Prof. Eyal Katvan
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Prof. Eyal Katvan
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Report by the Public Committee on Age Limit for Organ Transplantation
"Public Committee Recommendation to the Ministry of Health: Abolish the Maximum Age for Receiving Organs for Transplantation.
The public committee headed by Dr. Eyal Katvan, which deliberated on the issue, presented its recommendations to the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Roni Gamzu, and to the chairperson of the steering committee of the National Transplant Center, Prof. Rafi Beyar. The committee unanimously recommended the abolishment of the procedure according to which maximum ages were set for entry into the list of candidates for transplantation in Israel. The recommendations of the committee were submitted to the Director General of the Ministry of Health and to the chairperson of the steering committee. If they are accepted, age limits for entry into the list of candidates for transplantation will thereby be abolished.
The committee also recommended that age should not be utilized in the allocation formula, except when there is pertinent medical justification for this. The minority position on the committee, however, presented a view which holds that age should be utilized in the allocation formula, in the method for determining points and eligibility, becoming moderately reduced the older the patient is".
Media & Press:
> Avi Yoffe, “Public Committee to Decide on Age Limit for Transplantation”, Maariv Online (27.6.2013) (in Hebrew)
> Judy Siegael-Itzkovich, “Panel to Discuss Age Limits for Receiving Organ Transplants”, The Jerusalem Post (27.6.2013)
> "Public Committee: Maximum Age for Transplantation Should be Cancelled", Channel 7 (8.1.2014) (in Hebrew)
> Judy Seigel-Itzkovich, "Committee Deems Age Shouldn't factor in Chance to Receive Organ Donation", The Jerusalem Post (8.1.2014) (in Hebrew)
> Avi Yoffe, "Recommendation: Candidates for Transplantation will not be Rejected due to Age" (Maariv NRG) (8.1.2014) (in Hebrew)
> Meital Yasseur Beit-Or, "Recommendation: Maximum Age for Transplantation Should be Cancelled", Israel-hayom (9.1.2014) 17 (in Hebrew)
> Yoav Even, “Organ Transplantation – Also Above 65 Years Old”, Mako – Channel 2 News (22.3.2014) (in Hebrew)
> Niv Raskin, “Candidates for Transplantation will not be Rejected due to Age", Galey-Tzahal (IDF News) (23.3.2014) (in Hebrew)
> Yehuda Schlezinger, “As of Next Month: Candidates for Transplantation will not be Rejected due to Age", Israel-hayom (23.3.2014) (in Hebrew)
> Judy Seigel-Itzkovich, “Would-be organ recipients not to be turned down solely on basis of age”, The Jerusalem Post (23.3.2014) (in Hebrew)
> Issi Doron, Nurit Dasau, “The Report on Maximum Age for Transplantation”, 6 Bioethics Leaflet (2014) (in Hebrew)
Living Kidney Donors' Guide
This guide is a workproduct of the Forum on Regulation of Organ Donors Treatment, headed by Dr. Katvan, whose mission was to map and optimize the donation process and make it accessible to potential and actual donors.
The Ombudsman of the Israeli Judiciary - Decisions and Opinions on Judges' Conduct - A Consolidation of the Ombudsman's Decisions (2003-2019)
Edited by Dr. Eyal Katvan
The Ministry of Justice (2020)
“More than 16 years after the foundation of the Ombudsman’s Office… the need arose to consolidate the Ombudsman’s decisions and opinions … This difficult task was undertaken by Dr. Eyal Katvan, who in a Sisyphean and hard work edited this book… In meetings we held with Dr. Katvan, while preparing this book, we were impressed by the great professionalism he demonstrated in this field, and by his thorough and important work”.
An Introduction by the Ombudsman, former Jusitce, Uri Shoham.
Matan Vaserman, “Delays and inappropriate conduct”, Maariv (9.9.2020) (in Hebrew)
Chen Maanit, “The Ombudsman’s Report”, Globes (9.9.2020) (in Hebrew)
