Internal Medicine Division

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. 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. 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.