Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov to step down from his post

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Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov informed Health Minister Chaim Katz that he will end his tenure in the coming weeks, after about nine years in total over two terms. According to Israel Hayom, Bar Siman Tov led the system during the coronavirus crisis.

According to Israel Hayom, Bar Siman Tov is expected to join Columbia University in New York as a research fellow, where he will work on research and writing on how health systems cope with national trauma. According to TheMarker, he will devote his time to research and writing on how health systems cope with national trauma, with an emphasis on the Israeli experience.

Health Minister Chaim Katz said that he led the ministry professionally through particularly complex and challenging periods.