Dr Igal Kushnir

Dr. Igal Kushnir is the director of the Department of Urologic and Genitourinary Oncology at the Meir Medical Center Oncology Institute.

He is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv.

Education:

• 2010 – Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (with honors).

Clinical Experience:

• 2023 – Present – Head of the Genitourinary Oncology Department, Oncology Institute, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel.
• 2019 – 2023 – Head of the Genitourinary Oncology Service, Oncology Institute, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel.
• 2017 – 2019 – Medical Oncology Fellowship, Medical Oncology Department, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada.
• 2016 – 2017 – Attending Physician, Oncology Department, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• 2010 – 2016 – Medical Resident, Oncology Department, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• 2009 – 2010 – Internship, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Medical Journal Reviewer:

• Frontiers in Oncology.
• Harefuah.

Research Grants:

• Astellas Genitourinary Medical Oncologists of Canada (GUMOC) Research Grants Program: Disparities in access to advanced prostate cancer treatments: A province-level assessment. 2018 (25,000 CAD).

Awards:

• 2019 – Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
• 2019 – Jean Maroun Young Investigator Award.
• 2016 – Israeli Oncology Association Award for Outstanding Oncology Resident.