Gamida Cell Ltd. announced the appointment of Ivan M. Borrello, M.D. to its Board of Directors, effective June 9, 2022. Dr. Borrello is an Associate Professor of Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and a renowned physician and author who has made major contributions to better the understanding of immunotherapies and the treatment of hematologic malignancies as well as bone marrow transplant. He will also be joining Gamida Cell's Science and Technology Committee.

The company also announced the resignation of Ofer Gonen from its Board of Directors, effective June 9, 2022. Mr. Gonen will be joining MediWound Ltd. as chief executive officer effective June 30, 2022. Dr. Borrello's laboratory research has focused on the development of a novel approach of adoptive T-cell therapy utilizing marrow infiltrating lymphocytes as a more tumor-specific T-cell approach.

He has held multiple appointments at Johns Hopkins University, including Instructor, Immunotherapy and Hematopoiesis, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center from 1999 to 2000, and Assistant Professor, Immunotherapy and Hematopoiesis, Hematologic Malignancies, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, from 2001 to 2008. Dr. Borrello is also the director of the myeloma program and medical director of the Cell Therapy Lab. Dr. Borrello received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his residency at the University of Chicago and fellowship at Johns Hopkins.