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Ahmad Assalia

Deputy Director of the Department of General Surgery, Head of the Department of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery at Rambam Hospital.

Specialization

General and laparoscopic surgery:

  • the gastrointestinal tract;
  • endocrine glands;
  • solid organs;
  • abdominal wall hernia.

Obesity surgery

Experience 32 years

Education

1989 — Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel).

Career history

  • Specialization in general surgery and vascular surgery at Rambam Hospital (Haifa, Israel).
  • Specialization in laparoscopic surgery and obesity surgery at Mount Sinai and Cornell Medical Centers (New York, USA).

Additional positions

  • Chairman of the Israeli Society of Endoscopic Surgery
  • Co-founder of the International laparoscopic organization
  • One of the founders of the Israeli Bariatric Surgery Department

Participation in associations:

  • The Israeli Association of Surgeons
  • The Israeli Association of Laparoscopic Surgery
  • The Israeli Society of Endoscopic Surgery
  • The Israeli Bariatric Surgery Department
  • The Israeli, American and European Surgeons and Arthroscopes Association
  • The International Association of Surgeons
  • The International laparoscopic organization
  • The International Association of Obesity Surgery

Language proficiency

Arabic, English, Hebrew.


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