COMMUNITY

Yitshak Kreiss

Leadership, Sheba Medical Center

Professor Yitshak Kreiss M.D. has been Director General of the Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer in Israsel since 2016. For the last three decades, Prof. Kreiss served in the Israel Defense Forces where he ascended from serving as a frontline combat surgeon through all levels of command until assuming overall leadership of the Medical Corps as the IDF Surgeon General. In August 2020, Kreiss responded to the devastating explosion that ripped through Beirut’s port area by offering his hospital’s services to Lebanese victims. “It is our duty to help anyone who needs it, and especially our neighbors,” Kreiss declared. (Photo: Wikimedia / Creative Commons License)