Dr. Yehuda Kolende

He is the deputy head of Israeli orthopedics oncology center (Ichilov).

Specialty:

Orthopaedic Surgery

Education:

Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (1976 - 1982).

Internships:

1. In 1985-1991 - residency at Soroka Medical Center (Beersheba).
2. In 1993-1995 - Orthopaedic Oncology at Oncological Center in Washington (USA).
3. 1995 - Orthopaedic pathology at the Institute of Pathology of U.S. forces in Maryland.

Clinical work experience:

1. 1982-1983 - Internship at Soroka Medical center
2. 1983-1985 - the family doctor at Netivot urban-type settlement.
3. 1985-1993 - Internship in the field of orthopedics at Soroka Medical center, 1991 - senior doctor at the same place
4. 1995-2000 – the head of Israeli orthopedics oncology center
5. 2000 - deputy head of Israeli Orthopedics Center at Ichilov Medical Center.
6. 2008 – the head of the Children’s Orthopedics Oncology Department (Ichilov).

Academic experience

Senior lecturer at the Department of Orthopedics at Medical Faculty, Beer-Sheva Universit.

Publications:

83 scientific articles. He also was a speaker at 300 Israeli and international conference.

Membership in professional organizations:

1. Israeli Union of Doctors.
2. Israeli Association of Children’s onco-hematology.
3. Israeli Association of Orthopaedists.
4. European Musculo-Skeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS).
5. International Association of Oncology of soft tissues.
6. International Society Of Limb Salvage (ISOLS).