{"id":7583,"date":"2024-08-16T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=7583"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:24:04","slug":"tom-raz-yarkoni-md","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/directory\/tom-raz-yarkoni-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Raz Yarkoni, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>NeuroRhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellow<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Pronouns:<\/b>\u00a0She\/Her\/Hers<\/div>\n<div><b>Hometown (Birthplace): <\/b>Yavne, Israel<\/div>\n<div><b>Undergraduate Degree: <\/b>The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical School<\/div>\n<div><b>MD<\/b>: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical School<\/div>\n<div><b>Residency: <\/b>Kaplan Medical Center, Affiliated with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/div>\n<div><b>Hobbies: <\/b>Baking, pilates, traveling, spending time with my husband and kids.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Why Otolaryngology?<\/h3>\n<div>I have the privilege of improving patient&#8217;s quality of life and doing so while being part of a multidisciplinary team. In addition, it involves a challenging anatomy and surgeries in a medical area that is constantly developing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Why UNC?<\/h3>\n<div><b> <\/b>UNC enables me to learn from 6 different Rhinology &amp; Skull Base attendings with the perfect combination of dealing with diverse cases and some outstanding research opportunities as part of its program. It felt like one big family right from the first interview and it&#8217;s a great team to be part of.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Recent Publications:\u00a0 <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">Check out Dr. Raz Yarkoni\u2019s publications on pubmed here: <u><a id=\"OWA8e4f5497-9f1d-d5f5-2ead-3bb21273b25e\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F%3Fterm%3Dtom%2Braz%2Byarkoni%26sort%3Dpubdate&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C0e2979179a534f689d2b08dcac628cee%7C58b3d54f16c942d3af081fcabd095666%7C1%7C0%7C638574786497988235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HIWKsyYea%2BxnnPUxoOkgJ2MTs212pdqAd3TlF0y74pY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F%3Fterm%3Dtom%2Braz%2Byarkoni%26sort%3Dpubdate&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C0e2979179a534f689d2b08dcac628cee%7C58b3d54f16c942d3af081fcabd095666%7C1%7C0%7C638574786497988235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HIWKsyYea%2BxnnPUxoOkgJ2MTs212pdqAd3TlF0y74pY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=tom+raz+yarkoni&amp;sort=pubdate<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NeuroRhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellow Pronouns:\u00a0She\/Her\/Hers Hometown (Birthplace): Yavne, Israel Undergraduate Degree: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical School MD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical School Residency: Kaplan Medical Center, Affiliated with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hobbies: Baking, pilates, traveling, spending time with my husband and kids. 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