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Igal Leibovitch

Igal Leibovitch MD

Ophthalmology
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Prof. Igal Leibovitch is an ophthalmologist and one of the leading oculoplastic surgeons in Israel. He is the Director of the Oculoplastic Insitute at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov). He graduated from the "Hadassah Medical School" in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1987-1994). He did his intership in Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital and then served as a military physician and officer for several years.

He did his residency in Ophthalmology at the "Tel-Aviv Medical Center" in Tel-Aviv, and during this period he received the National Award for an Outstanding Resident in Ophthalmology and the Excellence and Advanced Training Award from the "Tel-AvivMedical Center".

After completing his residency, Prof. Leibovitch was accepted to two prestigious fellowship programs where he worked with some of the best surgeons in the world. The first was in Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia (2004-2005), where he worked with the world famous Prof. Dinesh Selva and Dr. Garry Davis. He then did a second fellowship (2005-2006) in Facial and Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Jules Stein Eye Institute in Los-Angeles, where he worked with Prof. Robert Goldberg, an international leader specializing in advanced eyelid and orbital plastic and reconstructive surgery. During these long fellowships he gained special experience in modern techniques in eyelid plastic and cosmetic surgery, as well as lacrimal and orbital surgery.
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