Prof. Petachia Reissman
Director of the Department of Surgery | Co-director of the gastro-surgical center
- Expertise: Surgery
- Sub Expertise: Laparoscopy, Surgery of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas, Adrenal gland surgeries, Oncological surgery, Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery, Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
Professional Experience
- Internship, Hadassah Medical Center
- 1981-1982 - Doctor, Medical Corps, IDF
- 1982-1984 - Diver doctor, Navy, IDF
- 1985-1988 - Resident , general surgery, Hadassah Medical Center
- 1988 - Diver Doctor, US Navy, Panama City, Florida
- 1988-1989 - Director of the Hyperbaric Underwater Medicine Unit, Institute of Marine Medicine, Haifa
- 1989-1990 - Senior Resident, General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
- 1990-1992 - Chief Resident, General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center
- 1992-1993 - Senior Doctor, General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center
- 1993-1994 - Research Fellowship, Department of Colon Surgery, Florida Branch of the Cleveland Clinic
- 1994-1995 - Clinical Fellowship, Department of Colon Surgery, Florida branch of the Cleveland Clinic
- 1995-2002 - Senior Doctor, General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center
- 1997-1998 - Director of Surgical Hospitalization Section B, Hadassah Medical Center
- 2002 onwards - Director of the Department of Surgery, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Academic Positions:
- 1988 - Instructor in Surgery, Hadassah School of Medicine and the Hebrew University
- 1992 - Lecturer in Surgery, Hadassah School of Medicine and the Hebrew University
- 1996 - Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Hadassah School of Medicine and the Hebrew University
- 2001 - Associate Professor of Surgery, Hadassah School of Medicine and the Hebrew University
- 2019-Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University
Memberships
- 1985 - The Israel Medical Association
- 1992 - Israeli Society of Surgery
- 1994 - American Society for Colorectal Surgery
- 1994 - American Society for Endoscopic Surgery of the Gastrointestinal System
- 1994 - American College of Gastroenterology
- 1994 - American College of Surgeons
- 1995 - Florida Gastrointestinal Society
- 1996 - The Israeli Society for Colon and Rectal Surgery
- 1999 - The International Society for University Surgeons of the Colon and Rectum
- 2002 - Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Training
- 1973-1979 - MD, School of Medicine of the Hebrew University and Hadassah
Research Areas and Articles
Peer review in journals:
Southern Medical Journal.
The Cancer Journal
Editing in journals:
Journal of Techniques in Coloproctology
Textbooks:
Reoperative Abdominal Surgery
along with Dr. Soly Mizrahi and Dr. Hiram Polk
Awards
- 1976 - Dean's Award, Hadassah School of Medicine and the Hebrew University
- 1985 - Faculty Award for Outstanding Thesis, Hadassah School of Medicine and the Hebrew University
- 1994 - International Research Award, Research Foundation of the American Society for Colorectal Surgery
- 1995 - Gold Medal for Presentation, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1995 - Ross Fellowship Research Award, Annual Meeting of the Society for Digestive System Surgery, San Diego, CA
- 1995 - Dean's Award for Research, US Medical Surgeons Research Fund in Israel
Additional lnfo
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LanguagesHebrew | English | German
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Private Medical Serviceyes
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Doctor's Legal Opinionno