In a move to unify its services for people suffering from liver and digestive tract diseases, the Hadassah University Medical Center has established an integrated institute to be headed by Prof. Ran Oren as of March 1, 2011.
To enhance the Institute’s effectiveness and capabilities, Hadassah’s management set aside a special budget to recruit outstanding personnel, purchase advanced equipment, further research and support teaching in these specialized disciplines.
Prof. Oren is currently Director of the Division of Internal Medicine at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Dr. Yael Kopelman, currently Deputy Director of the Department of Gastroenterology at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, will serve as the Institute’s Director of the Invasive Endoscopy Unit. Hadassah is currently negotiating with a number of physicians who will soon join the Institute staff
Prof. Oren is an internationally renowned specialist in gastroenterology and liver diseases. A graduate of the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, he completed a specialty in Internal Medicine at Hadassah and a specialty in gastroenterology at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center where he established and directed the Liver Unit. In 2002 he was appointed Deputy Director of their Gastroenterology Institute and in 2008, appointed Director of their Division of Internal Medicine. For the past three years he has also served as Chair of the Israel Society for Liver Diseases.
Dr. Kopelman has acquired an international reputation for her vast experience and expertise in digestive tract, gallbladder and pancreatic procedures. She is returning to Hadassah where she previously served as an expert for Gastroenterology Ultrasound.
In anticipation of his new position Prof. Oren noted: “My challenge is to quickly form a dynamic and professional team to staff this visionary new Institute where we will utilize the 21st century’s technological advances and pursue research for people who approach us with their liver and digestive tract problems.”