Prof Joseph Klausner

Professor Joseph Klausner is an outstanding abdominal surgeon with more than 40 years of experience in this field. He heads the surgical department of the Ichilov Medical Center and is recognized as one of the leading surgeons in Israel. In 2021, Professor Klausner was included in the ranking of the best doctors in the country according to Forbes magazine.

Professor Klausner specializes in oncological and abdominal surgery, performing complex surgical interventions on the abdominal organs. His expertise includes unique operations such as resection of neuroendocrine neoplasms, removal of cancerous tumors of the pancreas, breast, stomach, liver, esophagus, kidney, small and large intestine, as well as resection of sarcomas of the colon, esophagus and stomach.

Specialization:

• Implements a wide range of surgical interventions for gastrointestinal cancer, including cytoreductive operations with intra-abdominal chemotherapy.
• Skills in the technique of performing Whipple surgery and other complex procedures related to the pancreas.
• Performs minimally invasive surgical interventions for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
• Performs bariatric surgery to correct body weight.

Diseases that the doctor treats:

• Stomach cancer
• Intestinal cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Peritoneal mesothelioma
• Crohn's disease
• Reflux esophagitis
• Liver cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Gall bladder cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Ulcerative colitis
• Endocrine carcinomas and other neuroendocrine tumors

Education and clinical experience:

• Head of the Department of Oncological Surgery at the Ichilov Medical Center.
• He holds the position of professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University.
• He leads the expanded surgical department at the Ichilov Medical Center.
• >He runs a private practice at the Top Ichilov Clinic.
• Director of the Department of General Surgery at the Ichilov Medical Center.
• Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University.
• Senior Physician in the Department of Surgery at the Ikhilov Medical Center.
• Teacher at the School of Anatomy at the Medical School named after. Sackler, Tel Aviv University.
• Research Fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
• Chief of Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center.
• Senior Physician at Department of Surgery at Hadassah Medical Center.
• Postgraduate studies at Harvard University.
• Specialized in surgery at Hadassah Medical Center.
• Educated at the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University .