Professor Shalom Michowitz
Pediatric neurosurgeon. A luminary of pediatric neurosurgery and an internationally experienced neurosurgeon, highly qualified in the surgical treatment of brain tumors and a wide range of congenital malformations of the central and peripheral nervous system in children.
Young patients are brought from all over the world for treatment by Professor Michowitz, who uses all of his professional expertise to provide effective help to every child who needs it.
Professor Michowitz received his medical education in Israel. In the first years after graduating he specialized in pediatric neurosurgery in Israel and then in Europe, working in leading neurosurgical centers for eight years. After returning home he built an extensive neurosurgical practice and an active research career, which led to a doctoral dissertation, the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences and later the status of professor of medicine.
A brilliant pediatric neurosurgeon, Professor Michowitz continues to advance professionally and to carry out research that opens new possibilities in pediatric neurosurgery for specialists worldwide.
Professor Michowitz is the author of dozens of scientific papers published in the most prestigious international medical journals and a lecturer at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University. He has received awards from the Israel Neurosurgical Association for contributions to the development of modern practical medicine and from the Israel Cancer Association for outstanding professional achievements in pediatric neuro-oncology and neurosurgery. He is a member of the most authoritative neurosurgical organizations in Israel, Europe and the USA, where he holds a position as an expert of international standing.
Today Professor Michowitz heads the pediatric neurosurgery department of a children's medical center and is one of the best-known specialists in Israel and worldwide in the neurosurgical treatment of a very broad range of pediatric conditions. His expertise includes:
- microsurgical operations to remove tumors of the central (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system;
- treatment of Arnold-Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, spinal dysraphism, spina bifida and other congenital malformations of the brain, spinal cord, skull and spine;
- treatment of hydrocephalus by CSF shunting and minimally invasive endoscopic surgery;
- treatment of spasticity of various origins, as well as specific cranial pathology such as Crouzon, Apert and Saethre-Chotzen syndromes, craniosynostosis and other neurosurgical conditions.
Professor Michowitz also carries out a comprehensive pre-operative assessment of his patients, carefully oversees their preparation for surgery and monitors their condition after the operation.