He is also the Medical Director of the joint program in Intestinal Transplantation, University Health network and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Dr. Avitzur graduated in medicine from Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University, Israel and completed Paediatric residency in Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel. He was licensed as a Pediatric Gastroenterologist in 2005 after a dual fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatric Academic Multi-Organ Transplantation (PAMOT) at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.