Dr. Uri practices in three main areas:
- Supportive (palliative) care for oncologic patients as well as for patients with life-threatening chronic diseases (heart failure, chronic lung disease, kidney failure), which means accompanying the patients throughout their illness journey, while assisting in complex decisions making, advanced directives, symptoms management, and when necessary referring to other partners in the unit to provide the best care.
- Counseling and accompaniment for patients with head and neck tumors, with a complex medical background.
- Treatment of endocrine problems unique to oncologic patients, related to cancer or complications related to the oncologic treatments.
Education:
2019-2021 Residency in Palliative Care, Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
2011-2013 Residency in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
2007-2011 Residency in Internal Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
2001-2002 Rotating Internship, Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
Employment History Experience:
2022-current Senior staff physician, Palliative Unit, The Cancer Center, Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
2018-current Senior staff physician, Endo-oncology Unit, The Cancer Center, Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
2017-2018 Senior staff physician, Neuroendocrine Tumor Unit, Endocrinology and Metabolism Service, Department of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
2016-2017 Physician in the Clalit Health Services, Rishon Lezion, Israel.
2013-2016 Senior staff physician, Endocrinology and Metabolism Service, Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
2013-2016 Senior staff physician, Department of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
2007-2014 Primary physician in the Army Reserve Duty.
2003-2007 Primary physician and Chief physician in the Israel Defense Forces.
Academic Appointments:
2018-current Teaching 4th year students and residents in Oncology during rotations in the Palliative Service, Sheba Medical Center.
2017-2018 Bedside teaching for 4th and 6th year students, and Internal Medicine residents in the Internal Medicine and in the Endocrinology outpatient clinic, Hadassah Medical Center.
2007-2016 Bedside teaching for 4th and 6th year students during rotations in the Department of Internal Medicine, and for 6th year students and Internal Medicine residents during rotations in the Endocrinology and Metabolism Service, Sheba Medical Center.
2010-2011 Tutorship of American and Israeli students during clerkship in Internal Medicine, Sheba Medical Center.
Membership in Professional/Scientific Societies:
Israel Medical Association.
Israel Endocrine Society.
Israeli Association of Palliative Care.
Publications:
Here is a link to the list of publications for Dr. Uri in PubMed – a database that includes a listing of scientific articles in the fields of medicine and life sciences
