Professor Igal Mirovsky

Professor Igal Mirovsky is a brilliant orthopedic physician, a specialist in the treatment of spinal injuries and the widest range of non-traumatic spine diseases, whose professional and personal authority is exceptionally high both in Israel and far beyond.

Patients come from all over the world to Professor Igal Mirovsky, MD in orthopedics; colleagues turn to him for advice and practical help in particularly complex cases, and Dr. Mirovsky finds the time and the opportunity to consult, operate and provide any professional support to everyone who needs it.

Igal Mirovsky received his diploma from the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University in 1977. After graduating, Dr. Mirovsky trained in general and then spinal orthopedics in the orthopedic wing of the Assaf Harofeh company (specialization as an orthopedic physician), at the Swiss Birshof company in Münchenstein, canton of Basel (specialization in spine surgery), and at a New York center of special surgery and spinal orthopedics (specialization in spinal surgery).

Spinal surgeon Igal Mirovsky has more than 30 years of experience, and every year this doctor of medicine, famous professor and luminary of international spinal orthopedics masters new technologies and finds even more advanced ways of performing spine operations.

Today Dr. Igal Mirovsky is head of the orthopedic department at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and one of the most sought-after spinal surgeons in Israel. Patients from many countries, including Russia, come to him for consultations and surgery.

In March 2013 the famous spinal surgeon Professor Igal Mirovsky successfully performed spine surgery on Roman Petushkov, a six-time Olympic champion, silver and bronze medalist of the Paralympic Games, and the world's best athlete of winter 2012-2013.

Besides his busy clinical practice, Professor Mirovsky takes an active part in research in spinal orthopedics and studies modern medical technologies in order to apply the latest achievements of medical science and practice in spinal surgery. His scientific and practical interests include:

• the study of spinal deformities and methods of correcting them;
• research into spinal cord tumors and degenerative diseases of the spine;
• the use of advanced surgical methods in the treatment of scoliosis and clinical analysis of their effectiveness;
• the study of the possibilities of minimally invasive surgical techniques in the treatment of spinal pathology.

As a recognized authority in his field, Professor Igal Mirovsky is a member of the associations of orthopedists and spinal surgeons of Israel and of the North American orthopedic society, a lecturer for the international organization AOSPINE, and an associate professor at Tel Aviv University, where he teaches a lecture course on spinal orthopedics to students.

Dr. Igal Mirovsky's expertise covers the whole range of orthopedic problems of the spine, as well as spine operations of any degree of complexity, in particular:

• surgical treatment of herniated discs by minimally invasive methods using modern endoscopic equipment;
• minimally invasive neurosurgical operations on the spinal cord;
• corrective interventions in children with scoliosis of any degree and congenital anomalies of the spinal column;
• surgical treatment of scoliotic curvature of the spine in adults;
• spinal operations of the highest category of complexity with restoration of the spine and reconstructive plasty of spinal segments;
• osteosynthesis, fixation of vertebral body fractures with bone cement injections;
• removal of tumors;
• treatment of disc prolapse and the consequences of compression fractures of the vertebrae.

In Professor Igal Mirovsky's arsenal is a wide range of advanced orthopedic and surgical technologies, which the experienced doctor uses very widely and with the highest skill, characteristic only of top-class specialists.

On March 21, 2013, the famous spinal surgeon Professor Igal Mirovsky successfully performed spine surgery on Roman Petushkov, an eight-time world champion, silver and bronze medalist of the Paralympic Games, and the world's best athlete of January 2012 and February 2013.