Doctor Polina Stepensky
Jerusalem, IsraelDoctor's speciality:
Hematologist-Oncologist
About the doctor
experience
24 years+
provides videoconsultations
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bone marrow transplants
3500+
Head of the Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immunotherapy Department
Expert in CAR-T cell therapy
Recognized by Forbes as one of the best doctors
Professor Polina Stepensky serves as the head of the pediatric bone marrow transplantation unit at Hadassah. In 2018, she was ranked among the best doctors according to Forbes Israel. The professor specializes in the treatment of both malignant and orphan (rare) benign diseases in children through bone marrow transplantation. Under her leadership, more than 4000 bone marrow transplants have been performed, half of them in children. Polina Stepensky has received numerous awards and prizes, including the “Person of the Year-2018” award.
Scientific interests:
- treatment of pediatric hematologic diseases
- bone marrow transplantation
- immunotherapy of oncologic diseases in children
Education
1991-1994 — Cherill Spenser Nursing School, nursing school, Haifa, Israel
1994-1998 — Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1999 — Doctor of Medicine degree
1998-2003 — Residency in the pediatric department at Hadassah at the Mount Scopus campus
Specialization in bone marrow transplantation at the University of Minnesota and at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital (London, England)
Work Experience
Physician in the pediatric department
Leading pediatric oncohematologist in Israel
Head of the pediatric bone marrow transplantation unit at Hadassah clinic
Membership
Member of the Israeli Oncohematology Society
Member of the European and American BMT Society
Member of the European Immunology and Hematology Society
