Prof. Michael Shapiro

Prof. Michael Shapiro – is listed as one of the best doctors in Israel according to Forbes!

Place of work

• Deputy director of the Institute of Hematology and Oncohematology, Assuta Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Specialty

• Treatment of hematological diseases in children and adults
• Treatment of oncohematological diseases in children and adults
• Treatment of oncological diseases after high-dose chemotherapy using immunotherapy and autotransplantation methods.
• Bone marrow transplantation and autotransplantation in leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

Education

• Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
• Clinical residency at the Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel.
• Specialization in hematology at the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel.
• Specialization in hematology oncology at Stanford University Medical Center, USA.

Language skills

• Hebrew, English, Arabic, French.

Professional experience

• More than 35 years of clinical experience
• Clinical and scientific experience
• Developed the treatment of hematological diseases in elderly patients, as well as the treatment of “cancer” diseases with innovative drugs and immunotherapies.
• Author of more than 70 scientific articles and monographs in the field of oncohematology.
• Professor in the Department of Hematology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Membership in associations

• Israeli Medical Association
• Israeli Society of Hematology
• American Society of Hematologists
• European Society of Hematologists
• ASCO Clinical Oncology Fellow
• World Society for Experimental Hematology