Prof. Michal LUNZ

Michal Lunts is a well-known Israeli otolaryngologist who practices treatment of various ENT pathologies in patients of different ages. The doctor has over 35 years of experience, during which Lunts has successfully diagnosed and treated any otolaryngological diseases, from acute and chronic hearing disorders to otitis, cholesteatoma, vestibular system and facial nerve disorders, tumor processes of the hearing organs, etc.

The story of the female professor is quite indicative: due to hearing problems, she underwent an operation to implant electrodes that replaced the auditory nerve. Having tested this method on herself, the doctor was able to introduce it into the practice of Israeli medicine.

Michal Lunts uses the latest highly effective, low-trauma endoscopic methods: to date, the doctor has performed more than a thousand successful interventions, including tympanoplasty, osteoplasty, cochlear implantation, reconstruction of the auditory ossicles, etc.

Dr. Luntz has organized and launched an extensive medical program that includes therapeutic and surgical methods for the restoration of the hearing organ and hearing function. This program is unique and has no analogues in Israeli clinics. Luntz heads the Medical Center for Otolaryngology and Surgery in the Head and Neck, Oral Cavity and Jaw, which is part of the Assuta Clinic.

The basic clinical practice of the doctor is complemented by active long-term scientific research activities. Michal Luntz has already published more than a hundred scientific papers, periodically holds hearings at popular world universities - for example, her lectures were heard at the Universities of Miami, Cambridge, Rome, Hanover, as well as at the Royal British Society and Cornell University. In addition, the professor is engaged in teaching activities (medical faculty at the Technion University in Haifa).

Dr. Luntz received the award for her invaluable contribution to the advancement of science and technology (2002).