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Israel is considered a leader in medical innovation. Last month, Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital contributed to Israel's growing...

Dr. Yotam Deri is in the business of saving lives. As an emergency physician in Assuta Ashdod’s ER since 2017, Deri knows from experience...

Chana Kasten, Director of Nursing and Midwifery at Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital, and midwife of 30 years, has helped countless mothers...

Why is it that some people die from heart disease while others don’t? More to the point, why is it that some people who smoke cigarettes,...

“Knowing how important it is to support Holocaust survivors, I thought to myself, why aren’t there more resources being provided by...

“We talk without using words.” That’s how the trauma team works, according to Dr. Itay Zoarets, Director of the Trauma Unit at Assuta...

Director of the Emergency Department at Assuta Ashdod, Dr. Debra West’s favorite day of the week is whichever day Harel Elementary...

Five years ago, Steve Uchman met for the first time with Dr. Sharon Ovnat-Tamir, Head of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck...

When you meet Dr. Ron Lamdan, Assuta Ashdod’s Director of Pediatric Orthopedics, you’ll understand right away why he’s so beloved by his...

Since finishing his studies in occupational therapy in 2017 in Bethlehem, Ziad Himone has been working everywhere to gain expertise: in...

Every doctor has a story. They show up to work every day with a history of challenges and successes, a long list of educational...

Dr. Idan Perry Tishel, a pediatric resident at Assuta Ashdod, never planned to be a doctor. While some of his high school buddies were...

Prostate cancer is a global killer that takes the lives of approximately 350,000 men each year. Among the most common types of cancers in...

“At Assuta Ashdod, our job is to take care of kids in medical danger, but really, we care for and about people. All people,” smiles Dr....

Kindness is in the details. Chezi Rosenbaum would know. As a member of Hatzalah United Ambulance service, a medic and a volunteer in...

Professor Michael Drexler had a dream. From the time he was 13 years old, he wanted to be a doctor. “I worked hard to achieve this goal,”...

“We don’t do life and death here; we do quality of life.” Audiologist Liron Kariv heads the Hearing Institute at Assuta Ashdod and every...

“I’m an Ashdodi,” quips Tzafrir Eshel, with pride. “I grew up here.” That’s why, in 2015, it was so important to him to be directly...

Dr. Oshri Bar El had a great idea. Chief of the gynecology unit at Assuta Ashdod Medical Center, Dr. Bar El worked for years to develop...

Being a good doctor sometimes means donning a Sherlock Holmes hat and sleuthing for clues. That’s how Dr. Shlomo Elias, foot and ankle...