Our Team
Dr. Raz Hagoel
Founder and medical director of The Medical Center for Treating Obesity.
Dr. Raz is an expert physician who has been working in the medical field for over 15 years and specializes in providing customized medical treatment for obesity.
Dr. Raz’s and his Medical Center’s success is based on the professional treatment, the personalized care and the support that he and his staff provide to the patients.
Dr. Raz is a graduate of many professional educational and training programs on the subject of obesity.
He learns about groundbreaking research innovations in his field on an ongoing basis,
and actively takes part in conventions and advanced training around the world in the field of obesity in particular and medicine in general.
Expertise, training and professional experience
- An expert physician specializing in family medicine
- Graduate of the Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Graduate of the SCOPE program on clinical obesity (Specialist Certification Of Obesity Professional Education)
- Member of the Obesity Society - TOS
- Member of the Obesity Medicine Association - OMA
- Member of the Israeli Company for the Research and Treatment of Obesity
- Specializes in psychiatry at the Lev Hasharon Hospital (formerly)
- Sleep consultant at the Assuta clinics (formerly)
Avinoam Arviv
Certified clinical dietitian, holder of a degree in nutritional sciences from the Hebrew University
Expertise and professional experience
Holds a degree in nutritional sciences B.Sc.Nutr. from the Hebrew University. Member of the Israeli Association of Nutritionists and Dietitians (“Atid”), graduate of a course on treating with a non-diet approach and on emotional eating, workshop moderator and lecturer to general and professional audiences, recipe creator and co-creator of culinary productions
My healthy vision
Food in my eyes is everything. Being both a basic need and a source of enjoyment, it connects worlds and people of all types. As a dietitian, I help people progress to a more balanced lifestyle, with emphasis on a better relationship with food – a healthy lifestyle that is not detrimental to the needs that food fulfills in our lives. I am a great believer in balance and in enjoying food in correct doses. In my opinion, a healthy lifestyle should be sane, workable, convenient and pleasant (and yes, it should include chocolate as well). That is the only way we can really pave our road to long term health and balance.
Nir Shlezinger
Certified clinical dietitian
Holder of a bachelor’s degree in nutritional sciences, the Tel Hay College
Master’s degree in nutrition, health and behavior from the Haifa University
Expertise and professional experience
A bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in nutritional sciences from the Tel Hay College and a master’s degree in nutrition, health and behavior from the Haifa University. A group moderator for the national “Healthy Future” program, a personal trainer and a dietitian for a gym chain. Member of the Israeli Association of Nutritionists and Dietitians (“Atid”)
My healthy vision
Sports, nutrition and a healthy lifestyle have been my strongest element for many years. Changing habits does not come easily, and requires a change in one’s lifestyle and thought process.
Up until my twenties I suffered from obesity. A long, complex process that began during my military service changed my entire outlook with regards to nutrition and sports. At the end of the process I had lost more than 40 kg.
My life changed completely, and now I know that it is possible to enjoy a diverse menu that also incorporates pleasure, and to make exercise a part of one’s daily life and even enjoy it, out of an understanding that making small changes in life can have great effects.
Kim Goldberg Pulitzer
Certified clinical dietitian, holder of a degree in nutritional sciences from the Hebrew University
Expertise and professional experience
B.Sc in nutritional sciences from the Hebrew University, dean’s list.
Dietitian at the nutrition and diet department at the Ichilov Hospital, graduated a course on diabetes nutrition for nutritionists at the Tel Aviv University.
My healthy vision
I have always wanted to treat people through nutrition and help them change their habits for both medical and esthetic purposes.
As a dietitian, I feel that I was born to make people live a healthier lifestyle, feel great and love themselves more.
Hilla Shlezinger
Certified clinical dietitian, holder of a degree in nutritional sciences from the Hebrew University
Expertise and professional experience
B.Sc in nutritional sciences from the Hebrew University.
Fitness and weight loss trainer for the Google Company, graduated a course on treating obesity and emotional eating by the non-diet approach.
My healthy vision
Since I can remember I was involved in physical exercise. In my opinion, exercise makes it possible to have the right connection between body and soul, and over the years I have decided to convert my passion into a profession. I then participated in a fitness trainers course at the Wingate Institute. After 4 years as a fitness trainer I decided to expand my profession and study nutritional sciences, based on the belief that combining a balanced diet with controlled exercise is the secret to obtaining long term results.
Based on my experience, a big change can begin with small decisions. Exercise does not need to be intensive in order to bring about results and a sense of satisfaction. Even if we only take upon ourselves one small task, we can feel a great difference!
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