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 4th year
students (4 hours: Bradyarrhythmias,
Sudden Cardiac Death,) #96713
2008-present: Introduction to Medicine for 4th year
students (2 hours: Tachyarrhythmia,)
#96713
2002-present: Teaching Round for 4th year students
(4 hours/year)
2002-present: Cardiology for 6th year students
(Electrophysiology 6 hours/group and
8 groups, total 48 hours/year) #96848
1990-present: Bedside teaching for 6th year students
(2-3 hours/group and 8 groups)
For List of Publications please see PubMed