Information about doctor
Dr. Yona Avni is a well-known and sought-after gastroenterologist in Israel and abroad. More than twenty years of experience, teaching at the university, participation in numerous professional associations, her scientific research (over 60 articles published in medical journals) have earned the respect of colleagues, and her pleasant, friendly character - the love of patients.
Yona Avni specializes in diseases of the digestive system, namely:
- intestinal inflammation;
- nonspecific colitis and others;
- liver;
- hepatitis B and C;
- peptic ulcer;
- Crohn's disease;
- cholelithiasis;
- cholecystitis;
- pancreatitis.
In addition, she is involved in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- biliary dyskinesia;
- irritable bowel syndrome;
- celiac disease;
- neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract, including oncological diseases.
Doctor's consultations are combined with a number of diagnostic procedures: colonoscopy, gastroscopy, rectoscopy, bile duct stenting, retrograde cholangiopancreatography and others.
Dr. Yona Avni knows 4 languages: English, Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew.
Education and work experience
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Residency at Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva, Israel
- Internship in gastroenterology and hepatology in leading clinics in France
Membership in international organizations
- Israel Gastroenterology Association
- Israeli Association of Hepatologists
- Israeli Inflammatory Bowel Disease Association
- American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
- European Association for Liver Diseases (EASL)