Dr. Maor Lahav

Dr. Maor Lahav is a doctor of medicine, a well-known Israeli specialist who masters the most progressive technologies in treating gastroenterological diseases. Chief specialist of the Gastroenterology Institute at Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv and head of the department specializing in invasive endoscopy at Sheba clinic. He is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the Israeli Association of Gastroenterologists. His main activities are internal medicine, gastroenterology, oncological gastroenterology and hepatology (liver diseases).

Maor Lahav received his specialized education at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. The next stages of improving his professional skills were:

• residency in internal medicine at Sheba Hospital specializing in gastroenterology;
• gaining practical experience at Assuta Medical Center in the gastroenterology department;
• fellowships at the best medical institutions in Israel.

The doctor continued his scientific and practical fellowship at the University of Chicago Hospital (USA), where he studied innovative methods of treating and diagnosing digestive system diseases.

Dr. Lahav is one of the few doctors who uses the innovative radiofrequency ablation method developed by the company Barrx to treat columnar cell metaplasia. Dr. Lahav also specializes in endoscopic diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases, using ultramodern endoscopic techniques with simultaneous biopsy. He also successfully uses colonoscopy methods popular in Europe and America.

Today Dr. Lahav is a leading specialist at the Gastroenterology Institute at Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv and head of the endoscopy department at Sheba Hospital.

Besides clinical practice, Dr. Lahav conducts research in laboratories in the USA, studying innovative technologies of invasive endoscopy and modern methods of resecting malignant formations of internal organs. He participates in annual international conferences and scientific symposia on gastroenterology and is the author of dozens of publications, articles and presentations.

Dr. Maor Lahav specializes in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. His specialization includes:

• treatment of reflux esophagitis;
• early diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors;
• treatment of ulcers of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum and other organs of the digestive tract;
• treatment of pancreatic tumors;
• treatment of liver pathology;
• removal of intestinal polyps;
• minimally invasive surgery in oncological gastroenterology.

A high level of professionalism, masterful command of the most advanced endoscopic procedures and enormous experience: that is all about him.