Dr. Jeff Szer was the foundation Professor/Director of the Department of Clinical Haematology at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He leads the non-malignant haematology group of the Department of Clinical Haematology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The Royal Melbourne Hospital established in 2016, and he has research interests in stem cell transplantation and the non-malignant conditions of Gaucher disease and paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH). He was a member of the LSDP Gaucher and PNH Disease advisory committees until their disbanding. He has authored over 330 papers in peer-reviewed journals, is the Editor-in-Chief of the Internal Medicine Journal, and is on the Editorial Boards of several other journals. He is current President of the World Marrow Donor Association. His research interests include bone marrow transplantation, stem cell transplantation, acute myeloid leukemia, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, leukemia, multiple myeloma, chemotherapy, hematology, monoclonal antibodies, and hematological malignancies.
Prof. Dr. Shoshana Revel Vilk completed her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, in 2002. She has worked for 15 years in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, and has been the Head of the Pediatric Hematology Center. In September 2017, she joined Prof. Ari Zimran as a senior physician at the Gaucher Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, and since January 2019, she has been the Director of the Gaucher Unit, the largest Gaucher Unit worldwide (more than 850 patients over 30 years). She is a member of the European Working Group on Gaucher disease (EWGGD) board in a secretary role. In 2012, she gained an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology, and currently, she is doing her Ph.D. at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health. Her research in Gaucher disease focuses on digital health, patient-reported outcome measures, type IIIC disease, and bleeding issues.
