Dr. Avi Hefetz is one of the best ENT surgeons in Israel. His professional interests are minimally invasive surgery. He is an expert in providing medical care to patients with cancer and benign neoplasia of the throat, mouth, jaw, etc. For the high success rate of the procedures, Dr. Hefetz received the status of a TOP surgeon at the Assuta Medical Center. He is included in the rating of TOP-specialists of the authoritative Forbes magazine.

Dr. Avi Hevec performs operations for adults and children of any complexity:

• tumors of the thyroid and parathyroid glands;
• neoplasms of the salivary glands;
• dissection of the cervical arteries;
• tumors of the tongue and palate;
• neoplasms of the upper and tender jaw;
• benign and malignant tumors of the skin;
• throat tumors, etc.

Dr. Avi Hefetz received his basic medical education at Tel Aviv University, where he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine (1981-1987).

After graduating from the university, he served in the army as a doctor for five years, after which Avi Hefetz completed a residency at the Kaplan Hospital in the Department of Otolaryngology (1988-1993). Also, for residency, he was invited to New York at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1996-1997). Here, Avi Hefetz, along with clinical activities, was engaged in research in the field of the head and neck.

After completing his residency, he began his medical practice in the United States, where he specialized in the conservative and surgical treatment of various diseases of the ear, nose and throat. He has always been interested in surgical treatment of head and neck tumors. For several years, Hefetz has specialized in the removal of head and neck cancers from the world’s leading specialists.

Returning to Israel, Avi Hefetz was appointed to the position of Chief Head and Neck Surgeon in the Department of Otolaryngology at Sourasky-Ichilov Medical Center (2001-2009).

In 2009, together with Dr. Roy Landsberg, he founded and headed the ARAM Head and Neck Surgery Center at the Assuta Clinic.

He was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Otolaryngology at Tel Aviv University.

Published the results of more than 60 studies in international scientific journals.

• He has served as chairman of the Israel Society of Oncology and Head and Neck Surgery;
• member of the Israeli Association of Otolaryngologists;
• member of the American Association of Head and Neck Surgeons;
• member of the International Association of Head and Neck Surgeons (INHSG).