Professor Shmuel Kivity

Shmuel Kivity received his higher medical education at Israel's largest scientific and educational center, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After graduating he completed a residency in allergy and immunology at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, USA.

Shmuel Kivity did advanced training in pediatric immunology and allergy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Later he was awarded the academic title of professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of Tel Aviv University.

Professor Kivity is a member of international medical and scientific societies of Israel and the USA, and has been elected an honorary fellow of the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Shmuel Kivity heads the Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Under his leadership, immunologists successfully diagnose and treat highly complex autoimmune and allergic diseases that in most countries are still considered incurable.

Professor Kivity is an actively practicing physician with a worldwide reputation, specializing in pediatric immunology and allergic diseases. He is one of the leading specialists in bronchial asthma in children.

Shmuel Kivity successfully combines administrative and medical work with teaching, lecturing on immunology and allergy to medical students at Tel Aviv University. He is often invited to lecture at medical universities in Europe and North America.

As one of the most authoritative and well-known specialists, Professor Kivity is invited as an expert to take part in international research programs on allergic diseases in children.

He is a regular participant and speaker at international conferences and symposia on immune diseases and allergy, and the author of more than 150 scientific publications in the best-known medical journals.

Professor Kivity's main areas of work: allergy and immunology in children and adults, pediatric pulmonology.

Areas of specialization:

• allergic lung diseases
• allergies of various etiologies (drug, food, etc.)
• asthma
• angioedema
• dermatitis

Thanks to a comprehensive diagnostic examination on state-of-the-art equipment, Shmuel Kivity manages to identify the cause of the disease and in most cases achieve full recovery for patients who come from different countries to be seen and treated by one of the best allergist-immunologists of the 21st century.