Rabinovitch invited as visiting professor, cancer expert

Rachel Rabinovitch, professor of radiation oncology, School of Medicine, has been invited to serve as a visiting professor and expert consultant in breast cancer diagnosis and management at several medical centers in Israel during December and January.

Rabinovitch will represent the CU Cancer Center in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, delivering lectures to students and trainees and collaborating on research projects with scientists and clinicians who have expertise with the BRCA+ (genetic mutation) population. Israel’s population has the highest BRCA+ prevalence of any nation in the world.

Rabinovitch is a member of the University of Colorado Hospital’s Breast Center, Multi-disciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic, and Hematopoietic Malignancy and Stem Cell Transplantation Team. She also is active in national breast cancer research and serves in leadership positions on numerous national research committees.