Between 2011-2018, she worked at one of the leading centers of excellence for cancer treatment in the US, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, as a Lead physical therapist. Throughout her years of work in the profession, she underwent courses and training in the subjects of oncology rehabilitation, orthopedics, wound care, ergonomics, fitness training, Pilates, and yoga for cancer patients (Yoga4Cancer). Today, she works at Rambam Hospital in the oncology center, and privately at a clinic in Tel Aviv. She provides courses and lectures to in the field of oncology rehabilitation in different settings, for healthcare professionals and patients in Israel and abroad.
Helena is involved in multiple projects in Israel to promote the role of oncology PT through different institutions including the Israeli Lung Cancer Foundation (ILCF), promoting updated guidelines for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery in Israel, established the oncology special interest group in Israel.
She currently serves as the education lead of the International Physiotherapists for HIV/AIDS, Oncology, Palliative care (IPT-HOPE), and as the oncology special interest group leader in the Israeli PT Society (IPTS).