Ze’ev Hochberg, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics at the Rappaport School of medicine at the
Technion and a highly respected clinician, educator and researcher served as the Chief of paediatric
Endocrinology in Rambam Medical Centre from 1980 until 2013 and was and an active member in
ESPE until 2022.
Ze’ev Hochberg received his MD from Tel Aviv University and PhD from the Technion. He completed
a paediatric residency in Rothschild Medical Centre, Haifa and a paediatric endocrinology fellowship
in NY State University, Syracuse, NY.
Many of Ze’ev’s research studies originated from clinical and bedside cases with an attempt to
understand and to extend both Clinical and Molecular knowledge in endocrinology. The broad
spectrum of his research projects included child growth and puberty, bone metabolism and steroid
metabolism. He discovered and characterized the clinical features of several new diseases. In his last
20 years he was the most eminent scholar in the field of evolutionary perspectives of child growth
and maturation.
The excellent reputation he earned among his peers and patients was legendary. He has mentored
many medical students, residents, and paediatric endocrinology fellows from Europe, Africa and
from the west bank and was the founder and past Secretary General of Global paediatric
Endocrinology and Diabetes GPED supporting paediatric endocrinology in developing countries.
Ze’ev chaired numerous summer schools, was one of the founders of winter school and leader in
ESPE schools in Africa. He established the ESPE yearbook and served as its editor-in-chief for many
years. Ze’ev received awards by several national paediatric societies, and the highest ESPE honour –
the Andrea Prader Prize.