Former Director General of the Ministry of Health for two terms, and Director of Sheba Medical Center
Co-founder of the National Institute for Health Policy Research operating in Tel Hashomer, and its first director
Recipient of the Israel Prize for Special Contribution to Society and the State in 2009
Founded the School of Public Health at Tel Aviv University and headed it for several years
Founded the "Motka" project for the elderly population in Israel
Founded the "Kamoni" project, a social network, the first of its kind in Israel, intended for chronic patients