Dr. Mark Umansky
A highly qualified specialist in endoscopic examination methods and minimally invasive techniques for treating tumors of the intestine and stomach.
Dr. Mark Umansky is a physician of the highest category, a leading gastroenterologist and endoscopy specialist with many years of experience.
Mark Umansky graduated from the medical institute in St. Petersburg in 1972. After graduating he trained in oncology, modern surgery and endoscopy at an oncology and restorative center. For a long time he worked as a physician specializing in oncological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Later Dr. Umansky served as director of a consultative gastroenterology center in St. Petersburg. In Israel, after successful recertification, he specialized in the gastroenterology department of Sourasky Medical Center (Tel Aviv). Dr. Umansky completed international courses in therapeutic endoscopy in Toronto (Canada). Mark Umansky is a full member of the Israeli Association of Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists and a member of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Mark Umansky is one of Israel's most experienced gastroenterologists, with a unique 40 years of clinical experience. He currently works as a senior physician in the gastroenterology department at Sourasky Medical Center (Tel Aviv). He also has a private practice in digestive diseases. Dr. Umansky is one of the most experienced specialists in endoscopic techniques used in gastroenterology.
Dr. Umansky is not only a highly competent practicing physician but is also widely known in scientific circles. His research is devoted to the treatment of tumor diseases of the GI tract, improvement of endoscopic techniques in gastroenterology and other problems in this field.
His research has resulted in more than 40 published papers and presentations.
Dr. Umansky is a regular participant in international congresses, conferences and symposia on various aspects of gastroenterology.
Dr. Umansky treats diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and liver.
Main areas of specialization:
- Diagnosis and endoscopic examination of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of Barrett's esophagus;
- Endoscopic treatment of polyps and tumors of various etiologies of the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine;
- An innovative and unique method of endoscopic visualization – confocal endoscopic microscopy of the GI tract.
In his practice Dr. Umansky widely uses innovative methods such as laser and argon plasma coagulation to treat tumors and polyps of the gastrointestinal tract, which allows the disease to be eliminated without long-term drug therapy.