Dr. Yoram Anekstein
An experienced spinal surgeon, specialist in surgical treatment of spine and spinal cord diseases, an authority in surgical correction of scoliosis and posture correction in adolescents and children. Heads the spine surgery department.
Yoram Anekstein was born and raised in Israel and received his higher medical education at Israel's largest and oldest university, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Dr. Anekstein's initial specializations included both neurology and surgery. After the mandatory internship he entered a clinical residency, where his main field became spinal surgery. As a spinal surgeon he trained at Hadassah University Hospital, where he worked for several years as a staff surgeon and then as a senior physician of the department. His advancement to a narrow specialist took place at the Sourasky clinical complex in Israel and the university medical center in Louisville, USA.
Today Yoram Anekstein is a recognized authority in spine surgery using modern technologies and robotics. Dr. Anekstein has an extensive clinical practice, teaches at Tel Aviv University and is engaged in research, in particular on the possibilities of intervertebral disc replacement. He is a member of several specialized societies of Israel and the USA; his presentations on modern spine surgery have practical significance, and his scientific works on approaches to treating vertebral surgical pathology are published in medical journals worldwide.
Dr. Yoram Anekstein is competent in performing therapeutic and corrective surgical operations for spinal pathology of any etiology, in particular:
- degenerative diseases of the spine: osteoarthritis, spondylosis, osteochondrosis, spondylolisthesis, herniated intervertebral discs, facet syndrome, spinal canal stenosis, etc.;
- spinal injuries;
- tumors of the spine and spinal cord;
- spinal curvature, including adolescent and adult scoliosis.
In his practice Dr. Anekstein uses progressive surgical techniques of endoscopic operations with reduced tissue trauma and modern minimally invasive methods of fixing the spinal column, and in adolescent patients actively applies an innovative development by Israeli scientists, the Apifix implant, which prevents the progression of scoliosis and restores anatomically correct posture while preserving the natural mobility of the spine.