Michal Lotem
Professor
Positions: Head of the Melanoma and Cancer Immunotherapy Center at the Hadassah University Hospital.
Experience: 34 years
Areas of Expertise and Treatment
Oncology
Oncodermatology:
- metastatic melanoma at the 3rd and 4th stages;
- immunotherapy;
- adoptive cell therapy (ACT).
EDUCATION
1982 — Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University (Israel).
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
- 1982–1983 — Internship at the Assaf Harofeh Hospital (Tzrifin, Israel).
- 1983–1986 — Surgeon in the Israeli Defence Forces.
- 1986–1993 — Specialization in dermatology at the Beilinson Hospital (Petah Tikva, Israel).
- 1993–1995 — Specialization in oncology at the Beilinson Hospital (Petah Tikva, Israel).
- 1995–2002 — Senior expert of the Dermatology Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
- Since 1997 — Senior expert of the Oncology Department at the Hadassah University Hospital.
- 2002–2004 — Specialization and research at the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, USA).
- Since 2011 — Head of the Melanoma and Cancer Immunotherapy Center at the Hadassah University Hospita.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
She successfully uses the unique vaccine and ACT for the metastatic melanoma treatment. Over 16 years, more than 200 patients in whom other treatment options failed have been saved due to ACT and the vaccine.
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS:
- Since 2020 — Head of the Cancer Research Center at the Hadassah University Hospital.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- The Israeli Association of Plastic Surgery
- The International Association for Plastic Surgery
- The International Association of Oncodermatology
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English, Hebrew.
Michal Lotem
head of the department
Total experience of 34 years
Professor
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