Department Chairman: Prof. Joseph Elidan

Tel: ++ 972 2 6776464

Fax: ++ 972 2 6435090

The Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery diagnoses and treats both medically and surgically (including microscopic surgery) diseases in the following fields:

-          Diseases of the external and middle ear, including reconstructive surgery of the tympanic membrane and  of the middle ear (all types of tympanoplasty including laser stapedotomy)

-          Diseases of the inner ear (hearing loss and vertigo)

-          Neurootologic surgery (facial paralysis and tumors)

-          Skull base surgery

-          Pediatric and adult cochlear implantation

-          Voice disorders including laryngeal stroboscopy and phonosurgery

-          Endoscopies of the aero-digestive tract, including diagnostic procedures and extraction of foreign bodies

-          Laser surgery of the upper airway including treatment of glottic, subglottic and tracheal stenosis and obstruction

-          Treatment and surgery for obstructive sleep apnea

-          Correction of swallowing problems

-          Nasal and facial plastic and aesthetic surgery

-          Endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses and the skull base

-          Functional nasal surgery

-          Treatment and surgery of head and neck tumors including disease of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, salivary glands, larynx and pharynx

-          Pediatric otolaryngology

The department is fully affiliated to the Hebrew University Medical School, is involved in the education and training of medical students, and has a full residency program. Senior staff and residents are involved in research in the following fields:

-          Vestibular function and vestibular evoked potentials

-          Biological markers of head and neck tumors

-          The mechanism and treatment of airway stenosis and injury

-          Genetics of deafness

-          The effect of a variety of drugs and substances on hearing on animal models

Private medical services are provided by:

Prof. Josef Elidan – Department Chairman

Dr. Jean-Yves Sichel

Dr. Itzhak Dano

Dr. Ron Eliashar

Dr. Eitan Hochwald

Dr. David Pierre Attal