Dr. Gideon Burstein, M.D.

Head of hip & knee reconstructive & replacement service, and senior surgeon sport injuries, Arthroscopies, cartilage repair.

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.

Speciality: Orthopedic Surgeon

Expertise/Specialty Interests:

Knee surgeries

Hip & Knee replacement surgeries

Revision hip and knee surgeries cartilage repair.

Hip, knee and Ankle Arthroscopies

Sport injuries

Languages:

Hebrew, English.

Education & Fellowships:

Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive surgeries in the University of Minnesota, U.S.A (2002-2003)

Fellowship in Sport medicine in Lennox Hill hospital , new york N.Y U.S.A (2003-2004)

Residency in Orthopedics at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer (1995-2002)

Sackler Medical School Tel Aviv University, Israel (1988-1994)

Recent Activities:

Responsible for the care, evaluation and treatment of patients with degenerative hip and knee conditions in the Adult reconstructive unit in Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

Responsible for treating orthopedic injuries as a referral physician for the special units in Israel defense forces (IDF).

Responsible for the treatment of children and adolescent patellar dislocation in the orthopedic department in Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

Referral physician for elite soccer team in Israel (sport injuries).

Referral physician for knee injuries (evaluation and operating) for the Spartak Basketball Club in Moscow.

Responsible for the treatment of hip knee and ankle cartilage damage, with cartilage replacement techniques, cartilage transplant, and Orthokine special serum injections for treating defuse cartilage wear, in the orthopedic department in Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

Responsible for comprehensive evaluating end treatment of knee pathologies from childhood to elderly including cartilage defects,meniscial injuries, ligaments injuries, osteotomies, and joint replacement.

Career Accomplishments:

Member of the AOSSM (American Orthopedic Society of Sport Medicine) since 2005 and current

Member in ISAKOS (International Society Arthroscopy,Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sport Medicine) since 2006 and current Established the Hip Arthroscopy service in the Orthopedic department in Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

Member of the I C R S – International cartilage repair society.

Academic Involvement:

Associate Professor of Orthopedic in the Sackler Medical School in Tel-Aviv University

Taught hundreds of students and orthopedic fellows

Tutor to many MD thesis works