Dan Schwarzfuchs

The story of Dan Schwarzfuchs's life

Dan Schwarzfuchs was born in Paris, France, to Liz and Shimon Schwarzfuchs. He moved to Israel in 1964. He studied at the Netiv Meir yeshiva high school.

He joined the IDF in 1982 in the Shaked battalion and was part of the founding generation of the Givati Brigade. He commanded companies, including the Givati reconnaissance company. In 1985 he was named the infantry corps' officer of excellence.

After his discharge he studied medicine at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He finished his residency in internal medicine at Soroka Medical Center in 2001. He then headed the clinic of the Nuclear Research Center and also worked as a family doctor in Kibbutz Alumim.

In 2015 he became head of the internal emergency and ambulatory unit at Soroka, and since 2017 he has been deputy director of the hospital. He is a professor of internal medicine at Ben-Gurion University. With Iris Shai he led the DIRECT research group on the health effects of a Mediterranean diet.

He lives in Beersheba, is married to Nurit, and has 10 children. In 2024 he lit a torch on Independence Day for his work around and after the October 7 massacre. In 2026 he was named an honored citizen of Beersheba.