Dr. Svetlana Zalmanova

Dr. Svetlana Zalmanova is an experienced radiation oncologist, one of the best specialists in Israel in brachytherapy (contact radiotherapy) and radiological treatment of cancerous tumors.

Dr. Zalmanova has more than 30 years of medical experience, covering the treatment of a very wide range of oncological pathology in neurosurgical, gynecological, gastroenterological and urological fields.

After successfully graduating from the Moscow Medical Institute, Svetlana Zalmanova moved to Israel, where she decided to specialize in radiology and radiation therapy. Dr. Zalmanova improved her theoretical and practical knowledge in the best scientific and practical institutions of Europe and the USA, including:

• specialization in non-surgical oncology (Germany);
• radiotherapy of oncological diseases (British Radiotherapy Center, England);
• Academy of Practical Radiology (Germany);
• courses in practical and targeted radiotherapy and radiation biology (Italy, Netherlands, Portugal);
• specialization in brachytherapy and the latest techniques of its application (Slovenia);
• courses on brachytherapy for malignant tumors of the prostate and gynecological sphere (Belgium, Austria);
• special training course on Philips Medical Systems medical equipment (USA).

Having become a brilliant specialist in her field, Dr. Svetlana Zalmanova is actively engaged in research, studying topical issues of applied radiobiology and developing new ways of practical application of modern, primarily contact, radiotherapy for malignant tumors.

She has written dozens of scientific medical articles published in medical journals in various countries. Dr. Zalmanova is an active participant and lecturer at medical symposia and conferences in Israel and abroad, and a member of the Israeli, European and American societies of clinical oncology, radiology and radiotherapy, the Israel Medical Association, and the Neuro-Oncology Forum.

Today Dr. Svetlana Zalmanova is head of the radiology department at Assuta Medical Center, treating her patients with state-of-the-art equipment. Thanks to the latest radiotherapy methods, including modern brachytherapy methods with vector impact on the tumor, radiation beams act as precisely and therefore as effectively as possible on a tumor located deep in the tissues, leaving surrounding tissues and organs intact.

Dr. Svetlana Zalmanova's professional competence covers radiation therapy of benign and malignant brain tumors, tumors of the face, oral cavity and thyroid, rectal cancer, breast cancer, and cancers of the genitourinary system, gastrointestinal tract and other abdominal organs.