Alberto Gabizon

Biography

"Alberto Gabizon, founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of LipoMedix is Professor of Oncology (Shaare Zedek Medical Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and a renowned scientist and clinician in the field of nanomedicine and cancer therapy. As co-inventor and co-developer of Doxil®, a smart chemotherapy ""drug carrier"" with tumor-targeting properties and important safety advantages, Prof. Gabizon is one of the few scientists intimately familiar with the successful development and the clinical implementation of liposomal drugs. His most recent invention currently in clinical studies is Promitil® (pegylated liposomal mitomycin-C prodrug). Dr. Gabizon received his M.D. from the University of Granada in Spain, and his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. His clinical and research contributions in the field of liposomes and targeting therapy of cancers have been recognized by various awards among them the 2010 Alec Bangham Lifetime Achievement Award at the Liposome Research Days Conference in Vancouver, Canada, and the 1997 Kaye Innovation Award."

Research Interest

Nano medicine and cancer therapy