The son of Gerson Lejb Tabak and Rywka Goldberg, Daniel Goldberg Tabak was born on December 5, 1955, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. He finished in first place in the admissions exam to study Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and in second place in 1974 in the overall ranking of the Vestibular, Brazil’s national college entrance exam. As a result, he was awarded the Halles Vestibular distinction. He graduated from said institution in 1979 and completed his medical residency, also at UFRJ, two years later.
Continuing his medical studies, Dr. Tabak passed a Visa Qualifying Examination in 1980 and was granted admission to the University of Miami, USA, Latin American Training Program in Medicine. He then successfully obtained a number of Specialization Certificates in Internal Medicine from several U.S. institutions, namely, Jackson Memorial Hospital of the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1984, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in 1982, and the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1984. Moreover, he completed an additional Specialization Course in the subject of Oncology at the Washington University School of Medicine in 1986.
Upon returning to Brazil in 1986, the physician was invited by Professor Mary Evelyn Flowers, the person in charge and mind behind the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO) of the National Cancer Institute (INCA), to work at the institute. In August 1986, he was hired by the National Campaign Against Cancer, and at the same time, took over as head of the São Vicente de Paulo Hospital Oncology Department. Dr. Tabak additionally served as Head of INCA’s aforementioned Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO).
In September 1987, he joined nationwide efforts to assist victims of a Cesium-137, also known as radiocaesium, radiation accident in Goiânia in the State of Goiás.
Three years later, in 1990, Dr. Tabak replaced Dr. Francisco Barbosa Netto as Coordinator of the National Campaign Against Cancer’s Immunogenetics and Organ Transplantation Program. (PITO).
In 1992, the lauded physician was entrusted with the task of overseeing studies that ultimately led to the first-ever autologous hematopoietic transplantation from peripheral blood in Brazil.
One year later, Dr. Tabak was paid tribute with the title of Distinguished Citizen of the City of Rio de Janeiro, in addition to being decorated with the Santos Dumont medal in recognition of his contributions to the Brazilian Air Force.
In 1997, the physician kicked-off research studies aimed at establishing Brazil’s first Umbilical Cord Blood Bank. The task of introducing the program at INCA was shared with Professor Luis Fernando Bouzas, and together with Professor José Roberto Moraes, Dr. Tabak was successful in his efforts to expand REDOME – Brazil’s National Bone Marrow Donors Program (REDOME).
The following year, Dr. Tabak took over as President of the Brazilian Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation (SBTMO) and he was later reelected for a second consecutive, two-year term in 2000.
Furthermore, the doctor and scholar is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Bone Marrow Transplantation medical journal and the Brazilian Cancerology journal. He is also an Associate Editor of the Brazilian Hematology and Hemotherapy Journal, as well as one of the editors of the “Transplante de Precursores Hematopoéticos” (“Hematopoietic Precursors Transplantation”) book, the first textbook on the subject published in Portuguese.
Dr. Tabak currently works in the fields of Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, serves as Head of the Cellular Therapy Department at São Vicente Hospital and as Medical Director of the Centro de Tratamento Oncológico (Cancer Treatment Center – Centron).
While attempting to secure Full Membership at the Academia Nacional de Medicina (National Academy of Medicine – ANM), Dr. Daniel Goldberg Tabak submitted a dissertation by the name of “Bone Marrow Transplantation in Myelodysplastic Syndromes – Experiences at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center of the National Cancer Institute.”
Academic number: 618
Chair: 45
Member: Holder
Section: Medicine
Election: 17/10/2002
Inauguration: 08/04/2003
President: Augusto Paulino Soares de Souza Netto
Academic number: 618
Chair: 45
Member: Holder
Section: Medicine
Election: 17/10/2002
Inauguration: 08/04/2003
President: Augusto Paulino Soares de Souza Netto
The son of Gerson Lejb Tabak and Rywka Goldberg, Daniel Goldberg Tabak was born on December 5, 1955, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. He finished in first place in the admissions exam to study Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and in second place in 1974 in the overall ranking of the Vestibular, Brazil’s national college entrance exam. As a result, he was awarded the Halles Vestibular distinction. He graduated from said institution in 1979 and completed his medical residency, also at UFRJ, two years later.
Continuing his medical studies, Dr. Tabak passed a Visa Qualifying Examination in 1980 and was granted admission to the University of Miami, USA, Latin American Training Program in Medicine. He then successfully obtained a number of Specialization Certificates in Internal Medicine from several U.S. institutions, namely, Jackson Memorial Hospital of the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1984, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in 1982, and the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1984. Moreover, he completed an additional Specialization Course in the subject of Oncology at the Washington University School of Medicine in 1986.
Upon returning to Brazil in 1986, the physician was invited by Professor Mary Evelyn Flowers, the person in charge and mind behind the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO) of the National Cancer Institute (INCA), to work at the institute. In August 1986, he was hired by the National Campaign Against Cancer, and at the same time, took over as head of the São Vicente de Paulo Hospital Oncology Department. Dr. Tabak additionally served as Head of INCA’s aforementioned Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO).
In September 1987, he joined nationwide efforts to assist victims of a Cesium-137, also known as radiocaesium, radiation accident in Goiânia in the State of Goiás.
Three years later, in 1990, Dr. Tabak replaced Dr. Francisco Barbosa Netto as Coordinator of the National Campaign Against Cancer’s Immunogenetics and Organ Transplantation Program. (PITO).
In 1992, the lauded physician was entrusted with the task of overseeing studies that ultimately led to the first-ever autologous hematopoietic transplantation from peripheral blood in Brazil.
One year later, Dr. Tabak was paid tribute with the title of Distinguished Citizen of the City of Rio de Janeiro, in addition to being decorated with the Santos Dumont medal in recognition of his contributions to the Brazilian Air Force.
In 1997, the physician kicked-off research studies aimed at establishing Brazil’s first Umbilical Cord Blood Bank. The task of introducing the program at INCA was shared with Professor Luis Fernando Bouzas, and together with Professor José Roberto Moraes, Dr. Tabak was successful in his efforts to expand REDOME – Brazil’s National Bone Marrow Donors Program (REDOME).
The following year, Dr. Tabak took over as President of the Brazilian Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation (SBTMO) and he was later reelected for a second consecutive, two-year term in 2000.
Furthermore, the doctor and scholar is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Bone Marrow Transplantation medical journal and the Brazilian Cancerology journal. He is also an Associate Editor of the Brazilian Hematology and Hemotherapy Journal, as well as one of the editors of the “Transplante de Precursores Hematopoéticos” (“Hematopoietic Precursors Transplantation”) book, the first textbook on the subject published in Portuguese.
Dr. Tabak currently works in the fields of Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, serves as Head of the Cellular Therapy Department at São Vicente Hospital and as Medical Director of the Centro de Tratamento Oncológico (Cancer Treatment Center – Centron).
While attempting to secure Full Membership at the Academia Nacional de Medicina (National Academy of Medicine – ANM), Dr. Daniel Goldberg Tabak submitted a dissertation by the name of “Bone Marrow Transplantation in Myelodysplastic Syndromes – Experiences at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center of the National Cancer Institute.”