Avi Ben-Shushan
Jerusalem, IsraelDoctor's speciality:
Oncogynecologist
About the doctor
Experience
31+ years
Provides video consultations
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Dr. Avi Ben-Shushan is considered a highly qualified gynecologic oncologist in Israel. He heads the gynecology department at the Hadassah clinic and simultaneously manages the Gynecologic Oncology Center. The doctor specializes in a wide range of gynecological conditions: diagnosis and treatment of malignant and benign tumors, infertility, etc.
Scientific interests: gynecologic oncology (endometrioid adenocarcinoma, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer), urogynecology, laparoscopic surgery.
Education
1980-1987 – Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University (Be’er Sheva, Israel)
Internship at Chaim Sheba Medical Center
1989-1995 – Residency in gynecology and obstetrics at the Hadassah University Clinic, Jerusalem
1998 – Postgraduate studies in urogynecology at St. George’s Hospital, London
2000-2002 – Postgraduate studies in the gynecologic oncology division at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
2004 – Advanced training course in laparoscopic surgery at the oncology department, Paris
2008 – Courses in robotic surgery in gynecology at the gynecologic oncology department at Mount Sinai Medical Center (Florida, USA)
Work experience
1993 – Instructor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
1996 – Lecturer at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
2002 – Head of the Gynecologic Oncology Center at MC Hadassah
Research associate at the Ministry of Health of Israel