals in France and practiced in cardiovascular surgery,
general surgery, orthopedic surgery and traumatology, otolaryngology (ENT),
pediatric orthopedic surgery and traumatology,
as well as orthopedic surgery and traumatology in a hand trauma center, including hand surgery, upper limb, and peripheral nerves.

He later served as a senior physician in the hand surgery unit,
upper limb and peripheral nerves, and in the department of orthopedic surgery and traumatology
at the European Hospital Georges Pompidou and René Descartes University in Paris, France.
He also participated as a guest in an international physicians program in the orthopedic surgery department
and the hand surgery unit at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York, USA.

Education and Professional Training

2014–2015 Diploma in Surgical Anatomy of Flaps, University of Bordeaux, France
2014 Board Certification in Hand Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Paris XIII University, Bobigny, France
2013 Board Certification in Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
2012–2013 Inter-University Diploma in Arthroscopy, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
2012 Doctor of Medicine (MD), Faculty of Medicine, René Descartes University in Paris, France – graduated with honors
2011–2012 Diploma in Microsurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Paris XIII University, Bobigny, France
2010–2012 Inter-University Diploma in Hand and Upper Limb Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Paris VI University, Paris, France
2009–2010 Diploma in Surgical and Functional Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, René Descartes University in Paris, France
2007–2013 Diploma of Specialized Studies in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (DESC), Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Sud XI University, Paris, France
2007–2012 Diploma of Specialized Studies in General Surgery (D.E.S), Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Sud University, Paris, France
2004–2007 Medical Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Sud XI University, Paris, France
2001–2004 Medical Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

Michal Ben Dov, Project Coordinator, Nursing Administration

• R.N., B.A. in Nursing, Jerusalem University
  MHA in Health Systems Management, Ben-Gurion University
  Clinical Instruction Course
  Post-Basic Course in Primary Community Medicine

Previously served as Head Nurse in an Internal Medicine Department at Sheba Medical Center and as Head Nurse of Clinics at Maccabi Healthcare Services.

Currently serves as Head Nurse of the Outpatient Clinics.

Areas of Responsibility:

• Leading Nursing Administration projects throughout the year
  Recruitment and retention of support staff and students in the nursing system
  Responsibility for the nursing system’s work plan
  Responsibility for quality indicators in the nursing system
  Guidance of new head nurses and deputy head nurses

Dr. Harry Winkler, a graduate of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, is Director of the Kidney Stone & Urinary Tract Stone Service at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

He previously completed advanced training in the United States at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, at the Kidney Stone Center of Methodist Hospital in Indiana, and at Barnes-Jewish Hospital of Washington University in Missouri.

He specialized in urologic surgery at Beilinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva, where he served as Senior Deputy Director of the Urology Department.

He later served as a senior urologist and Director of the Endourology Unit at the Kidney Stone Center of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

He previously served as Secretary of the Israeli Urological Association. Alongside his work at Mayanei Hayeshua, he serves as a lecturer at the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine.

Dr. Miraz Shugol is the Head of the Day Treatment Department at the Mental Health Center of Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

She previously served as a physician assistant in the geriatric department at Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson Hospital. She completed her medical internship with distinction at Wolfson Medical Center. She also worked as a physician at the Ministry of Defense clinic, where she treated combat trauma survivors and focused on the effects of trauma.

Dr. Shugol served as director of the psycho-oncology clinic at Sheba Medical Center, where she also worked as Deputy Head of the Acute Psychiatry Department, including both closed and open wards, and practiced as a psychiatrist.

Professional Education and Training

Intensive training program for the treatment of severe mental disorders through a psychoanalytic approach.

• 2015–2018 – Certificate Program in Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Approach, Tel Aviv Institute for Psychoanalysis
• 2003–2010 – Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• 2002–2006 – Master’s Degree in Gerontology with thesis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• 1999–2002 – Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev