As Director General of Sheba Medical Center since 2016, Prof. Yitshak Kreiss is world renowned for his research in leadership and health management based on humanitarian operations he led during 25 years of service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
While in the IDF, he rose from combat surgeon to leadership of the Medical Corps as IDF Surgeon General and attained the rank of Brigadier General. He earned his medical degree at the Hebrew University; completed a residency in internal medicine at Sheba Medical School; and earned a Master of Health Administration from Tel Aviv University and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University. Prof. Kreiss was cited as one of the 50 most influential Jews of 2020 by the Jerusalem Post.
Under his tutelage, Sheba Medical Center has also been ranked as one of the Top 10 Hospitals in the World by Newsweek Magazine since 2019.
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