Prof. Benjamin Dekel

Prof. Benjamin Dekel is a Full Professor of Pediatrics, a member of the Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry in the School of Medicine and heads the Sagol Center for  Regenerative Medicine at TAU.

Prof. Dekel is Head of the Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute and Director of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at Sheba Medical Center.

He received a BSc and MD degrees from the Technion and a PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science, all with highest honors. He completed a Pediatric Residency at Sheba, Post-Doctoral fellowship in stem cell biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science and a Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship at the Schneider Medical Center.

Prof. Dekel served as a visiting Professor at the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University. 

He is known internationally as one of the most innovative and recognized investigators in the field of human renal stem cell biology, cell therapy and renal regenerative medicine.

In the field of human kidney development and pediatric renal cancer, Prof. Dekel has pioneered the identification of human stem/progenitor cells and their use in tissue repair, regeneration and targeted cancer therapy.

Prof Dekel is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the American Society of Pediatric Research (APS/SPR) and was recently elected as an inaugural member of the Israeli National Academy of Science in Medicine by the Israeli Medical Association. Prof Dekel has received multiple awards among which are the Youdim Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research and the Israel Medical Association Prize for Outstanding Medical-Scientific contributions.