Professor Shmuel Kivity
Allergist and immunologist. A world-renowned allergist and one of the leading specialists in immunology, pulmonology and bronchial asthma in children. He treats various allergic diseases in children, diagnoses and treats complex and rare pathologies as well as severe complications of allergic reactions, including angioedema. Head of the department of pediatric and adult allergy and clinical immunology.
Shmuel Kivity received his 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.
He completed advanced training in pediatric immunology and allergology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Later he was awarded the title of professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Tel Aviv University.
Professor Kivity is a member of international medical and scientific societies in Israel and the USA and has been elected an honorary member 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 today are considered incurable.
Professor Kivity is an actively practicing, world-renowned physician 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 allergology to students of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine. By invitation he often travels 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. He is the author of more than 150 scientific publications in the best-known medical journals.
Professor Kivity's main areas of work: allergology and immunology in children and adults, and pediatric pulmonology.
Areas of specialization:
- allergic diseases of the lungs
- allergies of various origins (drug, food and others)
- asthma
- angioedema
- dermatitis
Thanks to comprehensive diagnostic examination on state-of-the-art equipment, Shmuel Kivity manages to identify the cause of the disease and in most cases to achieve full recovery for patients who come from different countries to be seen and treated by one of the best allergists-immunologists of the 21st century.