Dr. Harel Arzi

Director of the Children's Spine Disease Service

Professional Experience

2010 Establishment of a clinic for spinal diseases in children within the Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center
2011 Two fellowship trainings in the USA: at the DuPont Children's Hospital in Wilmington under the guidance of Dr. Soken Shah and others, and with Dr. Lawrence Lenka at St. Lewis Missouri
2014 Senior Surgeon in the Orthopedic Department at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem
Establishing a service for spine problems in children in Shaare Zedek, including a unique clinic for spine problems in children that deals with diagnosis, follow-up, and conservative (non-surgical) treatment. As part of the clinic, all types of surgeries are performed to treat these problems
Participates in conferences in his field of specialization in Israel and abroad and is engaged in teaching residents and students

Medical studies: The School of Medicine of the Hebrew and Hadassah University in Jerusalem
Internship: at Rivka Ziv hospitals in Safed and Sheba in Tel Hashomer
2000 Residency in orthopedics in the orthopedic department at Sheba Hospital, Tel Hashomer
2007 Senior surgeon in the spine surgery unit in the orthopedic department
2008 Clinical fellowship training in the USA at the Center for the Treatment of Spine Diseases at the University of Kansas Hospital, in which he performed dozens of surgeries under the guidance of Dr. Paul Arnold, and also participated in writing articles and chapters in leading textbooks in the field of spine surgeries
2009 Research Fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery at M. D. Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas
Research and clinical activity, performed extremely complex spine surgeries under the direction of Dr. Lawrence Raines