Pathways & Perspectives with Pia Raanani, MD
Pathways & Perspectives Meet Pia Raanani, MD, head of the Institute of Hematology at the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center in Israel SOHO Insider sat down with Dr. Raanani during the 66th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, California. With 40 years of medical experience, including 30 years specializing in hematology, Dr. Raanani discusses the importance of younger clinicians “balancing transparency with guidance” and reflects on chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) becoming one of the first diseases to benefit significantly from targeted therapy. SOHO Insider: Where did you grow up, and how did your upbringing influence your career path? Dr. Raanani: I was born in 1960 in Tel Aviv, Israel. My mother was born in Israel, and my father was a Holocaust survivor. They married in 1959, and I was born a year and a half later. I grew up in different parts of Tel…
