Professor Igor Sukhotnik prefers endovideosurgical technologies – laparoscopy and thoracoscopy. They allow us to get an excellent view of the internal organs of the chest, abdomen and pelvis without large incisions, and to perform the necessary manipulations accurately and bloodlessly. After such operations, which are certainly more complicated than traditional ones, especially in small children, patients recover much faster, feel less pain, have a low risk of complications, including adhesions, and have a much easier postoperative period.

Prof. Igor Sukhotnik operates on children from the first days of life, including premature ones, up to the age of 16. He performs classical and minimally invasive, emergency and planned operations with equal success. 

Here is not a complete list of diseases for which he performs surgical interventions:

• various hernias, including bilateral inguinal hernias with hernioplasty of both hernias within one operation;
• diseases of the gallbladder, spleen, kidneys;
• congenital anomalies and acquired diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine;
• urologic diseases, such as hydrocele, and other pathology of the genitals and lower urinary system;
• various congenital malformations that require correction immediately after birth, including when they were detected during fetal development;
• tumors of the neck, thoracic and abdominal cavity organs;
• diseases requiring emergency surgery – appendicitis, peritonitis, intestinal obstruction;
• conditions requiring auxiliary surgical diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations, such as central venous catheter placement, tissue biopsy.

Active surgical practice and continuous scientific research are the two main areas of Prof. Igor Sukhotnik’s work.

• 1989 – graduation from the State Medical University
• 1989-1998 – Postgraduate training in pediatric surgery with successful passing of examinations and subsequent independent medical activity in Ha-Emek Medical Center (Afula, Israel);
• 1999-2000. – Advanced training program in surgery at the Children’s University Hospital (Michigan, USA);
• 2000-2003 – training in general surgery at Carmel Medical Center (Haifa, Israel);
• 2004 – training on laparoscopic surgery in children at the Academic Clinic (Berlin, Germany);
• 2005-2009. – Senior Surgeon at the Pediatric Surgery Department of Bnei Tzion Hospital (Haifa, Israel);
• 2009-2010. – Internship in laparoscopic surgery in pediatric practice at the clinical base of Stanford University (California, USA);
• 2010-2019. – Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department at Bnei Tzion Hospital (Haifa, Israel);
• 2019-present – Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dana Dweck Children’s Hospital, Ikhilov Medical Center (Tel Aviv, Israel).

Professor Igor Sukhotnik is the author of 130 scientific articles and reports on different sections of pediatric surgery. Among them a special place is occupied by the fundamental monograph on the treatment of short bowel syndrome, which has become a table book for doctors all over the world who face this serious problem. 

• European Pediatric Surgery Association (EUPSA)
• Israeli Pediatric Surgery Association
• American College of Surgeons