Professor Bar-Meir graduated from the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem.

He was trained in Internal Medicine at Beilinson Medical Center in Israel. He went through 2 fellowships, one in Hepatology at Yale University and the other in Gastroenterology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, USA.

Education:

Medical School at the Hebrew University,

Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem

Training:

Residency in Internal Medicine – Beilinson, Israel

Fellowship in Hepatology- Yale University, USA

Fellowship in Gastroenterology- Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

Chairman of Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Director, Dept Gastroenterology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

Academic position:

Professor of Medicine

Incumbent Chair in Gastroenterology

Sackler school of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Member of the educational committee of WGO

Member of train the trainer committee of WGO

Member of the international committee of ASGE

International editorial board:

Endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Author of 200 peer review manuscripts and chapter in books

Speaker at many international meetings

Performance of advanced endoscopic procedures: ERCP, DBE, EUS, etc.

Medical adviser to Simbionix, Allium, Lumenis, Vecta

Past positions:

Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs

President, Israel Society for Gastroenterology

President, Israel Association for the Study of the Liver

Member of the financial committee of WGO