About
Gideon Kopernik, MD is a gynecologist and menopause specialist on the Sheba Longevity Center team. He is Chairman / President of the Israeli Menopause Society, a former director of the Gynecological Daycare and Endoscopic Unit at Kaplan Medical Center, and co-author of the two-part Fertility and Sterility review Tools for Making Correct Decisions Regarding Hormone Therapy. Israeli and English-language sources position him as a senior authority on perimenopause, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, and women's long-term bone, brain, and cardiovascular protection.
What to Know
Signature approach
Kopernik brings menopause medicine into the longevity assessment. His public teaching frames HRT, local vaginal therapy, movement, nutrition, sleep, and emotional support as connected tools for protecting quality of life and longer-term health, especially when hot flashes, sleep disruption, and perimenopausal symptoms start affecting daily function.
What sets them apart
- National society leadership. Chairman / President of the Israeli Menopause Society.
- HRT decision framework. Co-author of a widely cited Fertility and Sterility review on hormone-therapy decision-making.
- Procedural gynecology depth. Former director of Kaplan Medical Center's gynecologic daycare and endoscopic unit, adding surgical context beyond consultation alone.
Before You Book
- Women's hormone focus. Relevant for perimenopause, menopause, HRT, sleep disruption from hot flashes, and bone, brain, and cardiovascular protection questions.
- Team assignment. Ask whether the women's-health station includes Kopernik or another specialist on your visit day.
- Adjacent specialist. Fertility, ovarian-function, PCOS, and fibroid questions may involve Jaron Rabinovici, MD on the same team.
Expertise
Focus areas
Patient types
Credentials
Education
MD, Medicine
Israel (specific medical school not publicly verified)
Board certifications
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Israeli Medical Association (Scientific Council)
Israeli specialist board certification in obstetrics and gynecology — implied by 'Senior Gynecologist' title, Israeli Menopause Society chairmanship, and senior hospital appointments.
Affiliations
Thought Leadership
Publications
- Tools for making correct decisions regarding hormone therapy. Part I: Background and drugs · Fertility and Sterility, 2004
- Tools for making correct decisions regarding hormone therapy. Part II: Organ response and clinical applications · Fertility and Sterility, 2004
- The laparoscopic approach to uterine adnexal torsion in childhood · Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1996
Media Appearances
- How to know if you are approaching menopause (interview as Chairman, Israeli Menopause Society) · The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli women over 36 experience perimenopausal symptoms (interview as Chairman, Israeli Menopause Society) · The Jerusalem Post
- Dun's 100 — Menopause Ranking (2024, 2025, 2026) · Dun's 100 Israel
Notable Collaborators
- Prof. Zeev Shoham, MD · Co-author on Tools for Making Correct Decisions Regarding Hormone Therapy (Fertility and Sterility, 2004) — widely-cited two-part HRT decision-framework review
- Hadas Mandel, #medabrot_peri · Israeli perimenopause community — joint regulatory engagement (FDA Docket FDA-2025-N-2589) and collaborative public health framing
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