Lael Anson Best

Lael-Anson Best MD FCCP, FACS, FRCS (b. August 11, 1951) is an associate professor of medicine at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Chair of the Division of Surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus.
Biography
Lael-Anson Best was born in India, August 11, 1951. He was educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot. He completed both his Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine, 1975, and his Master’s Degree in Surgery, 1978, at B.J. Medical College, Gujarat University, India.
In 1979 he immigrated to Israel and specialized in cardiothoracic surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa. In 1985, after qualifying as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon, he joined the Israel Defense Forces. From 1987-1988 Professor Best worked as a General Thoracic Fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Soon after his return to Israel, at the age of 38, he was appointed Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery.
In 2005 he took over as Chair of the Division of Surgery.
His special interests are surgery of the esophagus and trauma of the chest, lung cancer, pediatric thoracic surgery, surgery of the mediastinum, lung and pleura.
Awards
*1972: Distinction in Forensic Medicine
*1973: Principal's Discretionary Prize for Standing Second, Final MB, BS
*1993: Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians
*1995: Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
*1998: Outstanding Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
*1999: Outstanding Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
*2001: Outstanding Award for Excellence, Rambam Health Care Campus , Haifa
*2001: Outstanding Award for Excellence, Ministry of Health, Israel
*2001: Outstanding Award for Excellence, First place, Government Service Commission, State of Israel (Awarded by the Prime Minister of Israel)
*2001: Outstanding Award for Excellence, Noah Moses Prize, First Place, in the public and private sectors. (Awarded by the President of Israel)
*2003: Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England

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