Professor David Goitein
Surgeon. Head of the bariatric and metabolic surgery center and senior physician of the department of surgical oncology. An expert in endoscopic and laparoscopic operations.
Professor David Goitein is a surgeon known in Israel and beyond, an expert in minimally invasive bariatric and metabolic operations and a leading surgical oncologist. Over the years of clinical practice the professor has performed thousands of unique surgical interventions using endoscopic and laparoscopic methods. He was one of the first in the country to begin using minimally invasive methods for the radical treatment of malignant tumors. Besides general and oncological surgery, David Goitein actively treats obesity of alimentary-constitutional and hormonal origin surgically. He performs restrictive and malabsorptive procedures on structures of the gastrointestinal tract that help to cope with excess weight and reduce its negative effect on the body.
Alongside his medical practice, the professor is actively engaged in research. His work has been highly appreciated by international professional communities, and David Goitein has repeatedly received prestigious awards, prizes and grants.
David Goitein graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University, after which he completed his internship and residency in the general surgery department of Hadassah. He upgraded his qualification in minimally invasive surgical techniques at the University of Pittsburgh (Western Pennsylvania). He trained in endoscopic surgery at the University of Strasbourg (France). He was awarded the rank of professor at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
The professor is an honorary member of the following societies:
- Israeli National Committee for Bariatric Surgery
- Israel Surgical Association
- European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (research group)
- Israeli Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity
Professor David Goitein has written more than a hundred papers on current issues of modern surgical practice, peer-reviewed and published in authoritative professional journals in Israel, Europe and the USA.
Professor David Goitein's professional interests are focused on traditional and minimally invasive surgical treatment of various pathologies, including moderate and severe obesity.
The professor performs the following procedures:
- Robot-assisted classical and minimally invasive removal of benign and malignant tumors of internal organs
- Surgical treatment of pathologies of the digestive system
- Hernia repair with simultaneous reconstruction
- Restrictive and malabsorptive operations
- Gastric banding
- Biliopancreatic diversion and gastric bypass
- Intragastric balloon placement
- Laparoscopic gastroplasty
- Colon resection for primary and metastatic tumor lesions
- Endoscopic adrenalectomy
- Dissection of strictures of the esophagus and intestine
His expertise also includes the development and implementation of rehabilitation programs that help restore the body's resources and re-establish the functioning of the affected system.