Yehuda Danon (

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: יהודה דנון; born 1940) is an Israeli doctor who has been the Surgeon General of the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and ...

, the Director General of Beilinson Medical Center, and - since 2012 - the President of

Ariel University Ariel University (), 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 preceding the establishment of Ariel Unive ...

Education

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

pediatrics Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, Adolescence, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many o ...

and

immunology Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of Immune system, immune systems in all Organism, organisms. Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the Physiology, physiological functioning of the immune system in ...

."Prof. Yehuda danon, MD.; President,"
Ariel University. Danon served as the

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of the

from 1982 to 1991.

Career

He was the Director General of Beilinson Medical Center, and founded the

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. He established the Israeli Ministry of Health’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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Danon, Yehuda Academic staff of Ariel University Presidents of universities in Israel Israeli immunologists The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School alumni 21st-century Israeli educators Israeli military officers 1940 births Living people