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.