Division of Hematology


FACULTY PROFILE


Yair Gazitt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

E-mail: gazitt@uthscsa.edu

   

 
Education :
Year   Degree  Major   Institution/Location    
1971  B.S.  Biochemistry /Genetics Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1972    M.S.    Biochemistry     Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1976  Ph.D. Biochemistry   Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
       
Postgraduate Training :      
Year     Institution/Location    
1976-78 Postdoctoral Training  Columbia University, NY  
1978-79  Postdoctoral Training Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY   
       
 Academic Appointments :          
Month/Year Position  Institution/Location    
1996-present    Associate Professor of Medicine Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory   Department of Medicine/Hematology, University of Texas Health Science  Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX   
1993-96 Assoc. Prof. of Medicine and Pathology Dir. of Bone Marrow Purging  and Processing Dept. of Medicine/Hematology-Oncology  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.  
1992-1993    Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics and Pathology and Director, Bone Marrow Purging Laboratory  Department of Pediatrics/Hem-Oncology Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.  
1989-1992 Assist. Prof. of Immunology and Director  Bone Marrow Purging Laboratory Department of Pediatrics/Hem-Onc University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.  
2/89-8/89  Assistant Professor  

Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

 
1988-1989 Director of R & D Biophore Corporation, College Station, TX  
1987-1988   Biotherapeutics, Inc., Section Head  Anti-Idiotypic  Section of Monoclonal Antibody Division, Franklin, TN  
1982-1986    Associate Senior Scientist and Senior Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel  
1981-1982 

Lecturer Department of Molecular Biology  Associate Senior Scientist and   Senior Lecturer Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology 

Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.  
1979-1981

Associate Scientist and Lecturer,               Lautenberg Institute for General and Tumor Immunology

Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.  
       
Honors and Awards:
BS and MS Degrees with Honors
Dean's List: Undergraduate studies
Best MS thesis in class: "Miphal-Happaiss" prize
Israeli cancer research fund: Prize for "outstanding dedication for cancer research"