Prof. Avi Israeli
| Professor Abraham (Avi) Israeli is the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Health (2013 – ). He is also Head of the Department of Health Policy, Health Care Management and Health Economics at the Hebrew University – Hadassah Faculty of Medicine (1992 – ). Prior to this he was the Director General of the Israel Ministry of Health (2003-2009) and the Director – General of Hadassah Medical Organization (1998 -2001). He holds the Chair of Dr. Julien Rozan Professorship of Family Medicine and Health Promotion Chair at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem (since 1996) and teaches there regularly. Professor Israeli chaired the national committee to update the Israeli national standard basket of health services, and served on several blue ribbon panels related to health policy in Israel. Professor Israeli received his medical degree(1971-1977) and his master in public health (1988- 1989) from the Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical School. He completed residencies in Internal Medicine and in Health Care Management at Hadassah University Hospital and has certification in both specialties. He received his Master’s Degree from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, Boston (1990 1991). His scientific activities are related to applied, methodological and theoretical research in the fields of health policy, health care management, and the epidemiological, economic, social and cultural basis for decision-making. His publications deal with translation of academic knowledge and inputs from the field into policy setting and decision-making processes. Two additional key research foci are rationing / priority setting and comparative health care systems. |
