1. Personal Details

Date and place of birth: August 16, 1951

Country of Birth: Romania

Date of Immigration: April 9, 1970

Marital status: Married, Wife's name: Daphna

                       Three children: Gal, Yael, Hadar

Military Service: Medical Corp, Last Rank-major

                            (1971-2001)

2. Higher Education

1966-1970: Secondary education. High School,

                  Romania

1970:          Matriculation examination in Israel

1970-1971: Natural Science, Biology, Hebrew

                  University Jerusalem, Israel

1971-1977: Medical School, Hadassah and

                  Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

1978-1979: Rotating Internship, Soroka Medical

                  Center, Ben-Gurion University,

                  Medical School, Beer-Sheva, Israel

3. Academic Appointments

1990- 1994: Lecturer in Cardiology, Hadassah

                   and Hebrew University Medical School,

                   Jerusalem, Israel

1994-present: Senior Lecturer in Cardiology

                     Hadassah and Hebrew University

                     Medical School Jerusalem, Israel.

4. Licensure and Certifications

1978: Passed ECFMG,

1979: MD Degree, Hadassah and Hebrew University,

          Jerusalem, Israel

1985: Passed Israeli Board Examination in Internal

          Medicine (Part A)

1986: Passed Israeli Board Examination in Cardiology

         (Part A)

1987: Passed Israeli Board Examination in Cardiology

          (Part B)

1989: Passed FMGEMS (Updating ECFMG standard

          certificate)

Professional Appointments

1979-1983: Military Service. Israel Defense

                    Forces-Physician

1982-1985 : Resident, Department of Medicine,

                     Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion

                     University, Medical School,

                     Beer-Sheva, Israel

1985-1988:   Fellow, Department of Cardiology,

                     Hadassah Hebrew University Medical

                     Center, Jerusalem, Israel

1988-1990:   Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow,

                      Department of Internal Medicine,

                      Division of Cardiology University

                      of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor,

                      Michigan, USA (Director: Fred Morady

                      MD, # 11-24, 26-33)

1990-2002:    Senior Cardiologist, Electrophysiology

                      Laboratory, Cardiology Unit, Department

                      of internal medicine Hadassah University

                      Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

2002-2004:    Electrophysiology Unit, Heart Institute,

                       Hadassah Hebrew University Medical

                       Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel

2004-present: Director, Arrhythmia Therapy Center,

                      Heart Institute Hadassah Hebrew

                       University Medical Center,

                       Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel

5. Other Activity

1994-2008: Reviews for International Journals

1992-2008: Member of International and National

                   Professional Societies

                   American College of Cardiology-Fellow

                   (FACC)

                   American Heart Association-Premium

                   Professional Silver Member

                   Heart Rhythm Society-Fellow (FHRS)

                    European Society of Cardiology-Fellow

                    (FESC)

                    European Heart Rhythm Association-Member

                    Israeli Heart Society-Member

                    Israeli Working Group in Pacing and

                    Electrophysiology-Member

                    Israeli Working Group in Intensive

                    Coronary Care-Member

Training of Other Teams

Multicenter International Clinical studies

Research interest and activity

1. Continuing research in VF defibrillation

         Mechanism of defibrillatio

         Defibrillation shock mechanism 

         in human.

         Effect of sub-threshold shock in

         human on VF morphology, etc

2. Modulated AC shock defibrillation

3. Biological effect of RF energy

4. Arrhythmogenity in transgenic mice models (isolated

    Langendorff preparations and in vivo models)

5. Arrhythmogenity in modified ARVC mice

6. Resistance to Lethal Arrhythmia post Aerobic

    Exercise: Electrophysiological Remodeling and its

    Linkage to Function and Anatomy

7. Molecular Biology of SCD models

8. ICD in different groups-clinical

9. Pediatric pacing-clinical

7. Teaching at the Hebrew University

   a) Supervision of Master’s and doctoral 

       degree students:

       Master’s Degree student:

       Doctoral Degree student:

       MD Degree work:

b) Post Doctoral Fellows and Visitors:

c) Courses Taught:

2002-2007:     Introduction to Medicine for 4^th year

                      students (4 hours: Bradyarrhythmias,

                      Sudden Cardiac Death,) #96713

2008-present: Introduction to Medicine for 4^th year

                      students (2 hours: Tachyarrhythmia,)

                      #96713

2002-present: Teaching Round for 4^th year students

                       (4 hours/year)

2002-present: Cardiology for 6^th year students

                      (Electrophysiology 6 hours/group and

                      8 groups, total 48 hours/year) #96848

1990-present: Bedside teaching for 6^th year students 

                     (2-3 hours/group and 8 groups)

For List of Publications please see PubMed