Oz Yakir
Description of the main medical specialization: General surgery
Place of work (hospital):ֲ Assia Medical Senior Surgeonֲ
Languages:ֲ Hebrew, Englishֲ
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Education:ֲ
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Doctor of Medicine: Ben-Gurion University, Faculty of Medical Studies
Residency in surgery at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sheba Medical Center at Tel HashomerTrained in complex liver, pancreas and organ transplantation at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Trained under Israelג€™s top surgeons, including Prof. Avraham Czerniak, the pioneer of liver and pancreatic surgery in Israelֲ Description of additional medical specializationֲ Hepatobiliary surgery (liver and pancreas)ֲ
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Position in the hospital: ֲ Senior Surgeonֲ
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Membership in professional organizations:
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Israeli Surgical Association (ISA)
The American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA)
The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)ֲ Employmentֲ Established the Liver and Pancreatic Surgery Unit at Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Senior surgeon in the Department of Liver, Pancreatic, and Transplant Surgery at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)
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Areas of expertise:
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ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Liver resections
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Resections of the pancreas (Whippleֲ surgeries, tail of the pancreas) including laparoscopic surgeries
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Bile duct tumor resections
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Bile duct reconstructions
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Colon surgeries
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Partial or complete gastric resections
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Laparoscopic gallbladder surgeries
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Hernia surgeries
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Spleen surgeries
ֲ·ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ ֲ Appendix surgeries