Israel

Prof. Adi Rachmiel is the head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Rambam Health Care Campus and clinical Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, Haifa, Israel.

He began his career at Rambam in 1985, and later completed a fellowship program in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at Providence hospital, Southfield, Michigan, USA, under Professor IT Jackson.

His main clinical and research interests are bone formation during distraction osteogenesis and the application of growth factors to improve the osteogenesis, management of oral and maxillofacial deformities, management of obstructive sleep apnea, cleft palate surgery, orthognathic surgery, facial trauma and management of alveolar ridge reconstruction.

Prof Adi Rachmiel completed PhD at the Technion Faculty of Medicine, in the subject of facial distraction and the effect of TGF-β on the osteogenesis process.

Prof. Adi Rachmiel published over 180 articles and book chapters in the international literature. In addition, he is a lecturer in numerous national and international conferences, among them are Plenary or Symposial lectures.