Surgical Division

Dr. Fabian Gerstenhaber, a graduate of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, serves as Head of the Department of Surgery at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center.

He completed his internship at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, where he continued as a surgical resident and established the training center for laparoscopic surgery.
He was later appointed Senior Physician in the Surgical Oncology Unit at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
In addition, he completed an advanced clinical fellowship in surgical oncology under Prof. Alessandro Gronchi at the National Cancer Institute, as well as training in minimally invasive and robotic surgery under Prof. Paolo Bianchi at San Paolo Hospital in Milan, Italy.
Alongside his role at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center, he serves as Head of the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Service in the Department of Surgery at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv.

Professional Education and Training

2013–2019
Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Course at the IRCAD Research Institute in Strasbourg, France

2013–2019
Advanced Flexible Endoscopy Courses for Surgeons at the IRCAD Research Institute in Strasbourg, France

2008–2012
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Tel Aviv University — graduated with honors

2005–2008
B.A. in Medical Sciences, Tel Aviv University

Dr. Moshe Koller, a graduate of the University of Bologna in Italy, serves as Head of the Surgical Division at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center.
He completed his internship at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, where he later specialized in General Surgery.
He served as a Research Fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA.
He worked as a Senior Surgeon in the Surgical Oncology Department at Sheba Medical Center, where he also provided colorectal surgical services to patients.
He later served as Deputy Head of the Surgical Oncology Department at Sheba Medical Center.
He taught a course in colorectal surgery at St Mark’s Hospital in London, England.
In addition, he served as a Senior Lecturer in Surgery at Tel Aviv University and as Head of the Colorectal Surgery Unit at Sheba Medical Center.

Professional Education and Training

1983
Successfully passed the Israel Medical Association board examinations in General Surgery

1971–1974
Medical Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

1968–1971
Medical Studies, University of Bologna, Italy

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

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. 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. 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. Shay Maron Eldar, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be’er Sheva, is a specialist in bariatric surgery at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center.
He completed a rotating clinical internship at Carmel Medical Center in Haifa and served as a resident in Department of Surgery C at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.
He completed his specialization in General Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
He later served as a Research Fellow and Clinical Fellow at the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA.
Since then, he has served as Head of the Bariatric Surgery Unit at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv.

Professional Education and Training

2011
USMLE Step 3

2009
ATLS Instructor Course

2008
Israeli General Surgery Board Examination – Part 2, with distinction

2006
Israeli General Surgery Board Examination – Part 1

2006
ECFMG Certification

2005
USMLE Step 2 CS

2003
ATLS/MTLS Course

2002
USMLE Step 2 CK

2002
USMLE Step 1

1995–2001
Medical Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva

Dr. Michael Belcher, a graduate of the Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Medicine in Russia, is a specialist in General Surgery at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center.
He completed clinical rotations during his internship at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, and later specialized in General Surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.
He served as an administrative physician at Maccabi Healthcare Services and was also responsible for hospital quality control at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan.
He currently serves as a general surgeon for Maccabi Healthcare Services in the city of Kfar Saba and the town of Kfar Yona.

Professional Education and Training

2000
MTLS Course

1998
ATLS Course
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Course, Belgium

1985–1993
Medical Studies, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia

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