PROFESSOR BERNARDO LEON RAPOPORT

M.D. M. Med. (Int. Med.) Specialist Physician and Medical Oncologist.
Practice No: 2300192

SUMMARY

Private Practice: From 1993 until now working as Medical Oncologist in Private Practice at The Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank and the Linksfield Park Hospital, both in Johannesburg.
Current Positions: Medical Oncology Private Practice and Private Oncology Clinical Trial Unit in Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Post Graduate Examiner: Medical Oncology at the Collage of Medicine of South Africa and for Clinical Oncology Exams at the University of Natal, South Africa.
Worked as a Senior Consultant and Senior Lecturer: in Medical Oncology until 1993 at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Completed Fellowship: in Medical Oncology at the University of Pretoria.
Completed Registrarship: in Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
Completed Internship: at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Qualified in Buenos Aires: Argentina in 1978.

Member of: various Pharmaceutical South African and International Advisory Boards
Member of: various Pharmaceutical Protocol Steering Committees.

AWARDS

SASMO Prestige Award: South African Society of Medical Oncology: South African Society of Medical Oncology prestige Award. October 1992
Young investigator award: South African Society of Medical Oncology: For the best abstract of original scientific work presented as a paper at the 3rd Congress of the South African Society of Medical Oncology. September 1991

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

May 1993 – Present: Private Practice. The Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank and Linksfield Park Clinic
Mar 1991 – May 1993: Senior Specialist Physician, Senior Medical Oncologist. Senior Lecturer. Department of Medical Oncology, Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria, SA.
Mar 1989 – Feb 1991: Specialist Physician, Medical Oncologist. Senior Lecturer. Department of Medical Oncology, H F Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria, SA.
Jan 1988-Feb 1989: Senior Medical Officer, Lecturer. Department of Medical Oncology, H F Hospital, Pretoria SA.
Jul 1987 – Dec 1987: Senior Registrar, Lecturer. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA.
Jan 1983 – Jun 1987: Registrar, Lecturer. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA.
Jan 1982 – Dec 1982: Senior House Office, Lecturer. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA.
Oct 1980 – Sep 1981: Rotating Internship, Assaf Ha Roffe. University of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Apr 1979 – Feb 1980: First Assistant, Internal Medicine. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIPS

Active Member of the following Oncology Organizations:

  • South African Society of Medical Oncology (SASMO): Chairman
  • Multinational Association for the Supportive Care of Cancer (MASCC): Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the MASCC Infection and Myelosupression Study Group, Member of the MASCC Antiemetic Study Group
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  • European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC): Former Principal Investigator
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG): Former Senior Investigator

ABSTRACTS OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

More than 130 abstracts: at Local South African and International Scientific Meetings (including ASCO, MASCC and ESMO).

INVITED LECTURES

Presented Posters and Oral Presentations: at Various Local South African and International Scientific Meetings (including ASCO, MASCC and ESMO).

PUBLICATIONS

More than 60 Pier reviewed publications: Reviewers of Abstracts and Scientific Journals including Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) and Annals of Oncology.

FIELDS OF INTEREST

  • Cancer Supportive Care: Antiemetics and Infections in Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Solid Tumour
  • New Anticancer Agents

REFERRAL NETWORK

Cancer Specialist Referral Network: Professor Bernardo Leon Rapoport has 20 years of Private Practice Experience with a network of cancer doctors in the following specialties:

  • Radiation Oncology
  • Radiosurgery
  • Brachytherapy
  • General Surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hepato-biliary Surgery
  • Breast Cancer Surgery
  • Thoracic Oncology
  • Urologic Oncology
  • Gynecological Oncology
  • Neuro-oncology