I am a general and bariatric surgeon certified by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). I graduated from the Goldman Medical School at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. I completed my General Surgery residency at Soroka University Medical Center. I finished a bariatric fellowship at McGill University Hospital in 2017-2018. I also completed a fellowship in Surgical Simulation at the Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation at McGill University in 2018-2019. Earlier, I undertook a research fellowship at Tufts New England Medical Center in the Surgical Research Laboratory, working with Professor Shikora, from 2008 to 2009. I hold a PhD in Surgical Epidemiology and an MA in Educational Psychology, both from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Currently, I am a Professor of Surgery at Ben-Gurion University. I have taught there for the past decade. My practice at Soroka University Medical Center (SUMC) in Beer-Sheva is committed to meeting the complex health needs of the Negev’s 1.3 million residents, including a significant Bedouin population with distinct genetic health challenges. As a level 1 trauma center, our mission is to deliver acute trauma care and address broader health disparities in our region.