Gideon Rechavi MD, PhD

Gidi Rechavi is the founder of the department, is currently the head of The Sheba Cancer Center, and is a Professor Of Hematology. He is a specialist in Pediatrics, General Hematology, and Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, head of the Tel Aviv University Cancer Biology Center, and holds the Shapiro Chair for Research in Hematologic malignancies. Under his leadership, the department of Pediatric Oncology has become the major Israeli center for the treatment of childhood cancer. Prof. Rechavi is a well-known scientist in molecular biology and immunology of hematological malignancies and has co-authored more than 150 articles published in the international peer-reviewed scientific literature.