Prof. Sharon Ovnat Tamir

Founder and Director of the Modiin Clinic Headed by Prof. Ovnat Tamir

ENT, Head and Neck Surgery

Hearing rehabilitation and ear and skull base surgery

Prof. Sharon Ovnat Tamir is a specialist in ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) medicine, ear and skull base surgery. After managing the ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Department at Assuta Hospital in Ashdod for many years, Prof. Ovnat Tamir moved to the position of Director of the Otology and Neurotology Unit to focus on complex surgeries and multi-center international studies that she conducts.

• Founder and Director of the Modiin Clinic

• Director of the Ear and Skull Base Surgery Unit

• Established the ENT & Head and Neck Surgery Department at Assuta Ashdod University Hospital and served as the first director of the department for many years

• Head and Neck / ENT Surgeon and member of the ENT / Head and Neck Surgery Association, as well as a member of the Otologic / Neurotologic Association

• Fellowship in medicine and surgery of the ear and hearing and in oto-neurosurgery under Prof. Sterkers at the La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris

• Residency in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery - Hadassah Hospital and Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem

• Board Member of the Global Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery Initiative

• Tutoring of medical students from Ben Gurion University

• Tutoring of residents in ENT / Head and Neck Surgery

• Board Member of the European Board Examination in ENT / Head and Neck Surgery

• Lecturer in the Temporal Bone Course

• Lecturer in the Endoscopic Middle Ear Surgery Course

• Tutor in the student rotations of the Ben Gurion University School of Medicine

• Award for Outstanding Presentation on behalf of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO)

• Outstanding Researcher Award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Best Lecture Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery

• Research grant from Ben Gurion University and Assuta Ashdod University Hospital

• Outstanding Physician Award from Maccabi Healthcare Services

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=sharon+tamir&sort=date

• Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

• Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Ben Gurion University

• Israel Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

• The Israeli Society of Neurotology

• European Academy of Otology and Neurotology

• Mediterranean Society of Otology and Audiology

• European Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology

• International Society for Otitis Media

• Board Member at the Global OHNS Initiative

• Honorary Fellow of the European Board of Examiners in Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery

• Confederation of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery

• Hebrew

• English

• French

• German

• Tympanoplasty - eardrum perforation closure surgery

• Otosclerosis surgery

• Ventilation tube insertion surgery

• Mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma

• Hearing restoration surgery

• Myringotomy - surgery for drainage of fluids behind the eardrum

• Adenoidectomy

• Tonsil reduction surgery

• Eustachian tube dilation surgery

• Cochlear implantation

• Tympanoplasty - eardrum perforation closure surgery

• Mastoidectomy

• Eustachian tube dilation

• Ventilation tube insertion

• Stapedotomy for otosclerosis

• Cochlear implantation

• Hearing restoration

• Adenoidectomy

• Tonsil reduction

• Turbinate reduction

  • Turbinoplasty

• Hearing loss

• Recurrent ear infections

• Cholesteatoma

• Fluids behind the eardrum

• Otosclerosis

• Tympanosclerosis

• Eustachian tube dysfunction

• Surgery for adenoid removal

• Tonsil reduction surgery

• Nasal turbinate reduction surgery