Information about doctor
Hanoch Kashtan is a leading specialist in the field of surgery (general, endoscopic) and oncosurgery. His total clinical experience as an operating surgeon is more than 30 years. The doctor performs abdominal and endoscopic surgical interventions.
His practice includes all types of operations with tumor formations on the gallbladder, esophagus, stomach and intestines.
His additional specializations include:
- Open hernia repair operations.
- Laparotomy.
- Laparoscopy.
- Lipomas, atheromas.
Hanoch Kashtan performs complex procedures using the Da Vinci Surgical System robotic surgeon. The professor has performed over two thousand successful operations, but Kashtan gained wide recognition in medical circles thanks to his endovideoscopic operations on the intestines and esophagus.
Today, Hanoch Kashtan is the head of the surgical department at Assuta Medical Center. He heads the European Forum for Esophageal Cancer Surgery and the National Advisory Center for Oncology in Israel. He is a lecturer and professor at the Department of General Surgery at Tel Aviv University.
Education and work experience
- Graduate of the Medical University of Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Internship at Ichilov Medical Center in the field of general surgery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Completed an internship in esophageal surgery at the Hopital de Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
- He received his Master's degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada.
- Interned at the Cancer Treatment Institute, Ontario, Canada.
Membership in international organizations
- Israel Medical Association
- Israel Association of Surgeons
- European Association for Endoscopic Surgery