Background
Abrahamson, Ami-Zakai Jack was born on December 23, 1929 in Tel-Aviv. Son of Abraham Reuben and Leah (Singer) Abrahamson.
Abrahamson, Ami-Zakai Jack was born on December 23, 1929 in Tel-Aviv. Son of Abraham Reuben and Leah (Singer) Abrahamson.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1952.
Surgical resident, Groote Schuur Hospital, U. Cape Town, South Africa, 1953-1956;
surgical resident, Royal College Surgeons and Tchg. Hospitals, London, 1957-1958;
junior consultant surgeon, England Tchg. Hospital, 1959-1960;
senior surgeon, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 1960-1973;
head department surgery, Benei Zion Medical Center, Haifa, 1973-1987;
chairman surgery, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, since 1987;
senior surgical consultant, Macabi Sick Fund, Haifa, since 1995.
Visiting professor surgery Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York, 1971, Medical School U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1974, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, 1987. Guest lecturer department surgery Royal Postgraduate Hospital, Hammersmith, London, 1974. Visiting surgeon Sinai Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, 1980.
President A Helping Hand for the Sick Child, Israel, since 1990. Captain Israeli Medical Corps, 1965-1975. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh, International College Angiology (science council), Collegium International Chirurgiae Digestivae.
Member American Society Colon and Rectal Surgeons, American Hernia Society (charter), British Association Pediatrics Surgeons, European Society Mastology, Israel Surgical Society (member council, chairman admissions committee, member ethical committee).
Married Gila Lazarus, September 12, 1960. Children: Ehud, Michael, Dor, Ariella.