Professor Eyal Zimlichman, MD, MSc (MHCM)

Transformation Officer, Sheba Medical Center & Director, ARC
Prof. Zimlichman serves as Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Transformation Officer at Sheba Medical Center (Sheba). To redesign healthcare to be more patient-centric, effective, efficient, and equitable, he founded Sheba’s innovation arm, ARC. ARC is short for accelerate, redesign, and collaborate.

In the United States, Prof. Zimlichman held the position of lead researcher at Partners HealthCare's Clinical Affairs Department in Boston, where he was involved in strategic care redesign efforts. During that time, Prof. Zimlichman had appointments at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School's affiliate, the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice.

Prof. Zimlichman is a founding member of the International Academy of Quality and Safety in Health Care and an international expert at the International Society of Quality in Healthcare. He also served as an advisor to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to assuming his current position, he was Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer at Sheba.

Prof. Zimlichman earned his MSc in Healthcare Management from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and his MD from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.