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Specialising in General and Oncologic Breast Surgery, Dr Rafi Klein is one of the world’s most renowned breast surgeons with more than 30 years of clinical experience in general surgery, breast pathology and breast surgery. In 1990, Dr. Klein founded the Breast Health Institute for women at high risk of developing breast cancer. As a result, today, women are regularly monitored and treated at this clinic. Dr Rafi Klein is also a leading consultant at Israel’s largest hospital, Assuta. Thousands of women who have sought help from this talented specialist in time have been completely cured of cancer and have subsequently avoided subsequent recurrences. To date, more than 5,000 patients from around the world have been under Rafi Klein’s constant care.
Specialization includes:
Dr. Klein develops personalised surgical and therapeutic treatment options for each patient, including complex types of breast reconstruction:
• Breast conditions and surgery
• Lumpectomy
• Sentinel lymph node dissection
• Total mastectomy
• Axillary lymph node dissection
• Mastectomy combined with intraoperative radiation therapy
He brilliantly performs combined operations combining surgery and intraoperative radiation treatment (IORT), which is a new, revolutionary method of radiotherapy.
• Mastectomy combined with immediate reconstruction in different approaches
After surgery, where possible, he performs breast reconstruction using the latest methods and technology, maximizing aesthetic restoration. He successfully utilizes a variety of tissue reconstruction options using biological and synthetic materials to create and restore breasts to the desired size.
• Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
• Radical Dissection Of Inguinal Lymph Nodes
• Biopsy And Removal Of Sentinel Nodes
• Surgery For Radical Cutaneous Sepsis
• Melanoma Surgery
• Plastics/Aesthetics
o Face contouring injections
o Botox injection
o Fillers injection
Professional Experience:
• Medical manager of private general surgery practices in Haifa and Tel Aviv
• Formerly the Chief Breast Surgeon of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
• Founder of the first Israeli clinical framework for women at high risk of breast cancer in the Rambam Medical Center
• Attending surgeon at the Assutah Medical Center
• Consultant and attending surgeon at the Meuhedet and Leumit Healthcare Funds
• Clinical fellowship in breast surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Clinical fellowship in breast surgery at the Breast Service Department, New York
• Clinical fellowship in breast surgery at the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
• Clinical fellowship in breast surgery at the Breast Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Residency in general surgery at the Rambam Medical Center
• Participated in numerous international conferences on breast surgery, melanoma, and aesthetic medicine
Education and Specialization:
• Doctorate (MD) degree from Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
• Internship in the Department of General Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
• Internship at the M.D. Anderson Memorial Cancer Center. Sloan-Kettering, New York, USA
• Internship at the National Cancer Institute in Milan, Italy
• Internship at the Breast Treatment Center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Clinical and Scientific Experience include:
Today, Dr. Rafi Klein is known internationally as one of the most respected researchers. Specialists from major Israeli and international clinics seek a second opinion when they need help in diagnosing or determining the best therapy option.
Membership of Professional Associations:
• Israeli Surgical Association (ISA)
• Israeli Society for Breast Disease (ISBD)
• Israeli Society for Surgery of the Breast (ISDSB)
• European Society of Oncologists (ESO)
• European Society for Diseases and Surgery of the Breast (ESDSB)
Language:
• English
• Hebrew