Dr. Fares Darawshy

Senior physician at the Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital

Lung diseases

Dr. Fares Darawshe is a specialist in pulmonary diseases and internal medicine and a senior physician at the Pulmonary Institute at Hadassah Ein Kerem. He provides consultation and evaluation for common and complex lung diseases, including shortness of breath and chronic cough, asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, nodules and findings on chest CT, interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, and pleural diseases. The consultation includes a thorough review of the medical history, pulmonary function tests and chest imaging, and he explains the findings to the patient along with options for further workup and treatment. Patients may also consult him for a second opinion, functional assessment, and medico-legal opinions in the field of pulmonology. Dr. Darawshe sees patients in the private medical services (Sharap) at Hadassah Ein Kerem and also offers virtual consultations in suitable cases and by prior arrangement. Consultations are available in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

• Senior physician at the Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital

• Fellowship in lung microbiome and lung cancer, New York University Hospital, USA

• Fellowship in lung microbiome and lung cancer, Weizmann Institute

• Subspecialty in pulmonary diseases, Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital

• Residency in internal medicine, Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital

• Engaged in research on lung cancer and lung microbiome

• Graduate of medical studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University

• Graduate of the BioDesign Program, Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering, the Hebrew University

• American Thoracic Society (ATS)

• European Respiratory Society (ERS)

• Israeli Society of Pulmonary Diseases

• Hebrew

• English

• Arabic

• Pulmonologist consultation

• Follow-up of pulmonary nodules

• Monitoring and treatment of chronic lung diseases

• Evaluation of shortness of breath

• Interpretation of pulmonary function tests (spirometry)

• Writing legal expert opinions - pulmonology

• Lung cancer – diagnosis, consultation and functional assessment

• Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung diseases (COPD)

• Lung tumors

  • Diagnosis of lung cancer

  • Lung nodules

  • Suspicious findings in the lung

• Performing a bronchoscopy

  • Bronchial lavage

  • Endobronchial biopsy

  • Transbronchial biopsy

• Diagnosis and treatment of airway diseases

  • Chronic cough

  • Asthma

  • COPD

  • Bronchiectasis

• Diseases of the lung tissue

  • Bronchial lavage

  • Endobronchial biopsy

  • Transbronchial biopsy

  • NSIP

  • IPF

• Diseases of pulmonary blood vessels

  • Pulmonary embolism

  • Inflammation of the pulmonary blood vessels

  • Pulmonary hypertension

• Diseases of the connective tissue of the lung

  • Pulmonary fibrosis

  • Sarcoidosis

  • Autoimmune diseases

• Occupational Lung Diseases

  • Chronic cough

  • Asthma

  • COPD

• Diseases of the Pleura (Pleural Membrane)

  • Pneumothorax

  • Pleural fluid

  • Tumors of the pleura

• Writing a legal opinion