Professor Moshe Papa
Breast surgeon. An outstanding Israeli breast surgeon and developer of new surgical and instrument-based technologies in surgical oncology and breast surgery. Professor Papa is an expert of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), head of the Israeli residency program for breast surgeons, a member of the editorial board of Surgical Oncology (the top-rated journal in surgical oncology), a member of the expert and ethics committee of the Israeli Ministry of Health, and secretary of the association of genetic technologies in oncology.
For more than 30 years Dr. Papa has worked on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. His research covers the mechanisms of genetic mutations in breast cancer, the causes of weight loss in oncological diseases, and the effectiveness of infusion chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant tumors.
Moshe Papa is a professor at Tel Aviv University, the author of more than a hundred scientific publications, and one of the founders of the Meirav Breast Health Center.
In his practice Dr. Papa uses original surgical techniques and combined methods of treating malignant neoplasms, including intraoperative radiation, which is the most effective against cancer cells and gentle on healthy tissue.
Moshe Papa fully understands the psychological state of patients who need breast resection, so he gives preference to organ-preserving techniques. If the stage of the disease makes it impossible to preserve the breast, the doctor performs reconstructive operations with an implant, returning to the patient not only her health but also her feminine appeal.
He received his medical education at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University. After graduating he specialized in surgery at the Mount Sinai medical complex in New York, USA. He completed an internship at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and then specialized in surgery at the University of Toronto.
From 1991 to 2012 he worked in the surgery department of the Chaim Sheba Medical Center (Tel HaShomer), and from 2002 he was head of the surgery department. Since 2012 Professor Papa has headed the breast surgery department of the leading Israeli hospital Assuta.
He conducts research on the mechanisms of development and treatment of oncological processes, in particular the development of breast cancer. He studies the effect of regional infusion chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer, as well as the genetic changes caused by this type of cancer. He develops new technologies and combined methods of treating breast cancer.
- Expert of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Head of the Israeli residency program for breast surgeons
- Member of the editorial board of Surgical Oncology, the top-rated journal in surgical oncology
- Member of the expert and ethics committee of the Israeli Ministry of Health
- Secretary of the association of genetic technologies in oncology
- Expert evaluation of breast diseases.
- Breast operations to remove lumps and tumors (lymphoma).
- Removal of malignant tumors combined with intraoperative radiation.
- Removal of sentinel lymph nodes in the axilla.
- Laparoscopic lymph node dissection.
- Extensive removal of the breast while preserving aesthetics: plastic surgery of the breast.
- Total mastectomy with breast reconstruction.
- Use of new and advanced technologies in surgical practice.