Professor Mor-Yosef is the Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization comprising two medical centers in Jerusalem. Previous to his current position, Professor Mor-Yosef was the Director General of the Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva.
Professor Mor-Yosef graduated from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in 1980, completing his OB/GYN specialization at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in 1987. He further specialized in GYN-Oncology at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Great Britain. Upon returning to Israel, he served as chief physician of GYN-Oncology at Hadassah Medical Center, working in all related areas, but with special focus on cervical cancer.
Having assumed the position of Deputy Director of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem in 1990, Professor Mor-Yosef focused on medical management. In 1994 he completed his studies at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where he received his Master’s degree in Public Administration. Upon returning to Israel in 1994, he assumed the post of Deputy Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization. From 1996 – 1997 he served as Director of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
Professor Mor-Yosef has supervised many medical education programs. He has served on many committees, including the Admissions Committee of the Hebrew University Medical School in Jerusalem and the Supreme Examination Committee of the Scientific Council of Israel. Additionally, he was a Fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Economics and Social Policy of the Middle East.
Professor Mor-Yosef is the author/co-author of more than 100 scientific publications. He has taught Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School as well as at Ben Gurion University. He is a member of several scientific organizations in Israel and abroad and has served on the boards of various organizations and companies. Among his present responsibilities, Prof. Mor-Yosef is Chairman of Hadasit, the Technology Transfer Company of Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) and serves as Chairman of the Board of the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research.
Professor Mor-Yosef served in the Israeli Defense Forces as commander of an Armored Advance Patrol Group, and after completing active service, became a Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps (Res.).
He is married to Dina Mor-Yosef, and they have four children and two grandchildren.
