Senior cardiologist
Heart Institute
Hadassah, Hebrew University Medical Center
Phone: 02-6776565
Fax: 02-6411028
Appointments: 02-6778899
E mail: Durst@hadassah.org.il
Curriculum Vitae
1993: Graduate of the Hebrew University Medical School.
1998-2002: Residency in Internal Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center
2005-2006: Cardiology fellowship, Hadassah Medical Center
2005-2006: Senior cardiologist, Hadassah Medical Center
2006-2008: Clinical and research fellow in advanced cardiac imaging (echocardiography, CT and MRI), cardiology division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Clinical and Research Interests
§ Non invasive cardiology.
§ Cardiac Imaging (Echocardiography, CT and MRI).
§ Valvular Heart Disease (mitral valve prolapse (MVP), aortic stenosis, mitral valve stenosis, aortic regurgitation).
§ Hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and preventive cardiology.
§ Genetics of cardiovascular diseases.
Awards and honors
§ Medical license in Israel and Massachusetts.
§ Boards certified in Cardiology and Internal Medicine.
§ Golomb award, the highest Israeli Defense System award for contribution for the security of Israel.
§ Israeli Defense Force Chief of Staff, IDF chief of staff award for excellence as an officer under fire.
§ Stich faculty award for outstanding research on genetics of hyperlipidemia.
Selected publications
Eldor A, Durst R, Hy-Am E, Goldfarb A, Gillis S, Rachmilewitz EA, Abramov A, Maclouf J, Godefray YC, de Raucourt E and Guillin MC. A chronic hypercoagulable state in patients with -Thalassaemia major is already present in childhood. Br J Heamatol 1999;107:739-746.
Durst R, Colombo R, Shpitzen S, Ben Avi L, Friedlander Y, Wexler R, Raal FJ, Marais DA, Defeche JC, Mandelshtam MY, Kotze MJ, Leitersdorf E and Meiner V . Recent origin and spread of a common Lithuanian mutation (G197delLDLR) causing Familial Hypercholesterolemia: positive selection in not always necessary to account for disease incidence among Askenazi Jews. Am J Hum Genet. 2001;68:1172-1188 .
Ben-Avi L, Durst R, Shpitzen S, Leitersdorf E, Meiner V. Apolipoprotein E genotyping: accurate, simple, high throughput method using ABI Prism SNaPshot Multiplex System. J Alzheimers Dis 2004:6;497-501.
Durst R, Jansen A, Erez G, Bravdo R, Butbul E, Ben Avi L, Shpitzen S, Lotan C, Leitersdorf E, Defesche J, Friedlander Y, Meiner V and Miserez A. R.. The discrete and combined effect of SREBP-2 and SCAP isoforms in the control of plasma lipids among familial hypercholesterolaemia patients. Atherosclerosis, 2006 ;189:443-50.
Durst R, Danenberg H, Gallily R, Beeri R, Mechoulam R, Meir K, Pugatsch T, Grad E, Tarsish E and Lotan C. Cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive Cannabis constituent, protects against myocardial ischemic reperfusion injury, Am J physiology. 2007,293:H3602-H3607
Bogot N, Durst R, Shaham D, Admon D. CT of Cardiac Transplantation: Indications, Post-Transplant Appearance, and Common Complications Radiographics 2007;27:1297-309.
Friedlander Y, Schwartz SM, Durst R, Meiner V, Robertson AS, Erez G, Leitersdorf E, Siscovick DS. SREBP-2 and SCAP isoforms and risk of early onset myocardial infarction. Atherosclerosis. 2008,196:896-904
Levine RA, Durst R. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), a deeper look. J Am Coll Cardiol Img, 2008; 1:304-306
Durst R, Avelar E, Solis-Martin J, King ME, Abbara S. Identification of the cause of acute hypoxemia in a patient with congenital heart disease using cardiac CT. Journal of Cardiac CT. 2008, 2:341-2
Durst R, Neumark Y, Meiner V, Friedlander Y, Sharon N, Polak A, Mosseri M, Beeri R, Danenberg H, Pugatch T, Erez G, Spitzen S, Ben-Avi L, Leitersdorf E, Lotan C. Macrophage Scavenger Receptor 1 Sequence Variations are Associated with Atherosclerosis Susceptibility in Humans.. Genetic testing. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2009;13:583-7
Blankstein R, Durst R, Picard MH, Cury RC. Progression of mitral annulus calcification to caseous necrosis of the mitral valve: complementary role of multi-modality imaging. European Heart Journal 2009;30:304
Johri AM, Yared K, Durst R, Cubeddu RJ, Palacios IF, Picard MH, Passeri J. Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided repair of severe paravalvular regurgitation in a bioprosthetic and mechanical mitral valve. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009;10:572-5
Avelar E, Durst R, Thangaroopan M, Rosito GA, Kumar S, Tournoux F, Chan RC, Hung J, Hoffmann U, Abbara S and Cury RC. Accuracy of Multi-detector Computed Tomography Evaluation of Left Atrial Volume: a Phantom and Echo Correlation Study. Am J Cardiol, 2010,106;104-9
Durst R,Goldstein K, Horowitz Y, Baggish A,Gare M, Hasin Y, Lotan H, Horowitz M. improved cardiac performance after heat acclimation is partially explained by hypothyroid dependent reduction in myocardial response to angiotensin. Life Sciences. 2010;86:331-336
Wexler T, Durst R, McCarty D, Picard MH, Klibanski A, KK Miller. Growth Hormone Status Predicts Left Ventricular Mass in Patients after Cure of Acromegaly. Accepted for publication Growth Hormone & IGF Research 2010
Durst R, Avelar E, McCarty D, Poh KK, Fernandez-Friera, Llano MF, Chu J, Reddy Anumandla AK, Rodriguez LL, Mack MJ, Hanzel G, Kodali SH, Hung J, Picard MH. Outcome and Improvement Predictors of Mitral Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Journal of heart valve disease (accepted for publication 2010)
Durst R, Bogot N, Gilon D, Drenger B. Potential Role for Coronary Computerized Angiography for Assessing Preoperative Ischemic Risk. Journal of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2010;24:348-55
Durst R, Lotan C. The potential for clinical use of cannabinoids in treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular Therapeutics (accepted for publication 2010)