Dr. Naim Shehadeh is a graduate of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. He obtained his clinical training in Pediatrics and Endocrinology at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa and at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
He is Director of Pediatrics A and the Pediatric Diabetes Unit at Meyer Children's Hospital of Haifa at Rambam Medical Center.
Dr. Shehadeh’s main research and clinical interests are pathogenesis and prevention of Type 1 Diabetes and the effect of oral insulin on the gastrointestinal tract.
Dr. Shehadeh has received a number of research and innovation awards including the Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award and the Raymond and Miriam Klein Technion Research Award.