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Prof. Itzhak Engel
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Spine Orthopedics Specialist
Graduated from the Tel Aviv University Medical School. Specialized in Orthopedics Surgery at Meir Hospital. Specialized in complex spinal surgeries and spinal deformities in New York, US, in 2009. Chief surgeon at the Spinal Surgery Unit, Meir Hospital. Director of the Adolescent and Youth Spine Disorders Service.
Area of Expertise
Positions
- Head of the Spinal Surgery Unit, Meir Hospital
- Director of the Adolescent and Youth Spine Disorders Service
Treatments
- Disectomy and Lactumectomy
- Lumbar Spine Fixation Surgery
- Cervical Spine Fixation Surgery
- Kyphoplasty
- Attending spinal surgeon at the spine surgery unit, Meir Medical Center
- Consultant and spinal surgeon at Herzliya Medical Center
- 1997 - graduated from Tel-Aviv University, MD
- 2007 – completed residency in orthopedic surgery at the Meir Medical Center
- 2008-2009 – completed a fellowship program in the field of spine and deformity surgery at the New York University - Hospital for Joint Diseases
- Israeli Medical Society
- Israeli Spine Society
- European Spine Society
- North American Spine Society (NASS)
- Effectiveness of the Charleston bending brace in the treatment of single-curve idiopathic scoliosis
- Outbreak of pertussis among young Israeli soldiers
- The Treatment of Vertebral and Chest Wall Deformities With Expandable Thoracoplasty and a Prosthetic Expandable Implant
- Demographic factors affect Scoliosis Research Society-22 performance in healthy adolescents: a comparative baseline for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis
- Dr. Engel has presented several cases and lectured on various subjects in different symposiums and professional annual meetings
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