Doctor Details

Prof. Israel Zvi

Director, Center for Functional and Restorative Surgery, Dept. of Neurosurgery

Phone :   Phone Clinic:02-6776903 02-6776359
Phone Office:02 6779674

 

Email :   israelz@hadassah.org.il

 

Areas Of Interest :         Epilepsy surgeries, Spasticity treatment including Baclofen pump translantation, Chronic pain treatment including spinal electrode tranplantation, Trigiminal neuralgia and facial pain, Deep brain stimulation, Microvascular decompression, Vagal nerve ans spinal cord stimulation, Movement disorders such as Parkinson, Tremor and Dystonia surgical treatment

 

Public Positions :     Member of the Exams Committee of the Scientific Council

Dr. Israel has a special interest in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, including:

· Surgical management of movement disorders
· Essential Tremor
· Parkinson’s Disease
· Deep Brain Stimulation

· Management of chronic and neuropathic pain syndromes
· Trigeminal Neuralgia
· Phantom Limb pain
· Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
· Brachial Plexus Avulsion Pain

· Treatment of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve disorders
· Entrapment syndromes
· Nerve Trauma
· Peripheral nerve tumors

Research interests

· Pathophysiology of tremor
· Delivery of novel therapeutic agents to the CNS