In today’s episode, Gowri Gowda, Ezra Schwartz and Morgan Gold, and Dr. Sharif Ellozy interview Dr. Daniel Silverberg about his experiences practicing and teaching vascular surgery in Israel.

Dr. Silverberg is the deputy director of the Department of Vascular Surgery and the Director of the endovascular service at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan in the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed his undergraduate medical studies with honors at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel, and his clinical internship year at Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel. Dr. Silverberg performed his general surgery training at Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel, and later at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. He then remained at Mount Sinai, where he completed his vascular surgery fellowship. Dr. Silverberg worked as an attending vascular surgeon at the James J. Peter VA Medical Center in New York for three years until returning to Israel in 2009. 

Contact Information for Dr. Daniel Silverberg

Email: [email protected]

 

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Articles, resources, and societies referenced in the episode:

• Israeli Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery:  https://israelivascular.ima.org.il/ViewEvent.aspx?EventId=3630

• https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/israel

• Zhang LP, Silverberg D, Divino CM, Marin M. Building a Sustainable Global Surgical Program in an Academic Department of Surgery. Ann Glob Health. 2016 Jul-Aug;82(4):630-633. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.09.003. Epub 2016 Oct 1. PMID: 27986231.

 

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