Dr. Asnat Raziel
Medical Director of Assia Bariatric an Israeli Multidisciplinary Center of Bariatric Surgery
Assia Medical Group
Assuta Medical Center
20 Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv, 6971028, Israel
Tel: +972-3-7645444
Cell: +972-52-4261103
Fax: +972-3-7644445
E-Mail: doctor@asnatraziel.com
My name is Dr. Asnat Raziel and I am the medical director of Assia Bariatric since 2005. Assia
Bariatric is a high-volume bariatric center of excellence operating in a private hospital setting
in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The center is composed of four fellowship-trained bariatric surgeons, 4 general surgeons,
two plastic surgeons, an endocrinologist, a gastroenterologist, two psychologists, two
bariatric dietitians, clinical and administrative coordinators, and a dedicated nurse.
I have completed my medical studies in Tel Aviv University, Israel; Served in the Israeli army
as a flying surgeon, did a pilot license and then residency in general surgery in Wolfson
hospital, Holon, Israel, and two years of fellowship training in bariatric surgery and minimally invasive surgery at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, under the
directors: Prof. Henry Buchwald and Dr. Sayeed Ikramuddin.
I am the secretary of the Israeli society of metabolic and bariatric surgery. I have presented
and published multiple research articles in bariatric surgery.
My current research interest and my publications are in the fields of bariatric
surgery, obesity, the multidisciplinary approach to the obese patient, the
microbiome, wellbeing, nutrition, stress management, quality of life, comorbidities
of obesity, radiology, anesthesia, minimally invasive surgery, and general surgery.
My major research focus is obesity and bariatric surgery and I collaborate with other
researchers in my hospital and in other medical centers.
I am a mentor for women surgeons in Israel and I am certified in Mindfulness, Theta
Healing, Metheism, Holistic Coaching and use holistic tools in my clinic.
My Big project is called Living Large, and it offers my patients different ways to be
supported by 100 different Alternative Medicine therapists to allow a real change in their lifestyle.