{"entity":{"id":"ofer-merin","kind":"person","name":"Ofer Merin","aka":[],"tldr":"Cardiac surgeon and former IDF field hospital commander who serves as Director General of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.","summary":"Ofer Merin is Director General of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, a major Jerusalem teaching hospital that was the first in Israel to integrate oncology and palliative medicine services. A cardiothoracic surgeon, he previously commanded the Israel Defense Forces field hospital deployed to international disasters. His role is recorded in the public record for the institution.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Institution profile","url":"https://www.szmc.org.il/eng/"}],"tags":["leadership","hospital management"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["shaare-zedek"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Director General","institutionId":"shaare-zedek","specialisms":["Cardiothoracic surgery","Hospital leadership","Disaster medicine"],"profiles":[{"label":"Institution profile","url":"https://www.szmc.org.il/eng/"}],"papers":[{"title":"Ethical and clinical dilemmas in patients with head and neck tumors visiting a field hospital in the Philippines","journal":"American Journal of Disaster Medicine","year":2014,"doi":"10.5055/ajdm.2014.0172"}],"orcid":"0000-0002-1090-9416"},"route":"/people/ofer-merin/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"shaare-zedek","kind":"institution","name":"Shaare Zedek Medical Center","route":"/institutions/shaare-zedek/"}]}}