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Dr. Avi Hefetz

Avi Hefetz

ENT surgeon, Director of Head and Neck Surgery Department, Assuta Hospital.

Education:
1981-1987:    Tel-Aviv Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Israel  
MD degree.    Awarded 1987. 
Title of Doctoral Thesis:    The management of acute cholecystitis in elderly patients.
 
Academic Experience:  
1996-1997    Research fellowship  -study of chemopreventive agents) Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Center, New York, NY  
1997-1998    Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot. Otolaryngology Instructor – nursing school. 
1999-2001    Fellowship in Oncologic Surgery of the Head and Neck, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City, OK 
2001-2009    Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Otolaryngology: Lectures to residents and medical students.

Clinical Experience:
1987-1988   Internship: Rivka-Ziv hospital, Tzfat and Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv.
1988-1993   Residency: Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot.  
1996-1997   Research fellowship. The use of curcumin and green tea as chemopreventors of head and neck cancer: a cell culture project Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New-York, NY.
1999-2001   Clinical fellowship. Oncologic Surgery of the Head and Neck, Oklahoma University Health and Sciences Center, Oklahoma city, OK.
2001-2009   Attending and Senior Head and Neck Surgeon, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv.
2009 - present   Attending Surgeon, ARAM Center of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv
2009 - present   Chairman of the Israeli Society of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology

Academic and Professional Awards:
1989    Prize. The syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone secretion after bilateral neck dissections. The surgical forum, Oklahoma Health and Sciences Center, 5/2000.
2006    Research Grant from the Israeli Cancer Society on :"The effect of curcumin as a radiosensitizer on human SCC: in an in-vivo model"

Membership In Professional Societies:
1987-present:    Israel Medical Association.
2001-present:    American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. 
1998-present:    Israeli Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
2004-present    American Head and Neck Society (active membership)

Active Participation In Scientific Meetings

  1. The society of Head and Neck Surgeons. Toronto, Canada 1995.  
  2. The society of Head and Neck Surgeons, Can-Cun, Mexico, 1997 
  3. The New-York society of Head and Neck Surgery, paper session, New-York, 1997. 
  4. Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer Center, Department of surgery, 1997.
  5. The Israeli Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.Israel, 1998.
  6. The 2nd International Symposium in Israel on Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, Jerusalem, November 5th, 1998
  7. Israeli Society of Otolaryngology, 2000.
  8. International symposium on Head and Neck Surgery, San-Francisco, July, 2000..
  9. Triological Society, Middle section, Chicago January, 2001..
  10. The annual meeting of the Israeli Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
  11. The annual meeting of the Spanish Society of Otolaryngology, LaCoruna ‏June, 2002
  12. The 6th international research forum for Basic Science in Head and Neck Surgery, Virginia 10/2002
  13. The 2nd world Congress of the international federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies, Brazil 11/2002.
  14. The Israeli Society of Head and Neck Surgery, 1/2003, Haifa.
  15. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Eilat,, 02/2004
  16. The international conference on Head and Neck Cancer. Washington DC 8/04
  17. AFIDOC (Israeli French Combined Conference on Otolaryngology). Eilat 10/2004. Panelist
  18. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Eilat,, 02/2004
  19. American Combined Spring Meeting- The American Society of Head and Neck Surgery. Bocca-Raton, Florida, 05/2005.
  20. The Israeli Society of Head and Neck Surgery. Rabin Medical Center, 01/2006.
  21. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Eilat, 03/2006
  22. Israeli Society of Surgery and Oncology, Zefat 2007.

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