Leadership
Office holders
The council that leads Alpha Omega in Israel and internationally — alongside the roll of Regents and chapter presidents through the years.
The current council
A core group of members who make Alpha Omega tick behind the scenes. We always welcome new council members — get in touch if you would like to help.
Dr Eldad Helft
International President, Alpha Omega International Dental Society
A dentist with over 30 years of experience, leading the global Alpha Omega community with a commitment to excellence, innovation and service.
Dr Shahar Blachash
Regent, Alpha Omega Israel
A member since 1998 and an expert in dental surgery and implantology, with over twenty years of clinical and teaching experience.
Dr Meizi Eliezer
President, Tel Aviv Chapter · International Director of Continuing Education
A specialist periodontist from Herzliya who leads Alpha Omega's continuing-education programmes worldwide.
Dr Gilad Bar Dayan
President, Haifa Chapter & NextGen
A laser-dentistry expert and community leader who blends over twenty years of clinical excellence with volunteer work.
Dr Vladi Dvoyris
International Communications Officer (2025–2027)
A digital-dentistry innovator, former Regent of Israel and former President of the Tel Aviv Chapter.
Regents of Alpha Omega Israel
Since Regency No. 20 was founded in 1954.
- 1954–1955 Jacob Levin-Epstein Jerusalem
- 1955–1956 Kurt Gruenmann
- 1957–1958 Moshe Mishori Tel Aviv
- 1959–1960 Georg Winternitz Haifa
- 1962–1965 Aryeh Sarnat Tel Aviv
- 1966–1968 Nachman Ben-Basat Tel Aviv
- 1969–1970 David Gutman Haifa
- 1971–1973 Shalom Zusman Tel Aviv
- 1974–1976 Yehuda Kaufman Tel Aviv
- 1977–1979 Dov Laufer Haifa
- 1980–1982 David Birkan Jerusalem
- 1983–1985 Aharon Machtei Tel Aviv
- 1986–1988 Eli Meir Haifa
- 1989–1991 Leslie Serbro Tel Aviv
- 1992–1993 Adam Stabholz Jerusalem
- 1994–1995 Philip Goldberg Haifa
- 1996–1998 Danny Kaufman Jerusalem
- 1998–1999 Nissim Levy Tel Aviv
- 2000–2001 Ilan Rotstein Jerusalem
- 2001–2003 Tommy Keren Haifa
- 2004–2005 Colin Gorfil Tel Aviv
- 2006–2007 Miki Yitzhaki Jerusalem
- 2008–2009 Eli Tirosh Haifa
- 2010–2011 David Ash Tel Aviv
- 2012–2013 Noah Stern Jerusalem
- 2014 Yossi Kassirer Haifa
- 2015–2016 Eldad Helft Tel Aviv
- 2017 Vladi Dvoyris Tel Aviv
- 2018–2019 Ephraim Winocur Tel Aviv
- 2020–2022 Vladi Dvoyris Tel Aviv
- 2023 Shahar Blachash Tel Aviv
Chapter presidents
Chapter Tel Aviv
- 1992 Danny Elgiser
- 1993 Chaim Neumann
- 1996 Uri Wolf
- 1998 Erika Amir
- 1999 Chaim Renert
- 2000 Haggai Slutzky
- 2002 Nir Uziel
- 2003 Shlomo Matalon
- 2005 Ephraim Winocur
- 2006 Eldad Helft
- 2008 David Ash
- 2009 Shahar Blachash
- 2014 Vladi Dvoyris
- 2017 Shelly Zeituni
- 2018 Tamar Ziskind
Chapter Jerusalem
- 1950–1960 Alex Grossman, Jacob Yardeni, A. Levin
- 1960 David Birkan
- 1968 Chaim Pitrokovsky
- 1972 Charlie Rosen
- 1984 Adam Stabholz
- 1987 Danny Kaufman
- 1990 Musick Kaplan
- 1993 Ilan Rotstein
- 1996 Miki Yitzhaki
- 1999 Miki Yitzhaki
- 2000 Chaim Mor
- 2002 Chaim Mor
- 2004 Shuki Moshonov
- 2005 Miki Yitzhaki
- 2006 Shuki Moshonov
- 2008 Boaz Shay
- 2011 Noah Stern
- 2012 Avigdor Klinger
- 2013 Alon Livni
- 2014 David Polak
- 2017 Mati Cohen-Sela
- 2019 Tal Even-Chaim Pinhas
Chapter Haifa
- 1987 Tommy Keren
- 1992 Chuck Shaikevitz
- 1996 Israel Naftali
- 1998 Ronen Jin
- 1999 Yehuda Noam
- 2002 Orna Geisler
- 2005 Rami Barak
- 2012 Mendy Distelfeld
- 2015 Orna Geisler