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Professor Eli Somekh
Pediatrician. A leading specialist in pediatrics, pediatric infectious diseases and clinical immunology.
About the doctor
Professor Eli Somekh is one of Israel's leading pediatricians and an internationally recognized specialist in pediatric infectious diseases, immunology and vaccination. He has many years of clinical, academic and managerial experience.
Education and specializations
- MD degree from Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Pediatrics residency at Wolfson Medical Center, Israel
- Advanced training at the University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Specialization in infectious diseases at the University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Specialization in immunological diseases in children at Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA
Academic and clinical career
- Professor at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine.
- Head of the pediatric department at Ma'ayanei Hayeshua Medical Center (Bnei Brak).
- Formerly head of the pediatric department and of the pediatric infectious diseases unit at Wolfson Medical Center.
- Served as vice dean of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine.
Membership in international associations:
- President of the Israeli Pediatric Association (IPA)
- President of the Israeli Association of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (IAPID)
- Israeli Association of Infectious Diseases (IAID)
- Israeli Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (IAACI)
- Chairman of the board of directors and scientific council of the Confederation of European Pediatric Associations (SCEPA / UNEPSA)
Areas of work
Professor Somekh specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- infectious diseases in children, including severe and prolonged infections;
- infections of newborns and infants;
- periodic and recurrent fevers;
- congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies;
- allergic and immunological diseases in children;
- vaccination and individual immunization schedules;
- systemic inflammatory processes in children.