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Yuval Levy

Yuval Levy is an Israeli pediatrician and medical administrator who has headed the division of Israel's government medical centers since November 2024.

Heading government medical centers divisionCommanding the IDF Aeromedical UnitMedical management at Sheba

Occupation
physician
Education
Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel

The story of Yuval Levy's life

Levy studied medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University from 1993 to 1999 and received his MD in 1999. He trained in pediatrics at Wolfson Medical Center from 2003 to 2005 and in neonatology there from 2008 to 2009. In 2009 he completed a master's degree in health systems management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

He served in the IDF for 29 years, as a combat helicopter pilot in the Air Force and as a military doctor in the Medical Corps. In 2010 he ran the neonatal unit of a field hospital in Haiti. He commanded the Aeromedical Unit from 2010 to 2013 and left the army in 2015 as a lieutenant colonel.

From 2015 to 2018 he was deputy director of Wolfson hospital in Holon, where he also served as public complaints commissioner and emergency officer. In 2018 he became deputy director of the general hospital at Sheba Medical Center, and in March 2022 its vice president for medicine. In November 2024 he became head of the government medical centers division.

He has taught aviation medicine and health systems management at Tel Aviv University. He is married to Tamar, and they have 3 children.

Yuval Levy's life in 8 milestones

  1. 1999

    Received his MD from Tel Aviv University.

  2. 2009

    Completed a master's degree in health systems management.

  3. 2010

    Ran the neonatal unit of a field hospital in Haiti.

  4. 2010

    Became commander of the IDF Aeromedical Unit.

  5. 2015

    Left the IDF and became deputy director of Wolfson hospital.

  6. 2018

    Became deputy director of the general hospital at Sheba.

  7. 2022

    Became vice president for medicine at Sheba Medical Center.

  8. 2024

    Became head of the government medical centers division.

Yuval Levy served in IDF Pilot Course

Levy served 29 years in the IDF as an Air Force combat helicopter pilot and a Medical Corps doctor, commanding the Aeromedical Unit from 2010 to 2013. He left in 2015 as a lieutenant colonel.

IDF Pilot Course

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Based on Hebrew Wikipedia, יובל לוי (רופא), under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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