ICRF MONTREAL
FUNDED FELLOWS

POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS

Dr. Sarah matarasso Greenfeld

Jewish General Hospital

Research focus: Hematology

Supervising Physicians:
Dr. Sarit Assouline

*3-year subsidy (2022-2025)

WATCH VIDEO: Meet Dr. Matarasso

Dr. Adi Gurarie Knigin

McGill University Health Centre

Research Focus:
Endocrinology & Breast Cancer

Supervising Physicians:
Dr. Richard Kremer & Dr. Ami Grunbaum

*2-year subsidy (2023-2025)

Dr. Gabriel Levin

Jewish General Hospital

Research focus: Gynecologic oncology

Supervising Physicians:
Dr. Walter Gotlieb

*3-year subsidy (2022-2025)

WATCH VIDEO: Meet Dr. Gabriel Levin

Dr. Yossi Tzur

Jewish General Hospital

Research Focus:
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Supervising Physicians:
Dr. Walter Gotlieb

*3-year subsidy (2023-2026)

WATCH VIDEO: Meet Dr. Yossi Tzur

Dr. AULA ASALI

Jewish General Hospital

Research Focus:
Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma

Supervising Physicians:
Dr. Walter Gotlieb

*2-year subsidy (2024-2026)

DOCTORAL FELLOW

AMATZIA GANTZ

McGill University Health Centre

Research Focus: Liver cancer

Supervising Physician: Dr. Peter Metrakos

*1-year subsidy (2024-2025)

 

PAST icrf montreal FELLOWS

  • Institution: McGill University Health Centre
    Research Focus: Liver cancer
    Supervising Physician: Dr. Peter Metrakos

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  • Institution: CHU Sainte-Justine, in collaboration with the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

    Research Focus: Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Supervising Physicians: Dr. Catherine Goudie & Dr. Sonia Cellot

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  • Jewish General Hospital

    Research focus: Ovarian cancer

    Supervising Physicians: Dr. Walter Gotlieb & Dr. Shannon Salvador

  • Dr. James Tankel, Montreal General Hospital (2021-2023) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Lorenzo Ferri

    Dr. Merav Rokah, Montreal General Hospital (2021-2023) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Jonathan Spicer

    Dr. Alon Wachtel, MUHC (2021-2023) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Sender Lieberman

    Dr. Emad Matanes, Jewish General Hospital (2019-2022) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Grace Younes, MUHC (2018-2020) -
    Supervising Physicians: Dr. Hugh Clarke & Dr. Togas Tulandi

    Dr. Noam Olshinka, Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont - Supervising Physician: Dr. Marc Isler

    Dr. Yehonathan Nevo, Montreal General Hospital - Supervising Physician: Dr. Lorenzo Ferri

    Dr. Amit Katz, Montreal General Hospital - Supervising Physician: Dr. Lorenzo Ferri

    Dr. Oded Raban, Jewish General Hospital (2018-2021)
    Supervising Physician: Dr. Alexandre Orthwein

    Dr. Liron Kogan, Jewish General Hospital (2016) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Ilan Bruchim, Jewish General Hospital - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Chana Achache, MUHC - Supervising Physicians: Dr. Hugh Clarke & Dr. Hananel Holzer

    Dr. David Cheishvilli, Jewish General Hospital (2011-2013) - Dr. Moshe Szyf

    Dr. Esther Piura, Jewish General Hospital (2007-2009) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Tamar Perry, Jewish General Hospital - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Alex Rabinovitch, Jewish General Hospital (2012 - 2014) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Roy Kessous, Jewish General Hospital (2016-2018) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Adi Klil-Drori, Jewish General Hospital (2016-2017) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Sarit Assouline

    Dr. Ido Laskov, Jewish General Hospital - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Amit Dotan, Montreal General Hospital (2016-2017) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Nada Jabado

    Dr. Idit Wechsberg, Jewish General Hospital (2014-2015) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Elliot Mitmaker

    Dr. Ari Reiss, Jewish General Hospital (2010-2013) - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Nimrod Blank, Jewish General Hospital - Supervising Physician:

    Dr. Rotem Ayalon, Jewish General Hospital - Supervising Physician: Dr. Dan Decklebaum

    Dr. Zvi Vaknin, Jewish General Hospital - Supervising Physician: Dr. Walter Gotlieb

    Dr. Eli Kakiashvili, Jewish General Hospital


Israel GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS

DIRECT FUNDING BY THE MONTREAL CHAPTER

Yosef Buganim, PHD

Associate Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

ICRF Project Grant focusing on Breast Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells

* 3-year subsidy (2024-2027)

Research Title: Exploring how Extraembryonic-like Epigenetic State Promotes Cancer Development

https://www.icrfonline.org/grant/yossi-buganim-phd/

Dr. Shahar Frankel with child patient

Shahar Frenkel, MD, PhD

Head of the Ocular Oncology Unit at Hadassah Medical Center

ICRF Project Grant Exploring Pediatric Eye Cancer

*3-year subsidy (2024-2027)

Research Focus: Children with retinoblastoma and other rare eye cancers

www.icrfonline.org/grant/shahar-frenkel-md-phd/

Israeli Yaron Carmi

Yaron Carmi, PhD

Tel Aviv University

Research Title:
Identifying the mechanisms underlying melanoma relapse following curative surgery.

*3-year subsidy completed in 2023

https://www.icrfonline.org/grant/yaron-carmi-phd/

Dr Nir London (Israel)

Nir London, PhD

Weizmann Institute of Science

Research Title:
Targeting melanoma with covalent drugs.

*3-year subsidy completed in 2022

https://www.icrfonline.org/grant/nir-london-phd/

Rotem Rubinstein, PhD

Tel Aviv University

Research Title:
Structural Biology of VISTA - an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor.

*3-year subsidy completed in 2022

https://www.icrfonline.org/grant/rotem-rubinstein-phd/

 

To consult the complete list of ICRF Grant Recipients in Israel, click here.


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