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Avraham Rivkind

Head of the Traumatology Unit at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Areas of Expertise and Treatment

General surgery

  • all types of surgical procedures.
Education
  • 1980 - Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).
Clinical Experience
  • 1986-1987 - Specialization in traumatology at the University of Maryland (USA).
  • 1989 - Founded the Israeli Society of the Traumatology Advancement.
  • 1992 - founded and headed the first traumatology department in Israel at the Hadassah University Hospital.
  • 1997-1998 - Specialization in traumatology, gastric and esophageal surgery at the University of California (Los Angeles, USA).
  • 1999-2013 - Head of the General Surgery and Traumatology Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Additional Positions
  • Medical Director of the Joint Rescue Service.
  • Advisor to the Chief Surgeon of the Israeli Defense Forces on General Surgery, Trauma and Ethics.
  • Member of the Center of Trauma Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Professional Memberships
  • The Israeli Association of Surgery
  • The Israeli Association of Endoscopic Surgery
  • The Israeli Society of the Traumatology Advancement
  • The American Association of Surgery
  • The American Association of Traumatology

Years of Experience: 37
Areas of Expertise and Treatment

General surgery

  • all types of surgical procedures.
Education
  • 1980 - Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).
Clinical Experience
  • 1986-1987 - Specialization in traumatology at the University of Maryland (USA).
  • 1989 - Founded the Israeli Society of the Traumatology Advancement.
  • 1992 - founded and headed the first traumatology department in Israel at the Hadassah University Hospital.
  • 1997-1998 - Specialization in traumatology, gastric and esophageal surgery at the University of California (Los Angeles, USA).
  • 1999-2013 - Head of the General Surgery and Traumatology Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Additional Positions
  • Medical Director of the Joint Rescue Service.
  • Advisor to the Chief Surgeon of the Israeli Defense Forces on General Surgery, Trauma and Ethics.
  • Member of the Center of Trauma Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Professional Memberships
  • The Israeli Association of Surgery
  • The Israeli Association of Endoscopic Surgery
  • The Israeli Society of the Traumatology Advancement
  • The American Association of Surgery
  • The American Association of Traumatology
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