GI and Liver specialists

HMC’s gastroenterologists are Israel’s leading specialists in treating all diseases of the digestive system and the liver. Our doctors effectively and professionally use such techniques as endoscopy and laparoscopy for diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment.

Dr. Carlos Simon
Specialist since 1981. 21 years as Senior Staff at the Department of Gastroenterology Sheba Medical Center, Israel. Vice Director of the Department of Gastroenterology Sheba Medical Center since 2006.

Professor Gerald Freiser
Professor Gerald Freiser specializes in gastroenterology, specifically in inflammatory colon diseases. Prof. Freiser is head of inflammatory colon diseases center at Rabin hospital and deputy chief of the whole gastroenterology department.

Professor Fred Meir Konikoff
Prof. Konikoff specializes in Gastroenterology and Internal medicine, with a special interest in complex endoscopic procedures including Interventional Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP.
He is a pioneer in Radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's Esophagus.

Dr. Eytan Bardan
Dr. Eytan Bardan specializes in gastroenterology. Deputy Director the Department of Gastroenterology in the largest hospital in Israel.

Professor Ziv Ben-Ari
Professor Ziv Ben-Ari specializes in Hepatologist -International specialist in the diagnosis & treatment of liver disease and liver transplant. Treatment of hereditary liver diseases, including Wilson's disease

Professor Avraham Elyakim
Professor Avraham Elyakim, gastroenterologist specializing in liver disease, Head of the Department of the Digestive Tract, major hospital in Israel