Andre Waismann

Andre Waismann was born in 1958 in Brazil

Andre Waismann was born in 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He studied medicine at the Serra dos Órgãos University Center in Teresópolis.

After qualifying as a doctor, he immigrated to Israel and served as a doctor in the Givati Brigade. He then worked in the intensive care unit at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.

In 1989 he joined the Israel Police as a Superintendent and served as the Jerusalem district doctor. He later served as a combat doctor in the Yamam unit and received the police Medal of Distinguished Service for saving a fighter's life in 1992.

From 1993 he treated opioid addiction under sedation, and in 1997 he began using a method he named ANR. He set up treatment units in Israel, India, Switzerland and Georgia, and heads the ANR unit at Barzilai Medical Center. Medical literature has described anesthesia-assisted detox as costlier and riskier than other options, without a clear advantage in efficacy.

He lives in moshav Ge'a, is married to Efrat Waismann, and they have 6 children. Since the end of 2018 he has worked in the United States as a private consultant.