Professor Aviram Nissan
Surgical oncologist. An outstanding Israeli surgical oncologist. One of the most experienced surgeons and specialists in removing primary malignant and benign tumors, as well as metastases in the abdominal organs and intestine. A pioneer and leading Israeli specialist in hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).
Aviram Nissan is one of the best-known and most authoritative surgical oncologists in Israel, an international-level expert and instructor in innovative technologies for treating advanced metastatic tumors. The professor's name is known in European and American professional organizations. It was he who developed and popularized the practice of HIPEC, the intraoperative intra-abdominal administration of heated chemotherapy drugs in the treatment of stomach cancer and other tumors that metastasize to the omentum and the peritoneum. Today he trains the new generation of oncologists and surgeons in the technique. Aviram Nissan performs highly complex operations on internal organs and soft tissues. He is highly skilled in robot-assisted laparoscopic operations to remove tumors within the boundaries of the pathological focus, as well as radical resection of affected organs through a miniature access.
The professor is a recognized leader in the treatment of polypoid, ulcerative and diffuse-infiltrative gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, and sarcomas of soft tissues and internal organs. Under his leadership, unique operations that save the lives of people with dangerous pathologies are performed in Israel and abroad. Aviram Nissan is a laureate of prestigious awards, prizes and titles, including the Melvitsky Prize, the Federico Foundation, The Aaron Beare Foundation, the USMCI CBCP award and many others.
Aviram Nissan graduated with honors from the biomedical faculty of the Hebrew University. He completed his internship and clinical residency in the surgery department of Hadassah Hospital. He trained at Mount Sinai in New York and at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital, improving his qualifications in surgical oncology. He worked at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. On returning to Israel he began working as an attending surgeon at the Hadassah company. From 2011 to 2013 he headed the oncology department of Beilinson Hospital. In 2013 he returned to the Hadassah company as head of the surgery department. Since 2015 he has headed the Department of Surgery and Oncology at Sheba Hospital. The professor is also chairman and secretary of the national Society of Surgical Oncology. He was awarded the academic degree of professor of medicine at the Hebrew University.
Aviram Nissan is an honorary member of the following professional organizations:
- European Society of Surgical Oncology
- U.S. Military Cancer Institute
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Association for Cancer Research
- International group for the study and treatment of tumors of the peritoneal cavity (executive committee)
The professor serves on the medical ethics committee and teaches at the European School of Oncological Surgery.
Besides clinical practice, Aviram Nissan heads a pathomorphology laboratory for the study of neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract and peritoneal cavities. He publishes his own research and experiments in the world's leading medical journals. Over the years he has written and published more than 150 publications, including articles, monographs, teaching aids and textbooks.
Aviram Nissan works in depth on the therapy of tumors of the digestive system. Skillfully combining advanced surgical and conservative methods, he gives a chance of recovery even to seriously ill people.
The professor's expertise includes the following procedures:
- Robot-assisted removal of malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal organs
- Bowel resection with simultaneous reconstruction
- Removal of sarcomas
- Removal of secondary (metastatic) lesions of the organs and structures of the abdominal cavity
- Hyperthermic chemotherapy HIPEC
- Combined tumor resection with intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy (CRS + HIPEC)
- Emergency surgical interventions
The professor actively works on the development of oncology in Israel and is developing the field of minimally invasive surgery for malignant tumors. Over the years he has managed to save thousands of patients suffering from advanced diseases of the abdominal cavity.
Interview (in Russian) with Professor Aviram Nissan: "Defeating carcinomatosis"