About the Department
Directed by Prof. Eli Atar, who is also the chair of the Israeli society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ILSIR), is renowned for his focus on dialysis access preservation, biliary intervention and pediatric interventions and he serves as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
The department offers 24/7 radiology services, including both elective and emergent imaging. Equipped with cutting-edge machines, it provides a full spectrum of advanced services, such as conventional radiology, digital tomosynthesis mammography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), vascular and neurovascular Cath labs, and high-end ultrasound machines.
The department staff comprising expert physicians, radiographers, nurses and administration gives the best precise diagnostic and safe radiology services in a comfortable environment 24\7\365.
The department is authorized to train senior radiologists in five fellowship programs: Neuroradiology, Breast Imaging, Body Imaging, Musculoskeletal (MSK) Imaging, and Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Trainees undergo comprehensive training to become experts in their chosen fields.
Tamir Nachmias MHA, leads the radiographers and also serves as the Head Radiographer at the Clalit Heath Services. The radiographers operates imaging modalities in the radiology department sites, cardiac Cath labs, Operating rooms, bed side X-rays and Radiating Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.
The nursing service in the department is headed by Mazal Almog RN, who works across various radiology units, including the Angio and the Neuroangio Cath labs including on call services.
The administrative service: secretaries and radiology administrative is headed by Shlomit Cohen.
The department comprises 8 units of radiology expertise:
- Breast Imaging Unit: Headed by Dr. Ahuva Grubstain, this unit offers comprehensive breast imaging services, including screening, diagnostic imaging, mammography, ultrasound, and MRI, with a focus on diagnosis and follow-up, especially for BRCA gene carriers.
- Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit: Led by Dr. Alexander Belenky, a known expert in this field and a specialist in the development of novel invasive techniques and procedures. A state of the art facility specializing in minimally invasive innovative vascular, biliary, urinary, oncologic and lymphatic procedures such as angioplasty and vascular stenting. Thus provides alternative minimal invasive options to traditional surgery to treat various conditions.
- Unit of Neurounternentional radiology: headed by Dr Eliyahu Perlow is the largest neurointerventional unit in Israel composed by 4 interventionalists that gives emergent service 24\7. The unit offers patients a unique comprehensive, often life-saving approach to many neurological conditions and the treatment of cerebral neurovascular disorders, minimally invasive procedures, primarily angiography is used to provide relief from debilitating pain as well as to treat life-threatening conditions. These include stroke treatment by delivering clot-busting drugs directly to the site of the blockage, aneurysm therapy to prevent clotting and rupture, embolizations of facial and intracranial vascular malformations as well as spinal treatment.
- Neuroradiology Unit: Headed by Dr. Edna Inbar, and Dr. Judith Luckman, Head of the MRI unit, dealing both with the diagnosis of disorders of the brain, head, neck and spine.
- Unit of body imaging: Headed by Dr. Shlomit Tamir, performs MRI, and CT examinations and diagnoses including: CT guided Core-needle Biopsies FNA and drainages. The unit team advise the surgeons, gastroenterologists, gynecologists and internal medicine physicians in diagnosis and management of their patients in many multidisciplinary meetings.
- Musculoskeletal imaging Unit; Headed by Dr. Tatiana Peisachovits performs US, CT and MRI examinations and core needle Biopsies under Ultrasound and CT in the musculoskeletal system.
- Cardiac Imaging Unit: Headed by Dr. Gideon Shafir, collaborates with cardiologists performs and diagnose thousands of Cardiac CTs per year and Cardiac MRI.
- Unit of general Ultrasound: Headed by Dr. Jacob Mamon, diagnostic and interventional (ultrasound guided Core-needle Biopsies and FNA) including the neck.
- Chest Imaging led by Dr. Reut Anconina, offers diagnostic services including lung biopsies and MDT meetings in the chest field.
