Known Expertise
Medical Oncologist
Academic Position
Senior Lecturer
Education
Bar-Ilan University, Israel / Computational Biology
Israeli Society for Health-Tech / Fellowship by IMA/ Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine and Health-Tech
Sheba Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University, Israel/ Genomics and Biomedical Informatics
Semmelweis University/Doctor of Medicine
Training and Specialization
Clinical observership in acute oncology, early phase clinical trials and lung cancer/ Guy's and St. Thomas hospital, London, England
Leader Shift, Executive Development Program, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Fellowship Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine and Health-Tech
Resident, Medical Oncology, TASMC, Israel
6th year medical school rotations, Kaplan Medical Center, Israel
Rotation, intensive care unit and pulmonology, Stony Brook hospital, NY, US
Clinical Experience
Leader of the TASMC oncology project of PSIFAS, the Israeli National Genomic Medicine Initiative
PI for study initiator trial: T-Cell Repertoire sequencing as clinical efficacy tool for pembrolizumab (with platinum based chemotherapy) in advanced NSCLC.
PI for study initiator trial: T-cell repertoire sequencing as a clinically efficacy tool for neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy for resectable NSCLC.
Representative of the National Medical Association for the National Council for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Diseases, as well as head of the oncology field, Leumit HMO
Consultant on drugs and operations in the field of oncology, Leumit HMO
Member of the Helsinki Committee for Clinical Studies, TASMC
Primary investigator (PI) in pharmaceutical phases I&III clinical trials Head of oncology day-care service, TASMC, Israel
Molecular Tumor Board (MTB) moderator of the Israeli Lung Cancer Society
NGS interpretation clinic alongside head of pathology, TASMC, Israel
PI for study initiator trial: Genomic Variant of BCL-2 as a Novel Predictor of Response to Paclitaxel, TASMC, Israel
Medical oncology clinic in the field of lung and breast cancer, TASMC, Israel
Leading sub-investigator (SI) in many phase I-III clinical trials in oncology, including intra-tumoral injections (mRNA, viruses and NO), TASMC, Israel
Courses
Good Clinical Practice ICH GCP R2 & Israeli MOH Guidelines Updated Course
Point-of-Care Ultrasound course, Israeli Medical Association
GCP training Bioforum
GCP training Bioforum
Investigator Site Personnel ICH GCP Training Certificate - TransCelerate BioPharma
Academic Experience
Lecturer in the Department of Medical Education at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University
JIMS Journal Club - Instructor for students.
Guidance of Dr. Aviv Berkovich M.D in basic science: cfDNA NGS for identification ofprimary and acquired resistance in patients with Lung Cancer and EGFR mutations.
TASMC, Israel in collaboration with The Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY USA
Training team for oncology residents, TASMC, Israel
Mentor for new intern, TASMC, Israel
Tutor for medical students in oncology clerkships, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Honors
Outstanding teacher in the faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Outstanding teacher in the faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Sign of honor for reserve medical personnel for the battle in Lebanon, IDF
Completion of residency final examination (shlav Beit) with honors
Israeli society for clinical oncology and radiation therapy (ISCORT) 17 research grant competition winner
Affiliations
Israeli Medical Association (IMA)
Israeli Society for Clinical Oncology and Radiation Therapy (ISCORT)
The Israeli Lung Cancer Group (ILCG)
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
The International Society of Liquid Biopsy (ISLB)
The Israeli Society for Health-Tech
Boards
Co-founder, board member and treasurer of the Israeli Acute Oncology Society
Clinical Research Association Board of Directors on behalf of the Israeli Lung Cancer Group
Member of the Trustees of Oncology Innovation, TASMC, Israel
Doctor of Medical Service IDF
Areas of interest
Thoracic malignancies,
early to late phase clinical trials,
intra-tumoral injections,
comprehensive genomic profiling of tumors,
liquid biopsies: cfDNA, TCR rep-seq and epi-Genetics;
cell therapy