Dr. Dorit Weil Lotan is the Dean of the School of Nursing Science at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo. She is a graduate of the Hadassah School of Nursing and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993), with a master's degree in public health from the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University and a Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology at the Hebrew University.

As a nursing professional, Dorit worked at Hadassah Medical Center in a variety of clinical, educational, and managerial positions, including as Inpatient Department Manager, senior coordinator and lecturer in the School of Nursing, member of the Nursing Management Board, Ambulatory Division Director, and Institutional Director of the School of Resuscitation.

Dorit is a clinical expert in management and policy, and has lectured in the field of professional identity, leadership, critical thinking, and managing complex patient care. In addition, she is a group facilitator and organizational consultant who has published articles on issues of professional identity, moral strain, sense of belonging, and burnout.

In her role as Dean, Dorit looks forward to successfully addressing the challenge of simultaneously heading a nursing school, teaching, and developing fruitful research. Her vision is to take nurses and students to the next level of professionalism and clinical work, creating a new gold standard in the profession through critical thinking, innovative problem solving, and research.