Dr. Ilya Maslakov
A well-known Israeli rheumatologist, an experienced and knowledgeable physician competent in diagnosing and treating the entire spectrum of rheumatic diseases, regardless of stage and severity.
Besides modern therapeutic protocols used worldwide to treat rheumatic pathology successfully, Dr. Ilya Maslakov has a number of unique treatment methods that achieve long and stable remissions in rheumatism, scleroderma, lupus, vasculitis and other systemic rheumatic forms.
Ilya Maslakov graduated from the Leningrad Medical Institute. After an internship in general medicine, he trained as an internist in Leningrad, and after moving to Israel received additional specialization as a rheumatologist. For the next several years he improved in rheumatology, training at university rheumatology centers in Europe and the USA. Returning to Israel, Ilya Maslakov worked in rheumatology departments of large Israeli clinics. After receiving a doctor of medicine degree, he was invited as a senior physician to the multidisciplinary Assaf Harofeh medical complex.
Today Ilya Maslakov is one of the most successful and sought-after specialists in diagnosing and modern treatment of all known rheumatic diseases, a member of Israeli and international professional societies, and a talented scientist and clinician who skillfully combines traditional approaches with advanced medical technologies in treating rheumatic diseases. One of his professional strengths is continuous mastery and introduction into clinical practice of new promising methods of therapy for systemic connective tissue diseases based on the latest achievements of rheumatological science.
Dr. Ilya Maslakov is competent in treating:
- joint diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, polyarthritis, arthrosis;
- ankylosing spondylitis (Bechterew's disease);
- granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's), Takayasu's disease, Goodpasture syndrome and other systemic vasculitis;
- systemic scleroderma, lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's disease, dermatomyositis, polymyositis and other rheumatic diseases.
The use of the newest drug therapy, including intra-articular injections and latest-generation immunomodulators in multifactorial comprehensive therapy of rheumatic diseases, allows Dr. Maslakov to bring his patients to long remissions, enabling them to live and function fully.