Lea Baider

Lea Baider (born 1939), is a professor of medical psychology, and considered one of the founders of psycho-oncology. She is the director of psycho-oncology at the Sharsheret Institute of Oncology at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Baider is also a member of the Middle East Cancer Consortium.

Education Baider was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She graduated with a B.A in education 1957 from the University of Buenos Aires.

As of February 2018, Baider continues to run workshops about psycho-oncology, training others to practice it as well. She wrote a book called Cancer and Family, and released a second edition of the book.

Cancer and the Family One of her more notorious publications was her book Cancer and the Family. The book is about how cancer affects the family dynamic, as well as each member of the family. It discusses how children react to cancer and new clinical information on the role family plays in cancer and cancer treatment and recovery.