Yizhar Floman

Description of the main medical specialization: Orthopedic Surgery and Spine Surgery

Place of work (hospital): Assuta Hospital, Tel Aviv

Languages: Hebrew, English

Education:

1964 – Graduated the School of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1965 – Completed internship at Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1966–1969 – Army service (airborne physician)

1969–1976 – Specialization in orthopedic surgery at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, including a year of research at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot

1977–1979 – Fellowship in spine surgery at Children’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, and at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia

Position in the hospital: Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Spine Surgery

More than 35 years of experience in the field, during which he performed more than 6,700 surgeries, including:

Lumbar discectomy
Vertebral fixation
Scoliosis surgery
Spinal tumor surgery

Membership in professional organizations:

The Israel Medical Association
The Israel Orthopedic Association
The Israel Spine Society
The Scoliosis Research Society
The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
EUROSPINE the Spine Society of Europe
The North American Spine Society
1997–2000 – PresidentIsrael Orthopedic Association
2010–2015 – PresidentIsrael Spine Society

Employment:

1979–2000 – Spine Surgery Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1992–2000 – Chief of Spine Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

2000–present – Senior surgeon, Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), Tzrifin

2000–present – Director, Israel Spine Center, Assuta Hospital, Tel Aviv

Publications:

Professor Floman has published 129 scientific articles, presented more than 100 studies at national and international conferences, and edited five books on diseases of the spine and spinal surgeries.

Professor Floman is an associate editor of the scientific journals Spine and The Journal of Spinal Disorders.

Most recent publications:
Floman Y, Millgram MA, Ashkenazi E, Rand N.: Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage Complicating Unintended Durotomy in Lumbar Spine Surgery. Int J Spine Surg. 2015 Jul 14;9:29

Anekstein Y, Floman Y, Smorgick Y, Rand N, Millgram M, Mirovsky Y.: Seven years follow-up for total lumbar facet joint replacement (TOPS) in the management of lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis. Eur Spine J. 2015 Mar 8

Floman Y, Burnei G, Gavriliu S, Anekstein Y, Straticiuc S, Tunyogi-Csapo M, Mirovsky Y, Zarzycki D, Potaczek T,
Arnin U.: Surgical management of moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with ApiFix®: a short peri-apical fixation followed by post-operative curve reduction with exercises. Scoliosis. 2015 Feb 5;10:4.