Prof. Dina Ben-Yehuda

Head of the Hemato-Oncology Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.

Experience:

39 years

Areas of Expertise and Treatment

• Hemato-oncology:
  • myelomatosis;
  • malignant diseases of the hematopoietic system;
  • monoclonal antibody therapy.

EDUCATION

1980 — Graduated from the Ben-Gurion University Medical School (Beer Sheva, Israel)

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1980–1981 — Surgical internship at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• 1981–1985 — Specialization in hematology and internal medicine at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• Since 1986 — Senior hematologist and hemato-oncologist at the Hadassah University Hospital.
• 1990–1992 — research in immunology at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA).
• Since 2006 — Head of the Hematology Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2017 — Awarded the Danielle Sonnenfeld Foundation “Healing with a Heart” award for humane attitude towards patients going beyond the scope of professional duties.
• 2018–2019 — was included in the list “Best Doctors in Israel” published annually by FORBES magazine.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• The Israeli Society of Hematology.
• The International Society of Hematology.
• The Israeli Society of Hemato-Oncology.
• The International Society of Hemato-Oncology.