Dr. Ilan Ziv is a clinical neurologist, a senior staff member of the Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel, and is a Senior Lecturer at the Sackler School of Medicine, of the Tel-Aviv University. He has been involved in the field of apoptosis for nearly two decades, with an emphasis on its clinical applications. Dr. Ziv is also a member of the Editorial Board of Apoptosis Journal.