BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2645@shearithisrael.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T203000 DTSTAMP:20241202T221607Z URL:https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/soroka-update/ SUMMARY:Medical Innovation in the Aftermath of October 7 DESCRIPTION:An Update from The Soroka Medical Center with Dr. Uri Greenbaum \n\nThursday\, December 12 | 7:00 pm (following 6:30 pm Evening Services)\ nWith a wine and cheese reception\n\nSoroka Medical Center\, one of Israel 's premier medical care and research facilities\, is located in Southern I srael\, and was a first responder hospital most directly affected by Octob er 7th.\n\nDr. Greenbaum will discuss the war and Soroka's response\, his experiences treating cancer patients during wartime\, as well as speak abo ut new innovation in his work in the field of hematology.\nRegister here & gt\;>\;\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Uri Greenbaum\nHead of the Cellular Therapy for C ancer Department\nSoroka University Medical Center\n\nDr. Uri Greenbaum at tended medical school in Beer Sheva and went on to a residency in internal medicine and a sub-specialty in hematology at Soroka University Medical C enter.\n\nAfter completing board certification in Israel\, Dr. Greenbaum w as the first fellow in a new program at the University of Texas MD Anderso n Cancer Center in Houston\, Texas. The two-year fellowship was a clinical and research program in cellular therapy for cancer\, a novel therapeutic approach for treating malignancies using the immune system.\n\nIn August 2021 Dr. Greenbaum returned to Soroka Medical Center and initiated a cellu lar therapy program\, focusing on CAR T therapy for lymphoma and leukemia. He has since treated patients in the underserved Negev region with this n ovel therapy and is now planning to expand the service to experimental the rapies and local production of the treatment\, enabling state-of-the-art c are for his patients.\n\nHe is also a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University an d has published scientific papers in journals in the field of hemo-oncolog y. He now consults for companies on cellular therapy. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.shearithisrael.org/wp-content/upload s/2024/12/DSC_43761-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:*Highlighted Events,Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR