Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. B.Sc. 06/1997. Biology
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. M.Sc. 06/1999. Neuro-Immunology
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Ph.D. 06/2005. Cell Biology
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. M.D. 06/2007. Medicine.
Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, ON. Fellowship. 06/2014. Clinical Research
Major attributions:
Head of the Oncology Institute at the Shamir Medical Center, Be’er Ya’akov, Israel
Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), regular track, at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University
Head, Israeli Committee for Prioritization of Oncological Drugs for Reimbursement by the Israel Ministry of Health, 2018-2019
Major scientific work (first and senior authorship, partial list) published in Nature Medicine, Cancer Research, Annals of Oncology, Molecular Cancer and Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
Extensive experience in clinical trial execution as a PI
Recipient (partial list) of the 'Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award', 'Conquer Cancer Foundation' Merit Award, twice
Recipient (partial list) of research grants from ICA, TAU and the Israel Scientific Foundation (ISF)
Extensive involvement in monitoring and treating side effects of biological and immunological therapies across Israel as a clinical expert and engagement in teaching and in retrospective clinical research
Israeli opinion leader in GU malignancies and a highly in-demand speaker and discussant in national conferences
Member of ISCORT, ESMO and AACR
Israeli representative in the Society of Onco-Geriatrics (SIOG)
Israeli delegate in the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC)
Head (voluntary) of the 'Personalized Medicine' Digital Forum of the Israeli Cancer Association (ICA) and a volunteer consultant to ICA
Volunteer mentor for the 'Bio-Medicine' classes in 'Mosinson' High School, Hod-Hasharon and 'Nahshon' class, Ganey Tikva
Positions:
2007-2012 Medical Oncologist (resident in training), Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2008-2012 Investigator, Cancer Research Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2012-2014 Clinical Research Fellow, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario.
2014-2018 Staff Medical Oncologist, Clinician-Investigator, Oncology Institute, Sheba Medical Center
2018-2019 Head, GU Oncology Unit, Sheba Medical Center
2014 – 2019 Clinical Investigator, Oncology institute, Sheba Medical Center
2019-present Head, Oncology Institute, Shamir Medical Center (formerly named ‘Asaf Harofe’), Israel
Other:
2007- 2019 Member, Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, Sheba Medical Center
2014-present Member, Israeli Society of Clinical Oncology (ISCORT)
2014-present Principal investigator on pharma-sponsored Phase III clinical trials
2017-present Head, Personalized Medicine Forum, for the Israeli Cancer Association
2018-2019 Head, Committee for Prioritization of Oncological Drugs for the Health Basket
2019 Israeli delegate, Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC)
Honors:
1991 Rector’s Award for Excellence, Tel Aviv University
1996-1997 Dean’s Awards for Excellence, Tel Aviv University
1999 Feinberg Graduate School Award of Excellence, Weizmann Institute of Science
2000 Merck-Sharp-Dohm Pharmaceutics’ Scholarship for MD/PhD studies, Tel Aviv University
2003-2005 Foulkes Foundation' Scholarship for MD/PhD studies
2008 AACR Scholar-in-Training Award, Jerusalem
2010 AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for participation in AACR Conference on Translational Cancer Medicine, Amsterdam
2011 Award for Excellence in Clinical Oncology teaching, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2011 Best Oncology Resident Award, given on behalf of the Israeli Cancer Association
2013 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Award
2013 Gerald Kirsh Humanitarian Award
2014 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Awa