Anat Loewenstein

Anat Loewenstein was born in 1950 in Tel Aviv

Anat Loewenstein was born in Tel Aviv to Pinchas and Esther Shapira. Her father was a dentist and her mother a cardiologist. Her grandfather was a physician and her grandmother a nurse.

She graduated from the Hebrew University medical school in 1984 and then served as a medical officer in the IDF. She earned a master's degree in ophthalmology at Tel Aviv University in 1993. She later trained in vitreous and retina diseases at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University and studied health systems management at Tel Aviv University.

She joined the Tel Aviv University medical faculty in 1993 and became a full professor in 2007. Since 2000 she has directed the eye division at Tel Aviv Medical Center. In 2020 she became the first woman elected chair of the Israel Ophthalmological Society.

Her research covers macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion, diabetic macular edema and drug toxicity to the retina. She led the development of technologies for early detection of macular degeneration. As general secretary of EURETINA she created the Women in EURETINA program.

She is married to Steven Loewenstein, a lawyer and businessman, and they have 3 children.