A widely known neurosurgeon in Israel and beyond, an excellent specialist in brain surgery and the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, and oncological diseases. He currently heads the neurosurgery department at the renowned Ichilov Medical Center. He leads several research groups working on the development of new methods for performing surgical interventions on the brain. Frid is a professor at the universities of Tel Aviv and California.
The doctor's professional activities are related to:
- brain surgeries and neurosurgery
- surgical treatment of epilepsy
- brain tumor surgery
- surgical treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
- surgery to eliminate cerebral vascular malformations.
The professor is a graduate of Stanford University. He specialized in neurosurgery. He practiced epilepsy treatment at the R. Reagan Hospital. He leads the neurosurgery center at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and others. The professor has dedicated considerable time to research activities. His research area has been the mechanisms and nature of the development of epilepsy seizures. He is the founder of new methods for treating epilepsy, as well as memory, speech, and other function disorders. The doctor performs surgeries on adult and pediatric patients to treat various neurological diseases related to speech, memory, and movement disorders. Itzhak Frid uses a unique diagnostic system that allows for neurosurgical intervention with maximum effectiveness. Among such diagnostic methods are video electroencephalographic monitoring, neuropsychological assessment of brain functions, and others.