Dr. Tamar Peretz, Director of Hadassah’s Sharett Institute of Oncology, and Interim Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem
Prof. Tamar Peretz, Director of Hadassah’s Sharett Institute of Oncology, and Interim Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) has had a distinguished career as an internationally recognized expert on breast cancer. Her genetic research and clinical studies have led to groundbreaking discoveries on BRCA1 gene mutations in the Ashkenazi Jewish community and new prevention, diagnosis, and treatment approaches. Prof. Peretz serves as the Lawrence Schacht Professor of Oncology at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine and has sat on numerous public committees for the advancement of women’s health. Peretz earned her M.D. from the Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine and completed a two-year Fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.