Dr. Mintz Yaron
Head of the Laparoscopic Surgery Unit
Medical Education
1991- Faculty of Medicine, Technion University, Haifa, Israel
Specialty
1999 – General Surgery and Surgery of Malignant Tumors of the Gastrointestinal System, Shiba medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Licenses
MD – Israel
General Surgery - Israel
Positions and clinical experience
2003-2008 General surgery and transplantations, Shiba medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008-2017 Head of the Bariatric surgery unit, Rabin medical center, Campus Hasharon,
Hasharon, Israel
2017 – Current Head of the Laparoscopic surgery unit, Barzilai medical center, Ashkelon,
Israel
Fellowships
♦ 2001-2003 Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint Mary's hospital, London, England
♦ Fellowships in laparoscopic bariatric surgery in Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland and
Norway.
Membership of Professional Organizations in Israel and Abroad
♦ Israel Medical Association
♦ State Physicians Organization
♦ Israel Surgical Association
♦ Israel Society for Bariatric Surgery
Academic Appointments
Tutor, Faculty of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Teaching Experience
Establishment of the simulation center for surgery at the medical center for medical simulation (MSR), Shiba medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel
During his fellowship at the , Saint Mary's hospital, Dr. Mintz was involved in many researches on robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery of the upper gastrointestinal system and surgery of malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal system.
Moreover, Dr. Mintz was invited to lecture at many international conferences and published many articles in the medical journals.