Dr. Sigal TAVOR is a hematologist of the highest category, one of Israel’s leading specialists in the treatment of a wide range of congenital and acquired blood diseases, including malignant diseases.
Doctor of Medicine (MD) in the field of hematology. Researcher at the Institute of Gene Therapy. Deputy Chief of the Hematology Department at a medical center. Leading hematologist at the Assuta Clinic.
For more than 30 years, Sigal Tavor has been involved in the diagnosis and treatment of hematologic oncohematologic diseases, including leukemia, myeloproliferative diseases (thrombocythemia, true polycythemia, myelofibrosis), as well as myelodysplasia (blood cancer), myeloma (bone marrow cancer), Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and lymph node cancer. He is also an expert in bone marrow transplantation. The doctor counsels and treats patients of all ages, including children.
Dr. Tavor actively combines intensive chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and bone marrow transplantation as the most effective treatment for many blood cancers. Thanks to the high achievements of Israeli oncohematology, bone marrow transplantation in Israel is successfully performed even in the absence of a blood donor, as well as in the most severe cases of malignant blood diseases.
Dr. Sigal Tavor also makes extensive use of targeted therapy (biotherapy), which allows the body to actively fight malignant cells.
In addition to her daily successful clinical activities, she pays great attention to science and is an active researcher in the field of hematology, participating in the development of innovative treatments for lymphoma and research to find the latest drugs for the treatment of blood diseases, as well as in the development of new protocols for the treatment of hematologic diseases. Sigal Tavor is the head of Israel’s leukemia research group.
Dr. Tavor has presented the results of her research on numerous occasions at Israeli and international forums and conferences. Regularly published in professional medical publications, author of more than 30 scientific papers on hematology problems.
Sigal Tavor generously shares her extensive knowledge and many years of experience with colleagues and young specialists, she is a popular and sought-after lecturer, and teaches at continuing education courses for hematologists. The main subject of her lectures is the treatment of blood diseases using innovative methods.
From 2009-2011, Dr. Sigal Tavor was recognized as Israel’s top specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma.