Prof. Lina Basel has been appointed head of the Institute of Genetics at Beilinson Hospital and Schneider Children’s Medical Center. Prior to her appointment, Prof. Basel was acting director of the Genetics Institute at Beilinson and director of the Genetics Unit at Schneider Children’s.
Prof. Basel was awarded the title of professor in 2013 by the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. She has undertaken many successful international studies and is the recipient of prestigious research grants in the field of pediatric genetics.
Prof. Basel has led studies in the discovery of new genes, which have been published in important professional journals in genetics around the world. Among the discoveries: a new gene that causes fatal epilepsy in children, a gene that causes a fatal degenerative disease in children, a gene that causes skin disease and hair impairments, and genes that cause mental retardation. Prof. Basel was recently elected chair of the Israeli Society of Medical Genetics.
Prof. Basel stated that “it is a huge honor to head the Genetics Institute, one of the leading genetic centers in Israel. Genetics is the medicine of the future. In this era of breakthroughs and new discoveries, research in this field is of monumental importance and every time we succeed in preventing a defect or accord a satisfactory life despite rare genetic syndromes, there is renewed rejoicing. The Genetics Institute comprises special clinics and patients are referred to us from all over the country. I hope to continue to advance the Genetics Institute both on the clinical level and service to patients.”
Specialty:
- Pediatrics and Human Genetics
Prof. Basel’s research interests are focused on neurogenetic diseases, dysmorphology and genetic forms of intellectual disability and autism. Her scientific experience includes the discovery of 12 new genetic syndromes and identification of genes related to these syndromes. Prof. Basel’s scientific publications include 100 articles in peer-reviewed international journals. She is a reviewer in more than 20 international scientific journals.
Clinical Experience
- Head, Pediatric Clinical Genetics Unit, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel and Raphael Recanati Genetic Institute, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Senior Geneticist, Schneider Children’s Medical Center Israel
Education
- Tel Aviv University, Department of Human Genetics, Sackler School of Medicine, PhD
- Residency in Pediatrics, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel, graduated with Honors
- Residency in Genetics, Rabin Medical Center and Schneider
Academic Appointment
- Lecturer, School of Continuing Medical Education – course ”Normal development of the child”
- Tutor, Tel Aviv University medical students (New York course)
- Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, 2nd year medical students
- Lecturer, School of Continuing Medical Education – course “Diagnostic Radiology”
- Lecturer, School of Continuing Medical Education – course
- Organizer/tutor of the course “Genetic counseling”
- Lecturer, School of Continuing Medical Education – course
- Committee member for evaluating scientific projects as a part of MD study program, Sackler School of Medicine
- Scientific advisor and lecturer, 4 year MD program, course “Biochemical and genetic basis of diseases”
- Lecturer, School of Continuing Medical Education – course ”Child neurology
- Lecturer, School of Continuing Medical Education – course ”Pediatric
- Lecturer, School of Continuing Medical Education – course ”Pediatric
- Member of the committee for redesigning medical genetics curriculum at Sackler Faculty of Medicine, TAU
Academic Experience
- Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, affiliated to the Department of Human Genetics, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
- Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, affiliated to the Department of Human Genetics, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Publications and Articles
- Reviewer Clinical Genetics
- Reviewer Journal of Neuroscience Research
- Reviewer Journal of Perinatology
- Reviewer European Journal of Neuroscience
- Reviewer American Journal of Human Genetics
- Reviewer BMC Medical Genetics Journal
- Reviewer Psychiatry Research
- Reviewer British Journal of Dermatology
- Reviewer Clinical Pediatrics
- Reviewer Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy
- Reviewer Journal of Medical Genetics
- Reviewer Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
- Reviewer Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews
- Reviewer Genetics in Medicine
- Reviewer National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc (NORD), USA
- Reviewer Annals of Human Genetics
- Reviewer American Journal of Medical Genetics
- Reviewer European Journal of Human Genetics
- Reviewer Neurogenetics
- Reviewer Neuropediatrics