Dr. Gilad E. Amiel currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Urology at Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine in Haifa, Israel.
Dr. Amiel’s clinical practice consists of urologic oncology and genitourinary reconstruction. He performs robotic, laparoscopic, and open surgery for bladder, kidney, prostate, testis and penile cancer. Procedures include robotic cystectomy, robotic partial nephrectomy, robotic prostatectomy, minimally invasive & focal therapy for prostate cancer, salvage and complex reconstructive urinary operations. Dr. Amiel’s basic research focuses on genitourinary reconstruction utilizing biological matrices and novel treatments for bladder cancer. His clinical research projects focus on treatments for bladder and prostate cancer, as well as on cancer education. He is also very active in smoking cessation initiatives.
Dr. Amiel received several teaching and education awards and until recently served as the president of the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE). He currently serves on the executive council and is the treasurer of the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE), which he hosted in Haifa for the 2018 EACE 31st annual meeting. Dr. Amiel is a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), Urology Research Foundation (URS), Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), Israel Medical Association (IMA), and the Israeli Association for Medical Education, as well as the director of CME for the Northern Israeli Urology Forum. He is the associate editor of the Journal of Cancer Education and a reviewer for several urological, educational, and bioengineering journals. He received thus far 17 grants, including an NIH-SBIR Grant totaling over $3 million and was principal or co-investigator in numerous clinical trials. He has co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Dr. Amiel received his training at top institutions, including:
- Clinical faculty at Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (Associate Professor, Director of Education, and the Director of the Laboratory for Genitourinary Tissue Engineering)
- Combined clinical and research fellowship in Urologic oncology & Minimally invasive surgery (Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX)
- Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Cellular Therapeutics, Department of Urology at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Research Fellow)
- Bnai-Zion Medical Center (Urology Resident)
- Ben-Gurion University Medical School
- Israeli Defense Force (Captain)