Prof. Shimon RAIF is a pediatric gastroenterologist, one of the most renowned and sought-after specialists with 30 years of experience. Director of a children’s hospital and head of the pediatric gastroenterology department at an Israeli medical center. Official expert of the World Health Organization.
Prof. Reif is a qualified expert in the prevention, examination and therapy of GI diseases using the latest innovative techniques. It successfully manages a variety of digestive system disorders in infants, children and adolescents.
Prof. Shimon Raif has tremendous experience and uses advanced methods of Israeli medicine. This allows him to perform such high-tech procedures as liver biopsy, polypectomy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, colonoscopy, gastroscopy and others. Actively participates in the development and implementation of diagnostic schemes and treatment protocols for children with diseases and pathologies of the digestive tract. Prof. Reif’s clinical research focuses on inflammatory bowel disease, diarrhea, Helicobacter infection, endoscopy in children, growth and nutritional problems, and liver fibrosis.
Shimon Reif is the author of more than 200 scientific papers on various issues of pediatric gastroenterology. Published in the most respected international medical publications. Prof. Reif has also published about 20 monographs on fundamental issues in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in children. Co-editor of the journal Pediatric Gastroenterology.
More than 700,000 young patients from various countries are diagnosed and treated annually for GI diseases by Prof. Shimon Reif.
Additional specialization:
- liver failure
- chronic dyspepsia (“lazy stomach syndrome”)
- Children’s eating and weight gain problems
- malabsorption
- liver transplantation