Prof. Gabi Zeilig

Director of M.A. Program in Health Sciences and Rehabilitation

About

Prof. Gabi Zeilig is the Director of Ono’s M.A. Program in Health Sciences and Rehabilitation.

Prof. Zeilig is a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation (with an emphasis on neurological rehabilitation). He is also an Associate Professor in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. From 1999 to 2020, he served as the director of the Department of Neurological Rehabilitation at the Haim Sheba Medical Center – Tel Hashomer.

Zeilig serves as a senior physician at the Beit Halochem, supporting 5,500 disabled IDF veterans, and as an advisor to the IDF’s Chief Medical Officer on neurological rehabilitation issues.  Between 2005 and 2015, he served as a member of the Scientific Committee for Licensing in Rehabilitation, and between 2005 and 2010, as a member of the Scientific Committee for Licensing in Medical Management and Occupational Medicine.

Education

M.D.
Medicine, University of Milan (1983)

Research interests

Physical Medicine, Neurological Rehabilitation, Spine, Parkinson’s Disease, Immunology