Professor Shimon Slavin is the Founder and Medical & Scientific Director of Biotherapy International, an Israeli physician and immunologist with decades of experience in cancer immunotherapy and cellular therapy. He is widely recognized for developing innovative therapeutic concepts and translating them into clinical practice.
After graduating from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Professor Slavin completed advanced training in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University in California. He later founded and directed the National Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem and served as the first President of the Israel Bone Marrow Transplantation Society.
Professor Slavin also held the position of Medical Director of Cancer Immunotherapy at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA). Over the course of his career, he has authored four books and more than 680 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
His current work focuses on developing personalized immunotherapy approaches for multidrug-resistant cancers. Professor Slavin continues to practice clinical medicine, consulting with patients worldwide both in person and remotely.
Education and Training
1959-66: Doctor of Medicine (MD), Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem (License no. 8909).
1970-75: Internal Medicine. Major Interest: Clinical Immunology, Internal Medicine A, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
1975: Experimental Immunology, Department of Immunology, Hadassah University Medical School, Jerusalem.
1975-78: Clinical Immunology/Rheumatology and Experimental Transplantation/ Immunobiology. Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
1978: Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Seattle, Washington, USA.
Specialization & Licenses
1975: Internal Medicine (Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem) (# 5196).
1977: Clinical Immunology/Rheumatology (Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford California, USA) (MD license available from the Medical Board of California; Physician & Surgeon Certificate #31844).
1978: Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA).
1984 – 2004: Clinical Immunology & Allergology (Hadassah University Hospital) (# 8046). Illinois License Certificate #036-111873.
Full list of publications is available in the PubMed database:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Slavin+S
Licenses & Diplomas
