Dr. Alon Schwartz

Director of the trauma unit

Expertise: Surgery
Sub Expertise: Trauma, Emergency surgeries, Open access surgeries, Gastrointestinal (GI) tumors, Laparoscopy
Additional Fields:
- Gallbladder surgeries
- Hernias in the abdominal wall and groin
- Intestinal diseases
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Professional Experience

2009 Member of the Israel Medical Association
2016 Member of the Association of Surgeons in Israel
2016 Member of the Israeli Trauma Society
2018 Board member and treasurer of the Israeli Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
2020 Member of the National Council for Emergency Medicine and Trauma of the Ministry of Health

2001-2008 Doctor of Medicine - MD School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
2008 Internship - Sheba Medical Center - Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan
2010 onwards - Flight rescue and evacuation doctor - Air Force rescue and evacuation unit (Unit 669)
2009-2015 Residency in General Surgery - Department of General Surgery, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
2012-2013 Residency year in general surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA
2014 onwards - Academic appointment - Instructor in General Surgery - School of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2015 Advanced laparoscopy surgical course - Hamburg, Germany
2015 Abdominal wall surgery and complex hernias course - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 Trauma Instructors Course, Support, Life Trauma Advanced, ATLS, Ein Bokek, Israel
2016-2018 Fellowship in trauma surgery and emergency surgery, Ryder Trauma center, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Florida, Miami, USA

2015 Outstanding Resident Award in Clinical Work, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2016 Dean's Award for Excellence in Medical Teaching, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2017 Research grant, the Monbad Foundation, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
2018 Grant for the promotion of trauma in Israel, "Kol Tikva" community, Parkland, Florida, USA
2020 Research grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, State of Israel, for the study of artificial respiration in COVID patients