Ruth Perets, MD/PhD, Medical Oncologist

Dr. Ruth Perets is a Medical Oncologist and Researcher in Rambam's Division of Oncology. She directs the Phase 1 Clinical Trials in Oncology and is the Head of the Women's Cancers Research Lab at Rambam Health Care Campus.

Currently Dr. Perets focuses her clinical work on gynecological malignancies (ovarian, cervical and endometrial cancers) and breast cancer. Dr. Perets is the principal investigator of all Phase 1 clinical trials in Rambam’s Oncology Division, and personally treats most Phase 1 patients while on study. Furthermore, Dr. Perets is in charge of medical education in the division of oncology and among other roles in charge of the oncology residency program at Rambam Health Care Campus.
Dr. Perets is a member of the Clinical Research Institute at Rambam. Her research group focuses on understanding the early pathogenesis of ovarian cancer and evaluating the implications of early pathogenesis on treatment and prevention of ovarian cancer. She is also interested in drug development – from bench to bedside. Dr. Perets is an Assistant Professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a member of the Clinical Research Institute at Rambam (CRIR) and the Rappaport Cancer Research Center (RTICC).