Professor Ofer Gofrit
Uro-oncologist, urologist. One of the best urologists and uro-oncologists in Israel, with a worldwide reputation. Head of the Department of Urology at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. 30 years of experience.
Professor Ofer Gofrit is one of Israel's leading urologists, a specialist in endoscopic urological surgery using the da Vinci robot.
He removes tumors of the bladder, kidneys and prostate in a recently opened surgical complex, recognized as the best in Israel and one of the best in the world for its equipment with the most advanced medical technology.
This doctor, his department and his equally respected colleague, a lithotripsy specialist, were chosen by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he had to undergo a procedure to crush a bladder stone.
Professor Gofrit not only gladly masters the newest medical technology, using all its resources in his work, but also invents instruments he lacks himself. He holds a patent for a new prostate biopsy gun.
For his research achievements Ofer Gofrit has received the Israeli Urological Association award seven times.
- Received his M.D. from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva.
- Completed residency at Shaare Zedek and Poria Medical Centers, then specialized in urology at the Hadassah Ein Kerem University Hospital in Jerusalem.
- In 2005 he received another degree, in molecular biology, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- He then completed a fellowship in minimally invasive operations in urologic oncology at the University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Currently he is one of the main consultants on uro-oncology for the Israel Cancer Association.
Lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Author and co-author of more than 170 scientific articles.
- Prostate cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Laparoscopic operations on the organs of the genitourinary system
- Operations using the da Vinci robot