Dr. Ronen Ben-Ami

Ronen Ben-Ami is a professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. He received his M.D. from Tel Aviv University and went on to complete his residency in Internal Medicine at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Mount Sinai Hospital and his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. He did his post-doctoral fellowship at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he studied host–pathogen interactions involving Candida and Aspergillus species. His research focuses on understanding innate and acquired mechanisms of resistance in pathogenic fungi. His group studies the epidemiology and virulence determinants of fungal pathogens that are responsible for a significant burden of disease among immune-compromised patients. In addition, he leads the Antibiotic Stewardship program at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and has served as Chair of the Israeli Society for Infectious Diseases examination board committee.