Dr. Zvi Perry is a senior lecturer at Ben-Gurion University, where he has been teaching Epidemiology for the last decade. He is also active in promoting general Bariatrics at the state level in Israel, and is a member of the Israeli surgical society, and of the Israeli Endoscopic Society. His academic activities include improving health quality measurements in Israel, as well as being a part of the Clalit HMO simulation center for the surgical professions.

Research Interests

• Bariatric surgery, endocrine surgery and neuroendocrine tumors, epidemiology of obesity, medical education

Education and Training

• B.A. & B.Sc., Tel Aviv University
• B.Sc.. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• M.D., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Residency, Soroka University Medical Center (Surgery)
• M.A. Educational Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Ph.D. Surgical Epidemiology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Fellowship in Bariatrics, McGill University Hospital