Prof. Deborah Rund

Ein-Karem, Jerusalem 

rund@cc.huji.ac.il 

Prof. Deborah Rund was born in New York in 1949.

After completing a Master’s Degree in Social Work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work of the Yeshiva University, she went on to study medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1976-1980).

She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, and following Board Certification in 1983, she remained at Columbia Presbyterian, where she completed a combined Hematology-Oncology Fellowship (1983-6).

After a year of research at Columbia University Health Science Center’s Genetics Department, Prof. Rund and her family made Aliyah and she immediately joined the hematology staff at Hadassah University Hospital. She rapidly rose on the academic ladder and now holds the rank of Associate Professor.

Prof. Rund is extensively involved in teaching.  She received awards for excellence in teaching medical students. In addition, she is extensively involved in patient care. 

She also has her own research laboratory, concentrating on three major areas of research interest, which also are intimately tied to her clinical interests.

She also participates in several key committees in the hospital and in the medical school. She is reviewing many publications and is an Associate Editor of The British Journal of Hematology.

In 2001 Prof. Rund was appointed to be the Director of the Hemapheresis Unit in the Hematology Division.