Professor Moshe Shoham, an active partner in Yad Sarah since its inception, is a global authority in the field of robotics, and his life’s work in medical robotics is dedicated to the development of technologies that improve the medical care of hundreds of thousands of patients around the world.
Professor Shoham is a graduate of aeronautical engineering, has served as an engineer in the aerospace industry, completed a doctorate at the Technion where he has been teaching for the past 30 years, and heads the robotics laboratory of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Shoham founded Mazor Robotics, which was recently acquired by Medtronic for $ 1.6 billion, and co-founded Microbot Medical, which is traded on the Nasdaq and develops tiny robots that go into the patient’s body. He is also the founder of Tamar Robotics for Neurosurgical Applications and co-founder of Diagnostic Robotics that uses artificial intelligence to dramatically change the care of patients in emergency rooms.
Professor Shoham has accompanied Yad Sarah’s development with great love ever since its founding. He is an active partner, providing support and advice, and his joining Yad Sarah’s International Board of Trustees is an official seal of his constant activity.