a staff surgeon from Sheba Hospital, Tel- Hashomer, is a fellow at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida in advanced colorectal surgery. Accompanied by his wife, a midwife, and his three children, he hopes to gain experience in the research and clinical aspects of colorectal surgery. Much of his fellowship will be related to laparoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer and evacuation problems, and he will return to Israel as a senior surgeon.