Medical news in Israel

Today, Israel leads in the field of ophthalmology. The use of state-of-the-art technology allows Israeli ophthalmologists not only to recognize eye diseases at an early stage, but also to cure them successfully.
In most cases, early diagnosis of any eye disease guarantees successful treatment of the problem. Israeli ophthalmologists make concerted efforts to perform high quality diagnostics leading to effective treatment of complex disease and performance of complex surgical corrections without side effects.

Israeli medical centers such as Assuta, Sheba and Ichilov (Sourasky) have multifunctional departments that are well equipped to diagnose and treat various types of cancer. All centers are in possession of modern diagnostics technologies, such as PET-CT, MRI and CT scanners, medical ultrasound, etc. They also have access to groundbreaking tools (such as PET-MRI and 3D mammography) that may not be available elsewhere.

Continuous clinical research into new endoprosthetic technologies, along with the use of advanced surgical methods, has placed Israel at the cutting edge of orthopedic treatment.

Israeli surgeons, such as Dr Ilya Pekarsky and Dr Alexey Kalganov, are recognized as world-leaders in their fields, and have successfully treated celebrities and Olympic athletes (such as 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 3-time world champion figure-skater Evgeni Plushenko.