Jacob Sadé
German-born Israeli otolaryngologist
Jacob Sadé (Hebrew: יעקב שדה; 3 June 1925 – 16 March 2020) was a German-born Israeli otolaryngologist, also an emeritus professor at the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Biography
Jacob Sadé was born in Berlin to Naum Sadé-Sadowsky and Ronja Feinberg, both of Kaunas, Lithuania, who were living in Germany for Naum Sadé-Sadowsky's medical studies.
The family immigrated to Palestine in 1930 where Naum Sadé-Sadowsky became one of the pioneers of otolaryngology in the country. He established the local League for Hearing Improvement and was one of the editors of the Acta Otolaryngologica Orientalia—an international ear, nose and throat journal. In 1947, after a stay in New York City, Dr. Sadé-Sadowsky performed in Tel Aviv the first surgical procedure for the improvement of hearing—i.e. Fenestration surgery.
Jacob Sadé graduated from Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, Tel Aviv, in 1943, studied biology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for two years (1943–1945) and continued his medical studies at the University of Geneva, graduating in 1951. He returned to Israel to work at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer.
Sadé was married to Ruth and father to four children.
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