Director: Prof. Arnon Nagler
Prof. Nagler received M.D. certification from the Hebrew University in 1977. He received certification in Internal Medicine from the Israel Board of Internal Medicine. He received M.Sc. certification in Cell Biology from the Tel Aviv University in 1985 and Hematology certification from the Israel Board of Hematology in 1986.
Prof. Nagler completed residency at the Hadassah University Hospital between 1977-1978. Prof. Nagler studied Internal Medicine and Hematology at the Rambam Center in Haifa from 1980-1984 and 1984-1986 respectively. From 1984-5 he was active in the Histology and Cell Biology Department at the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine and from 1985-86 at the Hematopoiesis Research Laboratory at the Rambam Medical Center. From 1986-90 he was Research Associate in the Stanford Medical Center Hematology Department. In 1991 he was Visiting Scientist at the DNAX Research Institute Palo Alto Ca. From 1995-98 he was the Head of the Israel National Human Umbilical Cord Blood Bank at the Hadassah Medical Center. From 1990 to 2000 he held the position of Senior Physician in the Hadassah Medical Center Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation. In 2000 Prof. Nagler was appointed Director of the Chaim Sheba Medical Center Bone Marrow Transplantation Department and Cord Blood Bank and in 2003 as the director of the Hematology Institute.
Prof. Nagler is a Professor of Medicine at Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine. Among other awards he has received in 1994 Prof. Nagler was awarded the Naftali Award for Research. Prof. Nagler has written numerous scientific articles has been published in peer-reviewed journals and written chapters in books.
His major research interests are: Cord Blood Biology Adoptive Cell Mediated Immunotherapy NK and CTL Activity Transplantation in Hemato-Oncologic Malignancies Fibrotic Disorders and the role of Collagen Type I.
He is a member of; the American Society of Hematology The International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry the International Cord Blood the American Association of Blood Banking the ISCT and other organizations
Prof Nagler is the author of numerous scientific articles and chapters in medical books. |