Dr. Hovav Nechushtan is an Associate Professor at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and Head of the Genomic Oncology Service at Hadassah Medical Center. He is an attending physician treating mainly lung and kidney cancers. Dr. Hovav Nechushtan obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1984, and completed his Ph.D. and M.D. studies in 1991 and 1996, respectively, all from Hebrew University. His research focuses on transcriptional control and the LySRS pathway.