Benjamin Brenner









Academic Degrees
1981 - M.D. – Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
1974 - 1980 - Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
1980 - Internship, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
Academic Appointments
2006 – present - Caster Chair in Leukemia Research, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2005 - present - Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of  Technology, Haifa, Israel
1997 -2005 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1992 - 1997 - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of  Technology, Haifa, Israel
1988 - 1992 - Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of  Technology, Haifa, Israel
1987 - 1988 - Instructor and Fellow in Medicine (Hematology Unit) University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Professional Experience
2011 – present - Director, Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
2009 – present - Member, The Etai Sharon z"l Rambam-Atidim Fellowship Fund for Academic Excellence, Rambam, Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
2005 - present - Member, Rappaport Institute For Research in Medical Sciences
1994 - 2011 - Deputy Director, Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1994 - present - Director, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
5/1993 - Advanced Research Workshop for Methods Of Studying Fibrinolysis. Institute Mario-Negri-Sud, Italy.
1988 - 1994 - Senior Attending Hematologist, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1987 – 1988 - Research Fellowship in Fibrinolysis, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
1986 - 1987 - Senior Attending Hematologist, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
12/1986 - Hemostasis in liver transplantation, Presbyterian University Hospital,
Pittsburgh, USA
1986 - Certified by Israel Board of Hematology
1985 - Coagulation Research - Coagulation Laboratory, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
1985 - Resident, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1982 - 1984 - Resident, Department of Internal Medicine C, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1981 - 1982 - Resident, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Research Interests
Thrombosis and Hemostasis:
  • Cellular procoagulant and anticoagulant mechanisms
  • Thrombophilia in pregnancy
  • Inherited bleeding disorders
  • Fibrinolysis and thrombolysis
Thrombotic mechanisms in cancer
Novel hemostatic and anti-thrombotic agents
 
Teaching Experience
1981 - present - Courses in Internal Medicine and Hematology Clerkship, 4th-6th year students, Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1985 - present - Lecturer, School of Nursing, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1987 - present - Principles of Thrombosis & Hemostasis, 3rd year medical school students, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1993 – 2002 - Coordinator – Hematology courses, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1997 – 1999 - Coordinator - Leukemia & Lymphoma course, 4th year medical students, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Technion Activities
1993-present - Coordinator - Hematology courses, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1994 - present - Member, Teaching Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1994 - 1998 - Member, Medical Education Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1993 - 1996 - Secretary of the Council, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1993 - 1994 - Editor, Faculty of Medicine Bulletin, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Public Professional Activities
2009- present - Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee International Advisory Committee, the North America Thrombosis Forum [NATF]
2008- present - Member, Steering Committee, International Registry of Patients with Venous Thromboembolism (RIETE)
2002 -    2005 - Chairman, Israel Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis
1998 - 2002 - Secretary, Israel Association of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
1990 - 1993, 2002 - Member, Israel Hematology Board Committee
2002-2004 - Co-Chairman, Scientific Subcommittee on Perinatal and Pediatric Thrombosis, International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH)
Nov 2001 - Member, College of American Pathologies Consensus Conference on 
Diagnostic Issues in Thrombophilia
2005 - 2011 - Co-Chairman, Scientific Subcommittee on Women’s Health Issues in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH)
 
Editor of Journals
Editorial Board:
Thrombosis Research 2003 - 2005
Seminars in Vascular Medicine 2005
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2005 - present
Women’s Health 2005 - present
Hematology Meeting Reports 2007 - present
Associate Editor
Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis 2003 - present
Thrombosis Research 2005 - present
Reviewer of Grant Applications
  • Chief Scientist, Israel Ministry of Health
  • Israel Academy of Sciences
  • German- Israel Foundation
  • Binational Science Foundation: Israel-USA
  • Israel Ministry of Science
  • Israel Cancer Association
Regular Reviewer for Journals:
  • Lancet
  • Thrombosis & Haemostasis
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Thrombosis Research
  • Blood
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis