Polina Stepensky
Specialty: Oncohematologist
Experience: 23 years
Clinic: Hadassah Medical Center
Admission fee: from 700$
About doctor Polina Stepensky
Polina Stepensky is head of the Bone Marrow Transplant and Immunotherapy Department at Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. She has more than 20 years of clinical experience in hematology and holds the title of professor.
During her tenure as head of the department, about 4,000 bone marrow transplants were performed under the direction of Polina Stepensky. Half of the patients are children. The youngest patient is less than six months old.
Dr. Stepensky’s team does research and conducts CAR-T cell therapy. This is a new method of treating severe blood cancers with genetic engineering. The doctors modify the patient’s own blood cells and produce an immune response against cancerous blood cells.
Prof. Stepensky participates in international research on the treatment of blood diseases with bone marrow transplants. He is the author of more than 90 scientific papers, which are widely cited by physicians around the world (Hirsch index 34).
In addition to her clinical and scientific work, Polina Stepensky teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Faculty of Medicine.
She speaks Hebrew, Russian, and English.
Doctor’s specialty
Prof. Stepensky is one of Israel’s leading hematology specialists. The doctor treats hereditary and oncological blood diseases:
- Sickle cell anemia;
- Osteopetrosis (marble bone disease);
- Acute and chronic leukemia;
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma;
- Multiple myeloma;
- Thalassemia;
- Adrenoleukodystrophy;
- Aplastic anemia, etc.
Doctor’s education
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1998
Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
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2003
Internship in Pediatrics at Hadassah Medical Center;
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2006
Internship in Pediatric Oncology at Hadassah Medical Center.
Advanced training courses
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Internship in the Bone Marrow Transplant Center of the University of Minnesota (USA);
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Internship in the Bone Marrow Transplant Center at Great Ormond Street Hospital (London, UK).
Membership in medical associations
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Israeli Association of Oncohematology;
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European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT);
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European Society of Immunology;
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European Society of Hematology;
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American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT).
Achievements and awards
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Ranked among the top doctors in Israel by Forbes magazine in 2018;
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European Society of Immunology Award for research in immunology;
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Hebrew University Research Award;
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Honorary Person of the Year Award (Israel, 2018).
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