Researcher – Immunology & Immunotherapy in thoracic malignancies.
Member – Executive committee of The Israel Society of Pulmonology
Born – 1969, USA
Languages: Hebrew, English, Spanish, Arabic (partial)
Education
1991 – 1997 - M.D. - Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
(B. Med. Sc. – Magna cum laude).
1994 – 1998 - M. Sc. - Developmental Biology (supervisor – Prof. M. Schlesinger) - Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem - Summa cum laude.
2007 – 2009 – Post-Doctorate, The Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (Prof. Steven Albelda).
Professional experience
1991 – 1997 - Research Assistant of Prof. T. Peretz, Head, Sharett Institute of Oncology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
1999 – 2003 - Residency, Internal Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
2003 – 2006 - Fellowship, Pulmonary Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
From 2003 - Senior physician, Department of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center.
From 2007 - Senior physician, Institute of Pulmonary Medicine / Department of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, and Lecturer in Medicine.
Awards and scholarships
1995 – 1996 - Excellence scholarship for M. Sc. Studies of Medical Sciences.
2000 - Resident of the Year Award, Department of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center.
2001 - 1st place between teachers of Internal Medicine (4th year) – according to Student evaluations, at the Hebrew University.
2003 - Resident of the Year Award – The faculty of medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
2006 - Israeli Board of Pulmonary Medicine – with distinction (only in Israel).
2008 - American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Awardee for best presentation, bi-annual Tumor Immunology Conference.
From 2009 - Recipient of the “Morasha” grant for Physicians-researchers, from The Israeli Academy of Sciences.
Clinical Interests
Lung diseases in general, and specifically: COPD, smoking related diseases, evaluation of lung nodules, diagnostic & therapeutic Bronchoscopies, Pleural effusions, Sarcoidosis.
Research Interests
Immunology & Immunotherapy of lung cancer and mesothelioma, The role of neutrophils in cancer, The causes of Sarcoidosis.