Professor Hana Leiba

Professor Hana Leiba heads the Pediatric Ophthalmology Department at Kaplan Hospital (Rehovot). It is currently the only medical center in Israel working in the field of pediatric neuro-ophthalmology.

Hana Leiba deals with vision problems related to the nervous system. For many years she has diagnosed and treated strabismus, congenital vision defects and neuro-ophthalmological pathologies in children and adults.

Professor Leiba was educated at Israel's largest scientific and educational center, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After graduating she trained at one of the oldest companies in central Israel, Beilinson Hospital.

She continued to improve her qualifications in ophthalmology at Kaplan, a multidisciplinary medical center. Professor Leiba completed her training abroad at the University of Miami (Florida, USA).

Professor Leiba currently heads the Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Department at Kaplan Hospital. She is a leading specialist in eye pathologies and neurological disorders affecting the interaction between vision and the brain.

Thanks to modern equipment and unique treatment methods, Hana Leiba helps patients stop the disease, correct the pathology and, in some conditions, fully restore the visual functions of the eyes without subsequent relapses.

An experienced clinician and surgeon, Professor Leiba generously shares her experience with colleagues, giving lectures and publishing articles on the prevention and treatment of eye diseases in children and adults.

Professor Hana Leiba's main area of work is the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases associated with neurological disorders: strabismus in children and adults, congenital vision defects, and neuro-ophthalmological pathologies in children and adults.

Her core specialization includes:

• strabismus correction surgery,
• cataract removal,
• opening of blocked tear ducts,
• congenital vision disorders,
• neurological problems of the eye.

Today eye pathologies are no longer a death sentence if you turn to a specialist in time. Professor Hana Leiba's extensive experience and excellent results confirm this.