Information about doctor
Ziv Ben-Ari is a renowned Israeli hepatologist, an international expert in liver pathologies. He heads the Center for Liver Pathologies and is in charge of the liver transplant department. He has been practicing for 30 years.
Dr. Ben-Ari is an outstanding specialist who uses all existing modern techniques of visual diagnostics. The doctor treats such pathologies as various types of hepatitis, autoimmune processes in the liver, liver intoxication, fatty degeneration, biliary cirrhosis, human herpes virus type 4, cytomegalovirus infection. Provides consultations on decoding ultrasound data, liver function tests, tomography, and is an expert in the treatment of complex cases of diseases.
Ziv Ben-Ari successfully treats benign processes in the liver, has his own approach to the treatment of primary cancerous tumors. Practices both surgical removal of tumor formations and radiofrequency treatment, transplantation, chemoembolization, etc. Performs complex surgical interventions: removes tumor foci, performs liver transplantation.
In 2012, the doctor organized and headed the Center for Liver Pathologies. The government, scientific associations, Tel Aviv University and several pharmaceutical companies allocated more than three dozen grants for conducting research on liver diseases.
Currently, the doctor is the head of the national hepatitis C control project. He conducts clinical experiments and participates in various international scientific research groups. He regularly takes part in international forums and congresses devoted to the treatment of liver diseases. He holds the position of deputy editor in a number of prestigious medical publications, publishes his own works, and gives lectures. He holds the title of professor at the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.
Education and work experience
- Faculty of Medicine, Technion University, Haifa, Israel
- Internship in Internal Medicine at Kaplan Medical Center, Israel
- Internship in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at the Royal Free Hospital in London, UK
Membership in international organizations
- Israel Medical Association
- Chairman of the Israel Society for the Study of the Liver
- European Association of Hepatologists
- American Association of Hepatologists