Yehuda Danon (יהודה דנון; born 1940) is an Israeli doctor who has been the Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces, the Director General of Beilinson Medical Center, and - since 2012 - the President of

Ariel University Ariel University ( he, אוניברסיטת אריאל), previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the urban Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. The college preced ...

Biography

Danon graduated from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School, and specialized in pediatrics and

immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see there ...

."Prof. Yehuda danon, MD.; President,"
Ariel University. Danon served as the Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces from 1982 to 1991. He was the Director General of Beilinson Medical Center, and founded the Schneider Children’s Hospital. He established the

Israeli Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health ( he, מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת, translit. ''Misrad HaBri'ut'') is a ministry in the Israeli government, responsible for formulating health policies. The ministry plans, supervises, licenses, and coordinat ...

’s National Council for Children’s Health and Pediatrics, and has served as chairman since its establishment. Danon became President of

in October 2012.

References

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