Yehuda Danon (Hebrew: יהודה דנון; born 1940) is an Israeli doctor who has been the Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces, the Director General of Beilinson Medical Center, and - since 2012 - the President of Ariel University.

Danon graduated from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School, and specialized in pediatrics and immunology.

[1] Danon served as the Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces from 1982 to 1991.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] He was the Director General of Beilinson Medical Center, and founded the Schneider Children’s Hospital.

[1][7] He established the Israeli Ministry of Health’s National Council for Children’s Health and Pediatrics, and has served as chairman since its establishment.