Dr. Yaakov Bentov earned his Medical Degree at Ben Gurion University in Israel. As a medical student, he founded a bachelor’s program in Emergency Medicine for paramedics, and later served as its Program Head. He had also pursued a master's degree in Medical Business Administration (MBA) while completing his residency in Obstetrics Gynecology (1995-2002). Both programs were at Ben Gurion University. After completing his residency, he came to Toronto to complete a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) at the University of Toronto. He later took the roles of medical director of the Ontario based Juno Fertility clinics as well as an associate REI & a research director at ANOVA fertility.

Dr. Bentov is an currently a senior REI in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hadassah Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem. He pursues research in the areas of ovarian function and pathology, infertility, and reproductive endocrinology as well as an inventor of medical devices. Dr. Bentov has published research in more than 80 peer reviewed research publications as well a book and several other book chapters. He is an editor for several leading medical journals.