Leading Doctors for Hand and Wrist Treatment

Dr. Igo Goldberg – Senior Surgeon of Arms and Hand Surgery Department, Assuta Hospital. Independent surgical practice, Hand rehabilitation center, Israel.

Dr. Esther Rubinraut – Head of the hand & wrist unit at the Jonathan Orthopedic Center, Assuta.

Dr. Erez Avishar – Expert in the upper limb surgery, diseases and injuries of hand, wrist, forearm and elbow, Director of the Hand Surgery Unit, Shamir Hospital – Assaf Harofeh. Carpal tunnel syndrome surgery, surgery to investigate nerves in the upper limb, nerve transplant and nerve transfer surgeries in the upper limb, surgery for suturing and reconstruction of tendons, trigger finger, replacement of fingers, wrist, base of thumb and elbow, arthroscopy for the wrist joint, fixation of fractures in fingers and wrist bones, bone scaphoid (scapular bone fixation), fixation of fractures in the distal radius, fixation of fractures in the forearm, elbow and arm, excision of tumors in the upper limb, correction of congenital defects.

Dr. Yona Yaniv –   Senior Specialist of hand surgery, Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov). Former Director of Hand Surgery Department, Sheba Medical Center. Treatment of trauma, mainly of the wrist, palm and fingers – bony and soft tissues, sports injuries of fingers, wrist, forearm and elbow, wrist and elbow arthroscopies. Paralysis of different types – peripheral nerves – suturing, release and tendon transfers. Tendon transfers for cerebral palsy, various diseases of the upper limb, correction of birth defects.

Dr. David Yaffe – Unit Director of hand surgery, Wolfson medical center. Specialist in orthopedics, arthroscopy hand and elbow, sports medicine, surgery of the hand, surgery of hand – shoulder-upper limb.

Dr. Avidov Lieberman – Senior Specialist physician  in the Hand Surgery Department, Sheba medical center,  Tel Hashomer. Specialist for hand, forearm and elbow surgeries. Hand trauma treatment – suturing nerves and tendons, repair of fractures in the fingers of the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow (implants and prostheses), performing wrist and elbow replacement.

Dr. Ram Palti –  Deputy Head of Hand surgery Department, Sheba Medical Center  –  Tel ha Shomer. Hand, wrist and elbow surgery, injury of tendons, nerves and fractures in the upper limb (except shoulder), sports injuries, repair of congenital defects in the upper limbs, plastic surgery of the hand, providing medical-legal opinion, microsurgery.

Dr. Tamir Pritsch – Director of Hand Surgery Unit, Tel Aviv Medical Center – Ichilov. Treatment of upper limb injuries in children including fractures, injuries to tendons, nerves and blood vessels, congenital defects and congenital and developmental problems of the upper limbs, with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular (nerve/muscle) problems, treatment of multiple exostosis and deformities of various types. Treatment of trauma (injuries) in adults – fractures in the hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow, repair and recovery of tendon injuries, transplantation of fingers and hands in cases of amputation, treatment of problems of missing connection of the bones of the upper limb, complex bone and soft tissue reconstructions including the use of free hangers, arthroscopic and open surgeries, upper extremity infections treatment.

Dr. Roit Yanko-Arzi – Limb reconstructions and microsurgery department of plastic surgery, Tel Aviv Medical Center – Ichilov. Expert in plastic and aesthetic surgery, reconstructive microsurgery and Mohs surgeries for skin tumors. Senior doctor in the department of plastic surgery in Ichilov, director of Mohs-plastic surgeries and ENT reconstructions, limb reconstructions and neurosurgical reconstructions.

Dr. Batia Yaffe – Senior physician in the hand surgery department and microsurgery Unit, Sheba medical center, Tel ha Shomer. Plastic and aesthetic surgeries, reconstructive surgeries and hand surgeries, facelift, eyelid lifting, microsurgery.