Professor Ilan Leibovitch
Urologic oncology surgeon. Director of the Department of Urology at the medical center, a leading Israeli specialist in the surgical treatment of cancers of the genitourinary system.
Professor of medicine Ilan Leibovitch is an outstanding Israeli urologic surgeon, a top-qualified specialist in surgical oncology and a recognized authority in the modern surgical treatment of kidney and urinary tract tumors, with more than 30 years of active clinical and research experience. Professor Ilan Leibovitch is one of Israel's most sought-after specialists in this field, whose high professionalism and unique medical knowledge have saved hundreds of patients and preserved and prolonged the lives of thousands.
After graduating with distinction from the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1980, Ilan Leibovitch trained for several years as a urologist at Sheba Medical Center, obtaining the corresponding qualification in clinical urology. He then specialized in surgical urologic oncology at the Indiana University medical center in the USA and studied the molecular biology of malignant tumors at Columbia University in New York. After returning to Israel, Dr. Leibovitch confirmed his top qualification in uro-oncology and was invited to head the uro-oncology service at Chaim Sheba Hospital, and since 2002 he has headed the urology department of Meir Medical Center.
Like many outstanding Israeli specialists, Professor Ilan Leibovitch successfully combines clinical practice with active research. In particular, he is a lecturer in the Department of Urology of the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University, a member of urological societies of Israel, Europe and the USA, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Urology Update, which covers current issues of urology and uro-oncology in family medicine. Ilan Leibovitch has written more than a hundred scientific articles and published a popular-science book on prostate problems and modern ways of solving them.
An experienced uro-oncologist and brilliant surgeon, Ilan Leibovitch uses in his work all currently known methods of advanced endoscopic minimally invasive surgery, paying special attention to organ-preserving operations. His expertise includes:
- surgery of the prostate, including treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia by laser transurethral resection and radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer;
- surgery for bladder cancer, including endoscopic removal of the tumor through the urethra and total resection of the bladder with subsequent reconstruction;
- organ-preserving operations for kidney tumors;
- surgical treatment of testicular cancer.
Every patient of Professor Ilan Leibovitch undergoes thorough preoperative diagnostics and is under special observation after surgery.