February 2011
Director of the congenital heart surgery
Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mother and child Building
Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center
POB 12000; Jerusalem 91120, Israel
TeleFax: +972-2-6778577
Phone: +972-2-6778384
eldade@hadassah.org.il
Born in Israel (1962), married, 4 children
Education
1983-1984: Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1984-1991: Medical School, Faculty of Health Science, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1988: Medical Science B.Sc. (cum laude)
1993: Medicine, M.D.
Title of M.D. Thesis: Effect of Nicotine on Coronary Circulation in the Isolated Rat Heart. Supervisors: Shlomo Ben-Haim PhD. Yehuda Edut, PhD
1991-1992: Rotating Internship, Hasharon Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
1992-1993: Physician, Emergency Mobile Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, SHAHAL Medical Services, Petah-Tikva, Israel
1993-1999: Residency, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, Chief: Prof. Bernardo, A. Vidne.
1993-1994: Co-Director creating a Homograft Bank, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
1999-2001: Fellowship in Clinical Pediatric & Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery including Heart Transplantation -.Emory University School of Medicine affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Department chief: Robert Guyton, M.D. Pediatric section chief: Kirk Kanter, M.D.
2001-2003: Attending Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center and Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
2003: Director of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Unit, Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
2004-2010: Associate Professor of Surgery. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cook Children’s Medical Center, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Professional Society Memberships
§ Israel Medical Association – 1992
§ Cardiothoracic Surgery Network – 1998
§ Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery – 1999
§ American Heart Association – 2005
§ Society of Thoracic Surgeons (USA) – 2006
Licensure and Certification
· Israel Medical license: # 24594 (1992)
· Israel Cardiothoracic Surgery Board Certificate: # 17785 (2000)
· Texas State Medical License: # M2317 (2005)
Teaching
1987-1990: Assistant tutor for medical and physiotherapy students. Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1993-1999: Active participant in teaching medical students (Clinical rounds and OR teaching) as part of their core curriculum in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
2001-2002: Lectures about congenital heart disease to cardiothoracic residents in continuing medical education course. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,Israel.
2002: Teaching congenital heart disease to nurses during intensive care certification program, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, School of Medicine .Beer-Sheba, Israel.
2002-2003: Teaching congenital heart disease to nurses during intensive care certification program.Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov), Tel Aviv University, Israel.
2004-2009: Teaching congenital heart disease as part of physician assistant school and participation in creating the final Test. University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX.
List of Publications: see PubMed