Yaron Ilan MD

Dr. Yaron Ilan is the Director of the Department of Medicine at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center. Dr. Ilan served as the Vice Dean of the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School and was the President of the Israel Liver Association. Dr. Ilan’s main areas of research are bowel and liver immunology; Development of immunomodulatory drugs for fatty liver disease and diabetes; Development of therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases; Development of drugs for primary liver cancer.

Dr. Ilan holds over 50 patents for discoveries based on his innovative research and has authored more than 280 articles. He is the inventor of a number of drugs and medical devices being developed by several pharmaceutical companies. Several of his innovations already reached the clinical market. Dr. Ilan is the founder of several startup companies and serves as a medical director and advisor for biotech companies.