The History of Plastic Surgery in Israel

Yoram Wolf; Binyamina Rosenberg Hagen; Batya Yafe; Jacob Golan; Ori Shulman; Yaron Har-Shai; Rami Neuman

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1750189

Seminars in Plastic Surgery, Table of Contents

Semin Plast Surg 2022; 36(02): 120-130
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750189

Review Article

The History of Plastic Surgery in Israel

Yoram Wolf

¹Plastic Surgery Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Affiliated with the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Hadera, Haifa, Israel

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Binyamina Rosenberg Hagen

²Astra Medical, Jerusalem, Israel

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Batya Yafe

³Department of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

⁴Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Jacob Golan

⁵Department of Plastic Surgery, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

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Ori Shulman

⁶Department of Plastic Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel

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Yaron Har-Shai

⁷Department of Plastic Surgery, Carmel and Lin Medical Centers, Haifa, Israel

⁸Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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Rami Neuman

⁹Department of Plastic Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

¹⁰Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Today, plastic surgery is a well-known profession with highly respected surgeons from institutions all over the world. Over the last several decades numerous clinical and technological advances have been made, thanks to the dedication and hard work of these outstanding professionals; however, things were not always this way. At the turn of the 20^th century, Israel had yet to be introduced to the field of plastic surgery. However, this all changed with the War of Independence. Humanitarian aid by the prominent South African surgeon, Jack Penn, laid the foundation for the founding fathers of plastic surgery in Israel to establish a strong legacy of producing world-renowned surgeons and innovators. Through this paper, we hope to provide a brief overview of the history of plastic surgery in Israel and what transpired to give us the state of surgical practice we have today.

Keywords

plastic surgery - history - Israel - Israeli Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery

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