Dr. Yehezkel Geoffrey Caine is a distinguished leader in medicine and aviation with a career spanning over five decades. A graduate with a medical degree from the Hebrew University in 1973, he served as a physician during the Yom Kippur War. After completing the Israeli Air Force Flying School as an operational pilot, he later trained in Aerospace Medicine in the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine. He completed his surgical residency at Hadassah Medical Center, where he also conducted pioneering research in aviation medicine and eventually joined the senior staff as a surgeon.

Dr. Caine held numerous leadership roles in the Israeli Air Force, culminating in his appointment as Surgeon General in 1991. From 1995 to 2021, he served as Director General (CEO) of Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem, where he currently serves as President.

Dr. Caine holds an M.Sc. in Business Administration and Industrial Management from Ben Gurion University and is a former Vice President of the Aerospace Medical Association. He was President of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine and as Chairman of the National Aeromedical Appeals Board for the Israeli Ministry of Transportation. His distinguished career reflects a lifelong commitment to advancing medicine and aeromedicine on the global stage.

Dr. Yehezkel Geoffrey Caine made Aliyah from England in 1959.