Dr. Daniel Yahya

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Name, Surname :Prof. Dr. Daniel Yachia

Date & Place of Birth: 1939 İstanbul,TURKEY

Schools Attended : Jewish High School in Istanbul- IstanbulFaculty of Medicine of the University of Istanbul 1953 - 1957

Profession:Senior Urologist at Or ha-Haim Hospital in Istanbul (1968-1969; Senior Urologist at Hasharon Hospital (1969-1978), Kaplan Medical Center (1978-1984); Consultant Urologist of Kupat Holim Klalit (1970-1984), Kupat Holim Maccabi (1984-1995). Founder of the Department of Urology and Head of the Department (1984-2005).

Israel Urological Society, American Urological Association, European Association of Urology, Endourological Association, Societe Internationale d'Urologie and more.Faaliyet ve topluluklar: Senior Urologist at Or ha-Haim Hospital in Istanbul (1968-1969; Senior Urologist at Hasharon Hospital (1969-1978), Kaplan Medical Center (1978-1984); Consultant Urologist of Kupat Holim Klalit (1970-1984), Kupat Holim Maccabi (1984-1995). Founder of the Department of Urology and Head of the Department (1984-2005). Israel Urological Society, American Urological Association, European Association of Urology, Endourological Association, Societe Internationale d'Urologie and more.

• Prolific academic activities such as peer reviewed articles (100), Book Chapters (21), Teaching videos (48), Lecturer in various universities. Published the BMA Prize-winning book Stenting the Urinary System (two editions) and the Text Atlas of Penile Surgery. 

  
  

  Serial Inventor of medical devices (20 Granted US patents, 11 pending patents). Serial entrepreneur (Founder or co-founder of 7 startups). Cuurently the Founder/Owner of Innoventions Ltd - Medical Device Incubator.

CV:

Prof. Dr. Daniel Yachia – Distinguished Career Award (SIU 2025)

Prof. Dr. Daniel Yachia, MD, is a Urology Specialist based in Hadera, Israel.Born in 1939 in Türkiye, Dr. Yachia completed his medical studies and specialist training in urology at the Capa Department of Urology, University of Istanbul.

He subsequently emigrated to Israel and worked as a senior urologist at the Hasharon and Kaplan Hospitals.In 1984, he was selected to establish the Department of Urology at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Israel, where he served as Chair until his retirement in 2005. He was awarded the title of Professor of Urology at the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine.Dr. Yachia has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, 52 instructional videos, 25 book chapters, and 3 books.

Two of his books were awarded “First Prize” in 1999 and “Highly Recommended” in 2005 by the British Medical Association Book Contest.He developed novel surgical techniques including Yachia corporoplasty, Yachia continent stoma, and Yachia continent pouch.

He also invented medical devices such as the first self-expanding In-Stent stents, Allium Hybrid Stents, removable sub-urethral slings (RemS), ATR technology, and the BRUC urinary catheter. He holds 21 U.S. patents and many international patents.Dr. Yachia served on WHO committees for non-surgical and non-medical treatments of BPH (1992–2001) and Peyronie’s Disease (1991–1999).

He was also a Scientific Board member and lecturer at the Euro-Training Postgraduate Urology School.In 1996, he founded the International Symposium on Urinary Stents. In 2012, he established the International Symposium on Affordable New Technologies in Urology with SIU, and in 2018 the Best Affordable Technologies in Urology Contest with SANTU.

He has lectured and performed surgeries worldwide. Between 2017–2021, he was invited as Master on Stents to ENIUS/COST of the EU Horizon 2020 program. In 2024, he served as Key Opinion Leader on Ureteral Stents at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

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