Avi Leader MD

Avi Leader received his MD from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel in 2007 and subsequently specialized in Internal Medicine & Hematology. From 2016 to 2018 he completed a clinical and research fellowship at Maastricht University, the Netherlands, in the area of cancer and thrombosis. He is currently a staff hematologist at Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel. His clinical focus is on improving the care of thrombosis and hemostasis related issues in cancer patients. His current research interest is clinical conundrums in cancer and thrombosis. Ongoing research projects include management of antithrombotic medication in thrombocytopenic cancer patients, thrombotic risk in malignant venous occlusion, and the mechanism of TKI-associated vascular adverse events in chronic myeloid leukemia.