Simcha Yagel

Prof. Simcha Yagel, M.D., is the 2021 recipient of the Ian Donald Gold Medal. He is a senior consultant and former Division Head of OB/Gyn and the Ultrasound Unit at Hadassah–Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. A leading authority in prenatal diagnosis and maternal fetal medicine, he helped establish Israel’s ultrasound and placenta-research communities, serving as a founding member and past president of the Israel Society of Ultrasound in OB/Gyn and the Israel Society of Placenta Research, and as an editor of UOG and as a board member of ISUOG. Prof. Yagel’s work centers on advanced fetal anatomic and functional imaging especially of the cardiovascular system, and early targeted organ scanning and fetal echocardiography, as well as improved prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of preeclampsia. He has led wide-ranging clinical, translational, and basic research collaborations across Israel, Europe, and North America, publishing over 400 peer-reviewed papers.