Updated September 2009
Pediatric Cardiology
Work – (972) 2-6778132
Fax (work):(972) 2-6434520
Email: sagui@hadassah.org.il
Higher Education
1992-1995- Bachelor of Medical Sciences - Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
1999 - Doctor of Medicine - Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. Israel, (#1).
Postgraduate Pediatric Courses
04/2001 - With certification: Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course
2001-2003 - Postgraduate Pediatric Courses: Neonatology, Gastroenterology, Immunology, Neurology, Pulmonology and Intensive Care – Sackler School of Medicine,
2005 - Postgraduate course in Pediatric Cardiology.
09/2006 – With certification (AHA): Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course.
Training
12/1998-12/1999 - Internship - Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel Affiliated to the School of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah, Jerusalem.
12/1999-06/2004 - Residency in Pediatrics - Pediatrics Department, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel Affiliated to the School of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah, Jerusalem.
10/2004 – Board certification in Pediatrics, Israel Medical Council
10/2004 – 07/2007 Clinical fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology. - Hadassah University Hospital, the Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Supervisor Prof AJJT Rein
08/2007-06/2008 4th year clinical fellowship in Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Catheterization at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). Supervisor Prof R. Hirsch.
07/2008-12/2008 Complete of Clinical fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology. - Hadassah University Hospital, the Pediatric Cardiology Unit
01/2009 - Board certification in Pediatric Cardiology, Israel Medical Council
Electives
01/2001-06/2001 - Pediatrics Cardiology Unit, Kaplan Medical Center. Participated in echocardiography teamwork.
Academic Level
10/2006 –Instructor in Pediatrics in the Hebrew University.
Research Grants
Friend of the Israel Heart Society (FIHS), for research presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Session, November 2006,Chicago, USA. $3,000.
Teaching at the Hebrew University
Pediatric cardiology for 5th and 6th year students in Pediatrics.
Pediatric cardiology for residents in Pediatrics
Research
1. Doctor in Medicine degree: Basic science research project to elucidate if Allicin (an active component of garlic) can decrease the development of atherosclerotic plaque in a mouse model fed a cholesterol-rich diet. Supervisor Prof. Vered, (#1).
2. Clinical trial in the Pediatric Cardiology Unit and the Neonatal ICU, at Kaplan Medical Center. (Residency Requirement). The trial compared early versus late treatment with indomethacin for closure of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Population: premature infants in the weight range of 500-1200 g. Supervisors Dr A. Matitiahu and Prof Shinwel.
3. I was involved in a multicenter clinical trial at Shaare Zedek, Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Centers. To assess the diagnostic value of NT- pro BNP to differentiates sepsis from acute left ventricular dysfunction in critically ill children. (# 4.)
4. I am involved in a multicenter clinical trial, The AVIDE Multicenter Study, at Hadassah University Hospital, Sharei Tzedek and Bikur Holim medical centers, which evaluate the fetal conduction system integrity by kinetocardiogram, in fetuses exposed to maternal Autoantibodies, identifies 1st degree AVB and evaluates the results of early treatment with dexamethasone. (#7)
5. I conducted a retrospective case series review of children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and pulmonary hypertension in order to identify prognostic factors and survival rate with in one center experience (CCHMC). To be published.
List of Publications:
Doctoral Dissertation:
Allicin can decrease the development of atherosclerotic plaque in a mouse model fed a cholesterol-rich diet (#1).
Articles:
1. Abramovitz Dpi, Gavri S c, Harats D, Levkovitz H, Mirelman D, Miron T, Eilat-Adar S, Rabonkov A, Wilchek M, Eldar M, Vered Z. Allicin-induced decrease in formation of fatty streaks (atherosclerosis) in mice fed a cholesterol-rich diet. Coronary Artery Disease: 1999; 10(7):pp 515-9
2. Gavri S pi, Nashashibi M, Perles Z, Milgarter E, Marzouka B, Rein AJJT. Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonic Atresia with Cyclic Occlusion of an Associated Aortic Sinus of Valsalva-Pulmonary Artery Communication. Pediatr Cardiol 27:131–133, 2006
3. Perles Z pi, Gavri S c, Rein AJJTc. Tachyarrhythmias in the Fetus: State of the Art Diagnosis and Treatment. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology 22 (2006) 95 – 107. Review.
4. Iris Fried pi, Benjamin Bar-Oz, Nurit Algur, Elchanan Fried, Sagui Gavri c, Ido Yatsiv, Zeev Perles, Azaria JJT Rein, Zeev Zonis, Roman Bass, Amiram Nir. Comparison of N-terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Critically Ill Children With Sepsis Versus Acute Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Pediatrics 2006;118;e1165-e1168; originally published online Sep 11, 2006; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0569
5.Perles Z pi, Nir Amiram, Gavri S c, Rein AJJT. Assessment of fetal myocardial performance using myocardial deformation analysis. The American journal of cardiology 2007;99(7):993-6.
6. Ta-Shma Asaf; Perles Zeev; Gavri Sagui; Golender Julius; Tarshansky Shulamit; Shlichter Chava; Bar Tov Hadassah; Rein Azaria J J T. Analysis of segmental and global function of the fetal heart using novel automatic functional imaging. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2008;21(2):146-50.
7. Rein A J J T; Mevorach D; Perles Z; Gavri S; Nadjari M; Nir A; Elchalal U. Early diagnosis and treatment of atrioventricular block in the fetus exposed to maternal anti-SSA/Ro-SSB/La antibodies: a prospective, observational, fetal kinetocardiogram-based study. Circulation 2009;119(14):1867-72.
8. Perles Z, Nir A, Gavri S, Golender J, Rein AJJT. Intracardiac Echogenic Foci have no Hemodynamic Significance in the Fetus. Pediatric Cardiology, ISSN: 0172-0643, Vol:
9. Rein, Azaria J J T , Perles, Ze'ev , Gavri, Sagui , Nir, Amiram , Mevorach, Dror , Nadjari, Michael , Elchalal, Uriel. Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Atrioventricular Block in the Fetus Exposed to Maternal Anti-SSA/ Ro-SSB/La Antibodies: A Prospective, Observational, Fetal Kinetocardiogram-Based Study" Circulation, ISSN: 0009-7322, Vol: 120, Issue: 21, Date: 2009-01-01, Page: e168
10. Rein, Azaria J J T , Ta-Shma, Asaf , Golender, Julius , Gavri, Sagui , El Laham, Nael , Perles, Zeev. S11-1 LATEST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION IN THE CHILD AND THE FETUS International Journal of Cardiology, ISSN: 0167-5273, Vol: 122, Issue: 1, Date: 2008-01-01, Page: S13
11. Sagui Gavri MD1, Russel Hirsch MD1, Thomas G. Di Sessa MD2, Robert H. Beekman III MD1.Transcatheter Closure of a Peripheral Arteriovenous Fistula: A Unique Use of a Covered Stent in a Child with Complex Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Heart Disease, Volume 4, Issue 2, pages 115–119, March/April 2009
Participation in Scientific Conferences, Lectures and Other Activity:
1. Azaria JJ Rein pi, Dror Mevorach, Zeev Perles, Sagui Gavri c, Michel Nadjari, Nili Yanai, Amiram Nir, Avraham Brand, Uriel Elchalal, Kinetocardiogram Diagnosis of First Degree Atrioventricular Block in Fetuses Exposed to Maternal Autoantibodies. Successful Treatment with Dexamethasone -The AVIDE Multicenter Study, Abstract Number: 06-SS-A-8859-AHA Nov 2006.
2. Elchalal U, Mevorach D, Perles Z, Gavri S c, Nir A, Nadjari M, Yanai N, Rein AJJT pi. Early detection and treatment of first degree atrioventricular block in fetuses exposed to maternal autoantibodies – A fetal kinetocardiogram based prospective study. Society of Gynecological Investigation, Toronto, March 2006.