Orthopedic Department

Dr. Itay Holzer, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, serves as Head of the Orthopedic Department at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center.

He completed his internship at Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson Hospital) in Petah Tikva, and later specialized in Orthopedic Surgery at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv.

Alongside his residency, he worked at emergency medical clinics of the health funds and volunteered at the migrant workers clinic in Tel Aviv on behalf of Physicians for Human Rights.

Following his residency, he completed a one-year fellowship in adult hip and knee joint replacement surgery at St. Joseph’s Health Care London in Ontario, Canada.

He later served as a Senior Physician in the Joint Replacement Unit of the Orthopedic Department at HaEmek Medical Center in Afula.

Professional Education and Training

2008
AO Basic Spine Course

2002
AO Basic Trauma Course

1993–2000
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

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

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. 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. 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

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