Prof. Josef Haik is a specialist in Aesthetic & Reconstruction Plastic Surgery and Burns.
He has contributed to chapters in medical textbooks and published numerous articles on Aesthetic plastic, Burns, reconstructions, skin substitutes, wound care and epidemiology. He serves as the medical reviewer for IMAJ, WOUNDS, BURNS as well as a FRONTIERS DISASTER MEDICINE. Also initiated and established the first GMP laboratory for skin engineering and skin bank from 2019.
Prof. Haik has served as Chairman of the Israeli Burn Association for the past five years and is an active member of the EMT Working Group on Burns Care at the World Health Organization (WHO). He joined the IHR to enable greater collaboration between his own research and that being undertaken with the Burn Injury Research Node at the University of Tasmania.
Professor Haik also leaded humanitarian Delegations to Kenya, Peru, Guatemala, Romania, St. Lucia, Haiti and Dominican Republic.
Education
2008, Master's Degree in Public Health (MPH) and Disasters Management, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2003-2004, Fellowship in the ICU, Burns, the Hospital of the University of Alberta, Canada
2003, Graduation the first class of the distinguished Sheba Talpiot Medical Leadership program, Israel
2002, Training in aesthetic surgery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1996-2002, Residency in Plastic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
1987-1994, Medical studies, the University of Bologna, Italy
Employment Experience
2002-Today, Runs a private practice since at Preimedical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Served as medical director for Klalit Aestehtics and Primedical center
Academic Appointments
Professor in the Faculty of Surgery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Associate professor, Notre Dam University, Perth, Australia
Associate professor, the University of Tasmania, Sydney, Australia
Membership in Professional/ Scientific Societies
The Israeli Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Chairman)
American Burn Association
The Israeli Association for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
The Israel Medical Association
The International Association for Aesthetic Surgery
The Israeli Association for Healing Wounds
Publications
Here is a link to a list of articles on Pubmed: a database that includes a bibliographic record of scientific articles in the fields of life sciences and medicine
