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Dr. Goldfarb Avi

Head of the ORL Department, Wolfson Hospital

Dr. Avi Goldfarb is a graduate of the Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Medicine. After the studies, he had completed his internship at the Rabin “Beilinson” Medical Center. Dr. Goldfarb then proceeded to undergo a specialization in ORL and head and neck surgery at the Hadassa Medical Center in Jerusalem. After completing the specialization, Dr. Goldfarb had briefly practiced as a specialist physician and had established the ORL Clinic at the Department of Communication Disorders of the Hadassa College. After a two-year fellowship in the surgery of the ear and the skull base, he has returned to the Wolfson Hospital. For the past 9 years Dr. Goldfarb has served as deputy head of the Department and head of the Ear Surgery Service.
Education

Graduate of Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Medicine (internship at the Rabin “Beilinson” Medical Center)

Specialization in ORL and head and neck surgery at the Hadassa Medical Center in Jerusalem

2010- Head of the Ear Surgery Service at the Wolfson Medical Center

2010- Deputy head of the ORL Department at the Wolfson Medical Center

2008 – Specialist physician at the ORL Department of the Wolfson Medical Center

2006 – Peer training in the surgery of the ear and the skull base at the John Monash Medical Center in Melbourne, Australia

Experience

Endoscopic surgery of the ears

Hearing aids implanted on bone anchors or the middle ear (Bahi, Bonebridge, Soundbridge)

Ear tubes surgery, adenoids and tonsil surgery

Tonsil and adenoid augmentation

Sinus surgery and nasal septum correction

Acute or chronic inflammation of the ears

Hearing impairment

Fluid in the ears

Reconstruction of an eardrum puncture and the middle ear bones (tympanoplasty)

Mastoidectomy

Membership in professional organizations

Member of the Israel Society of Otolaryngology

Member of the Israeli Society of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology

Member of the Israel Otoneurology Society

Insurance

Private, Klalit, Meuhedet, Harel, Migdal, Fenix, Klal, Ayalon, Menora AIG