Raanan Shamir

Chairman of the Institute of Gastroenterology, Nut
Gastroenterology, Nutrition
Medical Center of Israel
Israel

Business Expert Gastroenterology
Biography

 Raanan Shamir is Professor of Pediatrics at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and the Chairman of the Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel. Raanan Shamir received his MD degree in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and was trained in Pediatrics at the Beilinson Medical Center, in Petach-Tiqva, Israel. In the early 90’s, he was a fellow at the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and came back to Israel to be the Head of the Department of Nutrition at the Israel Ministry of health, and then held the position of Head of the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit at Meyer Children’s Hospital in Haifa.

Research Intrest

 intestine, pediatric nutrition, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease and childhood hyperlipidemia.