Avi Rivkind

Avi Rivkind serves as a Professor of General Surgery and heads both the Shock Trauma unit and the Department of General Surgery at Hadassah since January 1986. Additionally, Avi Rivkind has been the Medical Director at United Hatzalah of Israel since January 2008. Previously, Avi Rivkind held the position of Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California from January 1997 to October 1998 and worked as a Clinical Fellow at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems from January 1986 to August 1988. Avi Rivkind obtained a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Hadassah Medical School at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem between 1977 and 1980.