Prof. Arnon Afek is the Associated Director General of Sheba Medical Center and the Acting Director of Sheba
General Hospital, after completing his tenure as the Director General (DG) and the Associate Medical DG of
the Israeli Ministry of Health (2014-17). He is the Chairman of the National council on Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Chairman of The Department of Medical Administration at Sheba Medical Center.
In 2015, Prof. Afek was personally appointed as a member of the Bureau of Governors of the OECD Health Committee, taking a role in designing health policy in the OECD. Since 2011, Prof. Afek also serves as the Director of the NY State/American MD Program and Professor of Public Health at the Sackler School of Medicine and the Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University. He is a visiting Professor at the Nicosia University Medical School. Previously, Prof. Afek was the Director of Medical Affairs, Head of the Emergency Services at the Israeli Ministry of Health (2012-2014) and the Deputy Director of Sheba General Hospital (2007-2012).
Prof. Afek is a Col. (res) and a member of the IDF-MC IRB (Helsinki) Committee and has previously served as the Head of Occupational Medicine and Medical Classification Branch as well as the Chairman of the Department of Medical Administration at the IDF Medical Corps (2004-7). Dr. Arnon Afek received his medical training at the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine (1981-1987), residency in Anatomical Pathology at the Sheba Medical Center and fellowship in Medical Administration (board certified Cum Laude) at the Sheba Medical Center and at the Ministry of Health. He completed M.A in Health Administration (Cum Laude) at Ben-Gurion University (2000-2002). He is a graduate of the Wexner Senior Leadership Executive Program (WSLP 16), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Prof. Afek has published more than 150 peer reviewed papers in medical literature including in NEJM, JAMA Lancet and Circulation and has received numerous awards, including the Tel Aviv University Rector's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Kellerman Award and the Goldberg Award, both for research in Cardiology; the Israel National Quality Award and the Award of Excellence in Military Medicine.
In 2019 Prof Afek received the highest award of the Israeli Civil Service – "YAKIR SHERUT HAMEDINA" for
life long contribution To The Israeli Healthcare System. He was awarded in 2016 the Israeli Civil Service Commission award for reducing bureaucracy in physician licensing and Quality Improvement and an award for advancing quality of care in Neonatal Units. In 2017 Prof Afek received Certificate of Appreciation from the Society for Patients Rights in Israel. He lecturers in numerous medical conferences and delivered The John M. Eisenberg, M.D. International Lecture at The Commonwealth Fund's 18th Annual International Symposium on Health Care Policy.
He is married to a Pediatric Dentist, Dr. Limor Afek, and they live in Rosh Ha’ayin with their two children Shahar and Oren.
