Professor Shlomi Constantini
Head of a department at Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Ichilov Medical Center, one of the leading pediatric neurosurgeons in Israel and the world.
Professor Shlomi Constantini is a leading Israeli neurosurgeon, a high-class professional with exceptionally broad practical capabilities and one of the best and most sought-after Israeli specialists in the surgical treatment of oncological and non-tumor diseases of the brain and spinal cord in adults and children.
Shlomi Constantini graduated with honors from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After receiving his medical degree, he trained for four years at Hadassah University Medical Center in surgery, neurosurgery and neurobiology, and obtained additional neurosurgical specialization at New York University, one of the most prestigious university centers in the USA, where he spent several years studying pediatric neurosurgery, neurotrauma and ischemic brain injury. After returning to Israel, Professor Constantini joined the neurosurgery department of the Sourasky (Ichilov) Medical Center, Israel's largest multidisciplinary clinical center. After obtaining his doctorate in medicine, he became head of this department.
Today Professor Shlomi Constantini is one of the best-known and most sought-after Israeli neurosurgeons, a top-class specialist in the surgical treatment of brain and spinal cord diseases in adults and children, and an expert in pediatric neurosurgery, including unique operations for congenital anomalies of the central nervous system. He lectures on modern neurosurgery at the medical faculties of the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, publishes in international medical journals, performs highly complex neurosurgical operations abroad at the invitation of foreign clinics, gives presentations at international professional symposia, and is an active member of Israeli, European and American neurosurgical societies.
Shlomi Constantini is competent in treating congenital and acquired, including post-traumatic, diseases of the central nervous system:
- neurosurgical treatment of congenital developmental anomalies of the spinal cord and brain: hydrocephalus, craniostenosis, craniosynostosis, Kimmerle anomaly, Arnold-Chiari syndrome, syringomyelia, craniofacial dysmorphism (Apert and Crouzon syndromes), etc.;
- removal of central nervous system tumors;
- surgery for intracerebral and spinal lipomas;
- reconstructive plastic surgery after trauma;
- perinatal consultations and more.
The brilliant neurosurgeon Shlomi Constantini uses the most innovative approaches of neurosurgical practice, the latest achievements of medical science, state-of-the-art endoscopic equipment, robotic technology and fiber-optic microsurgical methods, which allows him to solve clinical problems of every level of complexity with equal success.