Neuro-oncology is a relatively young medical profession that arose about a half-century ago at the intersection between neurosurgery, neurology and oncology.

This discipline encompasses a broad spectrum of medical problems related to the diagnosis and treatment of primary and secondary tumors of the nervous system, as well as diagnosis and treatment of neurological complications of cancer.

Dr. Bokstein provides his patients with individual medical management during their oncological treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation, as well as at the stage of follow up after finishing active treatments and in the rehabilitation period.

About

Professional Position

Co-Director, Neuro-Oncology Service, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

Senior Neurologist, The Gilbert Israeli & International Neurofibromatosis Center (IINFC), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

Senior lecturer, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University.

Education

1974-1980 | Moscow Medical Stomatological Institute (MMSI), General Medicine Faculty

1990-1995 | Residency in Neurology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

1996-2001 | Neuro-Oncology Fellowship, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

Publications

Main Practice Areas

Services

Diagnosis and treatment of neurological complications of cancer

Neurological complications of radiation treatment
Neurological complications of chemotherapy
Neurological complications related to spinal and skull metastases
Neurological complications in hemato-oncology (leukemias and lymphomas)
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
Other neurological problems in cancer patients (brain vascular disease and stroke, extrapyramidal diseases, dementia, epilepsy, etc.)

Diagnosis and treatment of nervous system tumors

Gliomas (astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, glioblastoma)
Ependymoma
Meningioma
Embryonal tumors (medulloblastoma)
Primary central nervous system lymphoma
Spinal cord tumors
Secondary (metastatic) tumors of the brain and spinal cord

General neurology: diagnosis and treatment of different neurological diseases

Vascular brain diseases (stroke and its sequelae)
Degenerative brain diseases (Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other neuro-cognitive disorders)
Diseases of the peripheral nervous system (neuropathies)
Migraine and other types of headache
Epilepsy

Diagnosis and treatment of neurofibromatosis and other genetic diseases involving the nervous system and skin (“Phakomatoses”)

Neurofibromatosis type 1
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Schwannomatosis
Tuberous sclerosis complex
Von Hippel-Lindau disease

Research

Dr. Bokstein is actively involved in clinical trials conducted in Tel Aviv Medical Center in the fields of neuro-oncology and neurofibromatosis.
In the last decade, most of the trials were exploring novel treatments of primary brain tumors and innovative technics of neuroimaging. Part of the trials was carried out in the framework of big international clinical research groups:

RTOG - Radiation Oncology Treatment Group

EORCT - European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer