Prizes and Awards

A highly accomplished physician-scientist from Rambam Health Care Campus and the Technion in Haifa, he was elected Laureate of the Kadar-Sheba Award for Excellence in Research for 2023 due to his extraordinary achievements in the field of cardiac electrophysiology and innovative treatment methods for cardiac disease.

Congratulations to Prof. Anat Loewenstein, Academy member and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre (Ichilov), on being selected by Ophthalmology magazine as one of the ten best ophthalmologists on the world.

Prof Loewenstein was selected due to her expertise in retinal disease, her development of world-recognized technologies and treatment techniques and her groundbreaking leadership skills. 

Congratulations to Prof. Moshe Phillip upon receiving the Lifetime Achievement award from the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology for his outstanding contribution to the field.

Congratulations to Prof. Eli Pikarsky upon his appointment as incoming Dean of the Hebrew University Medical School.  Best wishes also to Prof. Dina Ben Yehuda, the outgoing dean, on six years of extraordinary service.

Congratulations to the Academy physicians who were awarded top places in the list of top scientists in Israel and around the world on the website Research.com (https://research.com):

In the field of Neuroscience:

Prof. Nir Giladi

Prof. David Yarnitzky

In the field of biology and biochemistry:

Prof. Karl Skorecki

Prof. Eithan Galun

Prof. Eyal Benin

Prof. Benjamin Reubinoff

In the field of genetics:

Prof. Gidi Rechavi

In the field of immunology:

Prof. Ron Dagan

Prof. Gal Markel (from the Young Academy)

In the field of medicine:

Prof. Nir Giladi

Prof. Ron Dagan

Prof. Gidi Rechavi

Prof. Gad Rennert

Prof. Moshe Phillip

Prof. Raanan Shamir

Prof. Eyal Sheiner

Prof. Gil Markel will head a new institute for cancer research and treatment

Congratulations to Prof. Gil Markel, head of the Davidoff Center for Cancer Treatment at Beilinson Hospital and a member of the Young Academy, on his appointment as the head of the Samueli Institute for Research and Innovation in Cancer, which is being established thanks to an unprecedented donation of NIS 120 million and with the support of Clalit Health Services.

The Institute will combine groundbreaking medical research in cancer with artificial intelligence and big data and is liable to bring groundbreaking advances to the treatment of cancer.

Congratulations to Prof. Simcha Yagel upon receiving the Ian Donald Gold Medal from The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG). This is the first time an Israeli has won this prestigious gold medal.

ISUOG honored Prof. Yagel with this lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the advancement of diagnostic ultrasound in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.

Prof. Eli Pikarsky is one of the recipients of the Rappaport Prize for Excellence in Bio-medical Research for 2023.

Prof. Pikarsky was selected in the category of senior researcher.

The Israeli National Academy for Science in Medicine congratulates Prof. Dina Ben Yehuda on her effective, successful and sensitive leadership of the Committee for the Basket of Health Services, 2022, and on the incredible achievements of the Committee for the health system and the patients.

Prof. ben Yehuda is the first woman to stand at the head of the Committee.  At the Committee's first meeting, Prof. Ben Yehuda opened by saying "As a physician, I know how it feels when I and my patients are waiting to find out what medicines will be included in the basket.  I know the feeling of happiness when a medication is included, and the disappointment when it is not.  I approach my position as chair of the Committee with awe and respect.  We have a long road ahead of us, but we are confident it will succeed."

Sheba Medical Center, the leading medical center in Israel, both in medical care and in innovative research has established an extensive Physician Scientist Program with the vision to promote and advance basic and patient-oriented Translational research at Sheba.
The aim of the program is to promote meaningful and innovative research by young clinicians through a comprehensive program that provides protected research time, support in establishing the required infrastructure and mentoring.  

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Thanks to the generosity, visionary mission and endless inspiration of the Naomi Foundation, we are humbled and honored to launch the second RFA for the Kadar –Sheba Prize for Excellence in Research. This year, the Kadar-Sheba Prize recognizes an exceptional physician-scientist at the national level, within the biomedical community of the entire State of Israel, for their groundbreaking scientific achievements.

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Congratulations to Prof. Eli Sprecher upon his appointment as Vice Dean for clinical affairs at the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine

Among other things, the new center will develop regenerative therapies and drugs, move regenerative medicine from the theoretical research stage to the feasibility stage and train a new generation of physicians and researchers in the field.

Prof. Dekel's vision is to use the center to reduce the gap between biomedical research and patient care, to promote the establishment of clinical regenerative wards in the hospital and to cure patients with the new technologies that will be developed

The Haifa Honorary Citizen Award is given annually by the Mayor of Haifa to long-time residents who have engaged in public activities on behalf of the city and its residents, as a token of gratitude and appreciation for their many years of contribution to the city and State. The award is given once a year, to 8 to 12 people selected from the recommendations and nominations presented.

Prof. Beyar is one of the founding members of the Academy and is a specialist in cardiology.  He served as director of the Rambam Medical Campus from 2006-2019 and was dean of the Technion's Faculty of Medicine.

The Ziegler prize was established by the Ziegler family in memory of Reuven Ziegler, and recognizes young physicians and researchers for applied research, this year's focus being "precision medicine".  Pleniceanu won for his recent work on the topic of Successful Introduction of Human Renovascular Units into the Mammalian Kidney, which was published in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology (J Am Soc Nephrol 31: 2757–2772, 2020).

The prizes is administered by the Israeli National Academy of Medical Sciences in conjunction with the Ziegler family and the Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine.

Congratulations to Prof. Shai Izraeli upon receipt of the 2022 Education and Mentoring Award from the European Hematology Association. The award is granted to excellent teachers and mentors at any stage of their career, providing mentorship, training and formation of personal skills of high educational value in the discipline of hematology.  

Professor Izraeli was recognized for mentoring scores of young physicians and researchers and for his part in initiating "Young EHA" which integrates young physician and researchers in various aspects of the EHA.

Congratulations to Professor Jacob Bornstein on receiving an award of recognition from the Israeli Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology for his long-standing contribution to the field in Israel and around the world.

Prof. Bornstein's contributions can be found in the professional, educational and research realms and improve both the health of women and the practice of medicine.

Congratulations to Prof. Jacob Bornstein upon his appointment as editor in chief of Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease.

Prof. Bornstein is the first non-American to be appointed as editor in chief of this journal, which is the official journal of the American organization ASCCP and the leading journal in the field.

Congratulations to Prof. Mical Paul, upon her appointment as member of the FEAM Expert Committee of the EU Adult Vaccination. The project will begin in May 2021 and is intended to formulate guidelines for the EU on adult vaccination.

Congratulations to Prof. Ron Dagan, a professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, upon his selection to present the 2021 Robert Austrian Memorial Lecture at the virtual 2021 Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Prof. Rechavi is a specialist in pediatrics, hematology and pediatric hematology-oncology.  He has served as the head of the Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Sheba Medical Center and today he directs the Cancer Research Center and the Wohl Center for Translational Medicine at Sheba.  His research focuses on understanding the molecular basis for cancer and on the study of RNA modifications (epitranscriptomics).

The Israel Prize committee noted that Professor Rechavi "exemplifies the optimal combination of excellence in clinical medicine and groundbreaking research achievements in understanding basic biological mechanisms for the development of novel therapeutic modalities”.

Professor Rechavi has published 500 articles in leading scientific and medical journals, including Science, Nature, Cell, Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Professor Rechavi holds the Djerassi Chair in Oncology at the Tel Aviv University, he has received numerous awards including the prestigious EMET prize and is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences.

Congratulations to Prof. Ora Israel upon her receiving honorary membership in the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the largest organization in Europe dedicated to nuclear medicine.

According to the EANM website, "The EANM Honorary Membership is reserved for persons of outstanding distinction practicing in the field of nuclear medicine and who provided great service or reputation to the EANM or the field of nuclear medicine."

This is the first time an Israeli physician has received this recognition and we are honored to have Prof. Israel as a member of the Academy.

Congratulations to Prof. Ora Israel on being selected as the recipient and speaker of the 2021 Barry Siegel Lectureship Award, to be given during the 2021 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Washington DC, June 12-15. 

The award is given each year to a professional who plays an important role in emphasizing the importance of correlative imaging with Nuclear Medicine.