Prof. Alon Pikarsky

Head of the Surgery Department, Head of the Colorectal Surgery Center at the Hadassah University Hospital.

Experience:

30 years

Areas of Expertise and Treatment

• General surgery:
  • reduction of all types of hernias;
  • resection of the gallbladder.
• Colorectal surgery: treatment of fecal incontinence and constipation
• Oncological surgery:
  • rectal and bowel surgery;
  • removal of tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Robotic surgery
• HIPEC Chemotherapy

EDUCATION

1987 – Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1993-6 – specialization in general surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel).
• 1996-7 – specialization in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York, USA).
• 1997-8 – Chief Resident of the Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• 1998-2000 – specialization in colorectal surgery and research work at the Cleveland Clinic (Florida, USA).

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2019-20 – was included in the list “The Best Doctors of Israel” published annually by FORBES magazine.
• In Israel prof. Pikarsky became a pioneer in artificial anal sphincter implantation for fecal incontinence and surgical treatment of obstructed defecation using the STARR method.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• The Israeli Association of Surgeons.
• The Israeli Association of Colorectal Surgery.
• The Israeli Association of Laparoscopic Surgery.
• The American Association of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery (SAGES).
• The International Association of Colorectal Surgery.