Professor Deborah Blumenthal
Neuro-oncologist. Expert in neurosurgery, spinal surgery and neurosurgical oncology. Head of the Neuro-Oncology Department. Doctor of medical sciences.
Professor Deborah Blumenthal is an experienced and skilled neurosurgery specialist focusing on traditional and innovative treatment of malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord. Over more than 20 years of professional practice she has perfected procedures such as open neurosurgery, micro- and minimally invasive surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery. Her professional interests center on the comprehensive treatment of astrocytomas and glioblastomas, pituitary adenomas, vascular malformations, meningiomas, and benign and malignant chondromas. She also successfully treats secondary (metastatic) cancer of the central and peripheral nervous system.
Professor Blumenthal strictly individualizes the treatment protocol, taking into account the histological type of the tumor, the stage of the disease, the patient's age and health, the location and spread of atypical cells, and other important factors. Besides clinical practice she actively conducts research aimed at optimizing and modernizing neuro-oncology in Israel.
Deborah Blumenthal graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1990. She did her internship and residency in the neurology department of West Virginia University Hospital. She improved her qualifications in neuro-oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York, where she also specialized in the treatment of malignant tumors and related diseases. She worked as a leading specialist in the neuro-oncology department at the Huntsman Institute and later headed it.
She is an honorary member of the following professional organizations:
- Society for Neuro-Oncology
- American Academy of Neurology
- Israel Neuro-Oncology Society
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
In 2005 Deborah Blumenthal immigrated to Israel and currently heads the Neuro-Oncology Department at Ichilov Hospital. She is widely known for her scientific work and has published more than 30 works on modern neurosurgery and neuro-oncology, including monographs, manuals, textbooks and articles. Her most popular presentations are "Surgical treatment of brain metastases", "Therapy of acoustic neuromas" and "Management of neuropathies and pain syndrome in cancer patients".
Professor Deborah Blumenthal diagnoses and surgically treats lesions of the brain and spinal cord. She has mastered minimally invasive, endoscopic and stereotactic surgery, and in particular removes tumors with the CyberKnife system.
Procedures performed by the doctor include:
- Open operations on the central and peripheral nervous system, including craniotomy
- Hybrid surgical interventions with the patient awake
- Microsurgical removal of aneurysms and brain malformations
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for tumors and metastases
- Robot-assisted bypass of cerebral arteries
- Hypofractionated radiotherapy
- Conventional radiation therapy of head tissues
- Laser therapy of small neoplasms
- Thecaloscopy, ventriculoscopy, cyst fenestration
- Operations for tumors of peripheral nerves
Professor Blumenthal plans to keep innovating in neuro-oncology practice, develop her own procedures and share knowledge with the new generation of Israeli doctors.