Academic foundation
From Hebrew University medical training through NIH/NCI fellowship and Sackler professorship, every stage reinforced translational immunology.
1969-1976
Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School (MD).
1982-1986
Oncology residency at Beilinson (Rabin) Medical Center.
1986
NIH/NCI fellowship during the formative era of adoptive immunotherapy.
2010
Professor of Oncology at the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine.
Career highlights
2004 — Launches Ella Lemelbaum Institute as a bench-to-bedside ecosystem with in-house GMP labs.
2006 — National Cancer Association prize for bringing TIL therapy to Israel.
Chair of Israel’s oncology curriculum committee, shaping how future clinicians are trained.
Therapeutic philosophy
Customized care that trusts the immune system’s potential, balancing evidence, compassion, and rapid adoption of validated innovations.
Ella Institute operates as a "Center of Excellence" that unites inpatient care, research labs, and GMP manufacturing under one strategy.