Dr. Jacob Ben Chaim

Head of the Pediatric Urology Division, surgeon, Ichilov Medical Center, private practice at Assuta Medical Center.

Prof. Ben Chaim is in the Forbes list of the best Israeli doctors.

Expertise:

Reconstructive surgery, pediatric urology, hydronephrosis in children, pyelonephritis, varicocele, hydrocele, circumcision, the alignment of the penis (corporoplasty), hypospadias repair.

Education and training:
1985-1979 School of Medicine at the Technion, Haifa.
1993-1987: Internship in urologic surgery, Medical Center, Chaim Sheba Tel Hashomer.
1993-1988 – continued postgraduate studies in urology in the School of Continuing Education, Medical Faculty, Tel – Aviv University.
1995-1993 – two-year study in pediatric urology, Johns Hopkins Hospital Institute in Baltimore, USA.

Clinical experience:
1986 – surgical experience at Chaim Sheba Hospital.
1993-1987 – residency in urologic surgery at Children’s Medical Center. Chaim Sheba.
1997-1995 – senior doctor in the department of urology at the Medical Center. Chaim Sheba.
1999-1997 – senior physician in the Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Ichilov.
1999 – Head of the Department of Pediatric Urology, Tel Aviv Medical Center.

Academic experience:
1999 – Bachelor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Course: Children Urology during their stay at the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Urology
Fellowship – MD thesis
9 professional publications, continued participation in national and international conferences

Membership:
1986 – The Israeli Medical Association
1993 – Israeli Urological Association
1998 – The American Urological Association