Born in Târgu-Lăpuș, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Cluj in 1971. Subsequently, for four years, he was a doctor in two villages in Maramureș and one in Suceava. In 1975 he left Romania to settle in Israel with his family. He would specialize at Bikur Holim and Hadasa Hospitals in Jerusalem, and since 1981 he has been a pediatrician at Bikur Holim Hospital. Since 1985 he has been running his own pediatric and general medicine clinic in Jerusalem. He is the personal physician of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and a supporter of Romanian-Israeli relations. He received from President Klaus Iohannis the National Order “Of Merit” in officer rank, for his personal contribution in supporting and promoting relations between Israel and Romania.