Professor Yitzchak Yaniv, director of the Hematology-Oncology Department in Schneider Medical Center, hosted the ninth biennial Conference of the European Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Association (EBMT) that took place in Jerusalem. pr bmr DNA
Results of the latest clinical studies of bone marrow transplants in children were presented to more than 200 participants from 25 countries. The program included a session on issues of ethics and informed consent as they relate to bone marrow transplants, led by Dr. Jerry Stein, head of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Schneider, and a session on interaction between the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and the Intensive Care Unit, led by Dr. Elchanan Nachum, head of the Intensive Care Unit at Schneider.
Education
- 1972-1977 – Faculty of Medicine. Sackler University, Tel-Aviv.
- 1984-1987 – Specialization in the field of children’s oncology and oncohematology in MC Schneider.
- 1988 – an internship in the field of stem cell transplantation in children in Minnesota University on the basis of the León Medical Center (France, Leon).
- 1995 – an internship in the field of stem cell transplantation in children at the University of Minnesota (USA).
Practical experience
Since 2002 – Head of the Department of Oncology and Oncohematology at the Children’s Medical Center Schneider.
Diseases and methods of treatment
Professor Yaniv specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of oncological, hematological and hematological diseases in children, including the following diseases and methods of treatment:
- thalassemia;
- lymphoma;
- leukemia;
- neuroblastoma;
- tumors and brain cancer;
- various types of clotting disorders;
- diseases that lead to a violation of the blood formula;
- hemoglobinopathy;
- various types of anemia;
- bone marrow transplantation in children;
- transfusion of umbilical cord blood;
- chemotherapy.
Academic experience
- Since 1990 – lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
- Since 2001 – Senior Lecturer in Children’s Diseases at the Department of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
