Gastroenterology Institute

Dr Yoav Mazor is an Attending Physician and Gastroenetrologist in the Gastroenterology Department at Rambam Health Care Campus. Dr Mazor received his M.D. degree (with honors) from the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and completed his residency program in Internal Medicine B and Gastroenterology at Rambam. He also completed a two-and-a-half year training in the Neurogastroenterology Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Dr Mazor is completed a PhD in the University of Sydney, under a full scholarship, cooperating with the Neurophysiology Laboratory, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, under the supervision of Head of Pain Plasticity group Dr. Alexander Binshtok. He currently continues his research as a post-doctorate in the lab. Research topics include the pathophysiology of senso-motoric abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract.

Dr Mazor is the author of original papers in the fields of inflammatory and functional bowel disease. He is a member of the Israeli Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society and the Israeli Neurogastroenterology Society. His main fields of interest include heartburn, dysphagia, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, fecal incontinence, pelvic floor dyssenergia and treatment with biofeedback and neuromodulation. Dr Mazor is part of a multi-disciplinary team of colorectal surgeons, dieticians, physiotherapist and medical technicians dedicated to furthering the diagnostic, treatment and research of these disorders.