Surgical Grand Rounds – Professor Avigdor Scherz

Professor Avigdor Scherz holds the Robert and Yadelle Professorial Chair in Biochemistry in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where he leads an exciting programme of research developing and evaluating the use of vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy of solid-organ tumors. His research encompasses many tumor types, including prostate and kidney cancer.

The title of his talk is: “Immune modulated vascular targeted photodynamic therapy: a new approach to cancer management”

The lecture will be hosted by Professor Freddie Hamdy, Head of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.