Global Online Hernia Seminar

On November 21, 2021, the Galilee Medical Center (an affiliate hospital of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine at Bar Ilan University) hosted more than 100 surgeons from all over the world as they gathered online to discuss hot topics in the performance of inguinal hernia surgery. The event was organized by Dr. Eli Kakiashvili (Chief of Surgery at Galilee Medical Center and clinical lecturer at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine) and Dr. Elliot Goodman (Vice-Chair of Surgical Quality at Mount Sinai Downtown in New York City, USA).

Galilee Medical Center surgeons (including Dr. Eli Kakiashvili and Dr. Assi Drobot) masterly performed two live operations, while answering questions from colleagues viewing from all over the world. The seminar also featured lectures from a panel of internationally renowned hernia experts from the USA, the UK, Belgium and India. The conversations among the panelists on chronic pain after inguinal hernia surgery and the role of robotic technology in the performance of these operations were particularly lively.

Approximately 35% of the attendees hailed from Israel and 24% from India. Other countries represented in the audience included the USA, the UK, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey, Ireland, Egypt, Cambodia, Libya, Canada, Bangladesh, Oman and Lithuania.