Professor Jean Averbuch
Professor Jean Averbuch is a highly competent nephrologist with excellent knowledge of his field and extensive clinical experience, during which he has helped thousands of patients with a wide range of kidney diseases.
His attentive attitude toward patients, thorough diagnostics using advanced methods and the latest laboratory and diagnostic equipment, modern treatment protocols selected individually for each patient, and careful monitoring throughout treatment allow Dr. Averbuch to achieve excellent results in treating kidney disease of any origin.
Jean Averbuch was born in the Soviet Union and received his medical education at the Lviv Medical Institute. After graduating with honors in 1963, he completed an internship in internal medicine and then worked for two years as a general physician at the central district hospital in Radekhov, Lviv region. After obtaining his basic specialization in nephrology in 1966, he worked until 1978 at a blood transfusion research institute, rising from staff physician to deputy head of the renal failure and hemodialysis department and chief physician of the institution. He then immigrated to Israel, where he successfully validated his diploma, completing a course at the medical faculty and a nephrology fellowship at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, where he later worked as a ward physician and senior nephrologist. In 1991–92 he trained in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease in the USA at the clinical center of Stanford University. Since 1997 he has headed the Institute of Nephrology at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Israel.
Today Professor Jean Averbuch is one of the most authoritative nephrologists in Israel, an experienced and knowledgeable physician in demand among patients both in Israel and from abroad. He is a member of the Israeli Societies of Hypertension and Kidney Diseases and of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association. As head of the Institute of Kidney Diseases, he has assembled a team of true professionals who work smoothly and precisely, providing modern treatment and impeccable care for kidney patients. Given the complexity of kidney pathology, especially for chronic renal failure patients requiring hemodialysis, Dr. Averbuch ensures that every patient feels comfortable in his department and receives all necessary care at the highest level.
Dr. Averbuch and the doctors of his department are competent in:
- treatment of a wide range of kidney diseases, including acute and chronic nephritis, glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis and kidney stone disease;
- treatment of kidney cancer;
- treatment of water and electrolyte balance disorders;
- treatment of renal failure and chronic renal failure;
- vascular preparation for hemodialysis and hemodialysis using modern equipment;
- treatment of ascending kidney infection;
- treatment of nephropathy and more.
Many years of experience, consistently thorough diagnostics and treatment, the use of scientific discoveries and advances in world clinical practice, and the modern equipment of the Institute of Nephrology led by Jean Averbuch make it possible to achieve high treatment results in patients with any, including severe, nephrological diagnoses.