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General Medicine · Haifa, Israel

Prof. Lael Anson Best, MD

Chair, Division of Surgery & Director of Department of Thoracic Surgery at Rambam Medical Center

✓ 48 years since graduation✓ Speaks English, Hebrew

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48 yrsSince graduation (1978)
2 areasSpecialties: Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery
General MedicineCategory
English, HebrewLanguages
356 staffListed at this hospital

Prof. Lael Anson Best, MD is a Chair, Division of Surgery & Director of Department of Thoracic Surgery at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel. Graduated in 1978 (48 years ago). Lists Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery.

Data provided by the hospitalLast updated 29 Jun 2011

About

In 1979 he immigrated to Israel and specialized in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
In 1985, after qualifying as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon, he joined the Israel Defense Forces. From 1987-88 Professor Best worked as a General Thoracic Fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Soon after his return to Israel, at the age of 38, he was appointed Chief and Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Rambam Medical Center. In 2005 he took over as Chief of the Division of Surgery.

His special interests are surgery of the esophagus and trauma of the chest, lung cancer, pediatric thoracic surgery, surgery of the mediastinum, lung and pleura. He also teaches residents and medical students and has earned numerous awards in his respective fields.

Education

  • Professor Lael Anson Best completed both his Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine, 1975, and his Master’s Degree in Surgery, 1978, at the University of Gujarat, India.

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