Professor Zvi Lidar
Neurosurgeon, spine surgeon. An outstanding Israeli neurosurgeon specializing in spinal surgery. A top-category physician and head of the spine surgery department at a leading medical center. More than 30 years of total experience.
Professor Zvi Lidar specializes in spinal microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery, which achieves maximum success while significantly shortening the treatment and rehabilitation period.
More than 99 percent of the highly complex spinal operations performed by this doctor end in success, which has made him a legend of Ichilov Hospital.
In 1995 he graduated from Tel Aviv University, then completed a clinical residency in neurosurgery at Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer Hospital.
In 2002-2004 he trained in spinal neurosurgery and in minimally invasive spine operations at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Memphis medical center (USA). He holds a license to practice medicine in the USA.
In 2005 he trained in operations for spinal cancer tumors at Kanazawa University Hospital (Japan).
Besides clinical surgery, he conducts research on the biomechanics of spinal implants.
He teaches not only in Israel, at the neurosurgery department of Sheba Medical Center and at the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University, but also in the USA, at the neurosurgery department of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Zvi Lidar is a member of the Israel Medical Association, the Israeli Neurosurgical Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He is a fellowship holder of the Israeli Ministry of Health and the Israel Cancer Association.
He is the author of more than ten articles in international medical journals and a regular speaker at international conferences and symposia on healthcare and medicine.
For outstanding achievements in neurosurgery Professor Zvi Lidar was awarded a prize by Sheba Medical Center.
- Spinal surgery
- Pediatric neurosurgery
- Herniated disc
- Osteochondrosis
- Scoliosis
- Spinal tumors (angioma, hemangioma, etc.)