Prof. Amos Toren, MD, PhD, MHA

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Department

FACULTY
The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Hematology Division.


ACADEMIC DEGREE
Senior Lecturer in Hematology


EDUCATION
1977 - 1983 The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. Degree of M.D.
1983 - 1984 Rotating Internship, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
1985 - 1990 Residency, Department of Pediatrics, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer. 8 Post-graduate courses in pediatric subspecialties, Tel-Aviv University. Diploma in Pediatrics.
1988 - 1989 Tutor in charge of medical students.
1990 Passed the Israeli Pediatrics Board Examination. Registered Specialist in Pediatrics.
1990 - 1992 Residency, Department of Hematology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.
1992 Passed the Israeli Hematology Board Examination. Registered specialist in Hematology.
1994 Lecturer in Hematology
1994 - 1995 Bone Marrow Transplantation Department, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
1995 Registered specialist in Pediatric Hemato-Oncology.
1996 Reviewer for the European Journal of Epidemiology, Acta Haematologica.
1996 Member of the Ministry of Health Cord Blood Committee.
2000 Senior Lecturer in Hematology
2000 Member of examining boards of the scientific council for acknowledging department for specialization
1998-2002 PhD the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Genetic Tel-Aviv University , Thesis: Assessing the genetic changes in the Fechtner Syndrome
2002 Head of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology and BMT, the Sheba Medical Center
2006 Head, the division of Hematology, the Sackler school of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2006-2007 MHA, Recannati School of Business, Tel-Aviv University
2008 Prof. of Hematology the Sackler School of Medicine


RESIDENTS' BASIC SCIENCE PROJECTS
Is the apoptopic potential of hemapoietic stem cells reduced in families with aggregation of hematological malignancies. Dr. Harel.
The influence of Tetra-hydro-Cannabinol on Human Glioblastoma Multiform Cell lines. Dr. I. Kventzel.


MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
The Israeli Pediatric Society
The Israeli Society of Hematology
The Israeli Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (ISPHO)
The European Society of Pediatric Hematology (ESPHI)
The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
The American Society of Hematology (ASH)
The children Oncology Group (COG)
The Center for international Blood and Marrow transplant research (CIBMTR)


ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
1. New frontiers in pediatric Immunology and Hematology, Sheba Med Center, May 2002.
2. International symposium on Minimal Residual Disease in Hematological Malignancies: Detection significance and treatment, Sheba Med Center, October 2002.


ACADEMIC AWARDS
1995 The Schreiber Foundation for Young Investigators.
1997 The Gershon Meirbaum Foundation Award.
1999 The Sheba award for best lecture in day of research.