Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel. Attended the Hebrew University at Jerusalem. Completed residency training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel 2011-now. Member of the Israeli Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Past president of the Israeli Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Member of the Israeli Scientific Council of the Israeli Dental Association. Head of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery unit at the Tel Aviv Medical Center 2002-2006. Head of Oral Health and Dental Implantology Center at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center 2008-2011. Fellowship in implantology, trauma and reconstructive surgery, Jackson Memorial, Miami, Florida, USA 2010-2011. Published over 200 articles in the English literature. Author of chapters in books. Has lectured extensively internationally. Conducted many courses in the field of implant dentistry. Editor and reviewer for numerous journals worldwide. His fields of research include implant dentistry, immediate implant placement, bone grafting, sinus augmentation, block grafting, postoperative morbidity and oral pathology.