Dr. Elad Berkowitz

Dr. Elad Berkowitz is one of Israel’s leading gynecologic surgeons with extensive experience using advanced endoscopic techniques to treat diverse gynecologic conditions, with an emphasis on endometriosis. Currently the Director of Sheba’s Endometriosis Treatment Center, Dr. Berkowitz was also included in Forbes magazine’s ranking of the best doctors in Israel for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Specialization includes:

Dr. Elad Berkowitz is considered a top-tier endoscopic gynecologic surgery specialist and endometriosis treatment expert with extensive experience in endometriosis treatment.

Professional Experience:

2015  – Present              Director, Sheba Center for Endometriosis Treatment

2012  – 2014                   Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Fellowship, Endometriosis Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.

2004  – 2011                   Registrer, Department of  Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ha’Emek Medical Centre, Afula, Israel.           

2003  – 2004                   Intern,  Ha’Emek Medical Centre, Afula, Israel.

Education and Specialization:

  • , Technion School of Medicine
  • OB/GYN Residency, Haemek Medical Center
  • Complex Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery and Endometriosis Fellowship, Monash Health
  • Advanced Notes surgery training in Brussels, Belgium

 

Clinical and Scientific Experience include:

Previously, Dr. Berkowitz served as Head of the Endometriosis Service at Maccabi Health Services HMO, Head of the Northern District Endometriosis Service at Clalit Health HMO, as well as Head of the Endoscopic Service and the Endometriosis Center at the Haemek Medical Center’s Gynecology and Neonatal Department.

Ongoing Research:

  • The correlation between Endometriosis and Thrombophilia
  • Melatonin and OCP as a combined treatment for Endometriosis
  • Abdominal wall Endometriosis

Teaching:

  • 2004 – present Teaching medical students from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
  • 2012- 2014      Teaching medical students from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia  

Publications include:

  • Amir Weissman, Elad Berkowitz, Tatiana Smolkinb, Shraga Blazer, The Effect of Phototherapy on Neonatal Heart Rate Variability and Complexity. Neonatology 2009;95:41-46.
  • Elad Berkowitz, Yehuda Ben-David. Radical trachelectomy as a fertility-preserving option–operative methods, outcomes and fertility rates Harefuah. 2008 Apr;147(4): 320-3, 374.
  • Rombauts L, Motteram C, Berkowitz E, Fernando S,Risk of placenta praevia is linked to endometrial thickness in a retrospective cohort study of 4537 singleton assisted reproduction technology births.
  • Yao S, Berkowitz E, Pleural endometriosis: an unexpected finding during thoracic surgery.
  • Garmi G1, Okopnik M, Keness Y, Zafran N, Berkowitz E, Salim R.Correlation between Clinical, Placental Histology and Microbiological Findings in Spontaneous Preterm Births.FetalDiagnTher. 2015 Nov 13.
  • Alexander Volodarsky-Perel, Tuyet Nhung Ton Nu, Roy Mashiach, Elad Berkowitz, Jacques Balayla, Alexandre Machado-Gedeon, Yiming Cui, Jonathan Shaul, Michael H Dahan. The effect of endometriosis on placental histopathology and perinatal outcome in singleton live births resulting from IVF.

Membership of Professional Associations:

  • Medical Advisor, Medtronic, and other technology companies
  • Member, the Australian Gynecological and Surgery Endoscopy Association (AGES)
  • Member, the American Society for Gynecological Laparoscopy (AAGL)
  • Member, the European Society for Reproduction and Embryology (Fetal Development) (ESHRE)

Language:

• English
• Hebrew