Professor Avi Khafif

Professor Avi Khafif is a highly qualified surgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of head and neck tumors, a specialist in modern surgical treatment of ENT cancers (larynx, vocal cords, pharynx, nasopharynx), of the salivary, thyroid and parathyroid glands, and a recognized authority in the surgical treatment of maxillofacial tumors.

Avi Khafif studied medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, after which he joined the Israel Defense Forces and served for the next five years as a physician and then as chief medical officer. After military service Dr. Khafif entered a clinical residency in the Department of Otolaryngology (ENT) at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, Israel. As a resident he was sent for a fellowship at a major cancer center in New York, where he studied modern aspects of treating cancer of the head and neck. After residency he joined the surgical oncology department of the University of Oklahoma clinic (USA), where he practiced oncologic surgery for two years. Returning to Israel, Khafif became a leading specialist in the head and neck oncology department and soon headed it.

Today Professor Avi Khafif is one of the most sought-after and successful Israeli specialists in surgical treatment of head and neck tumors, an authority in vascular and salivary gland microsurgery, and a top-class specialist in endoscopic operations using the most advanced surgical methods and the latest medical technologies in oncologic surgery. Professor Khafif is a full member of the Israeli Association of Otolaryngologists and the American Head and Neck Society, and heads the Israeli Association of Head and Neck Oncologists and Oncologic Surgeons. Avi Khafif is one of the founders and head of the largest clinic in eastern Israel specializing in ENT diseases and pathology of the head and neck tissues.

Despite a busy schedule, Dr. Khafif teaches medical students at Tel Aviv University, has published more than 70 scientific papers in leading medical journals worldwide, and conducts active scientific and practical research in cranial oncologic surgery.

• diagnosis of tumors of the ENT organs (larynx, pharynx, nasopharynx, vocal cords, etc.);
• organ-preserving endoscopic surgery of the thyroid, salivary and parathyroid glands;
• removal of tumors (malignant and benign) of the oral mucosa, palate, tongue, and lower and upper jaw;
• surgical treatment of malignant laryngeal tumors: total laryngectomy or partial laryngectomy;
• treatment of cervical artery dissection;
• removal of benign, suspicious (after preliminary diagnosis) and malignant skin tumors, etc.

In clinical practice Dr. Khafif uses the latest oncologic surgical techniques and advanced endoscopic methods, allowing effective organ-preserving operations in both adult patients and children.