The Heart Institute, Hadassah University Hospital

Dr. Amiram Nir MD

Pediatric Cardiologist The Heart Institute Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem, Israel
Tel:	+(972) 2-677 7111
Fax:	+ (972) 2-641 1028
Email:	amiramn@md.huji.ac.il

Positions and Education:

1978 -1984 Faculty of Medicine,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa,
Israel.

1985 -1986 Rotating internship. Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.

1986 -1991 Pediatrics residency: Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.

1987-1988 Post graduate course in Pediatric Cardiology
Tel-Aviv University, School of Medicine.

1991 Basic science project: Dept. of Physiology,
Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel
Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

1991-1994 Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology,
Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

1994 Senior Clinical Fellow

1992-1993 Basic research: Cardio-renal Research Laboratory,
headed by John C. Burnett Jr., M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

1994-present Pediatric Cardiologist. Dept. of Cardiology
Hadassah University Hospital,
Jerusalem, Israel

Credentials:

1986 Israeli license to practice medicine

1991 Israeli Board of Pediatrics

1996 Israeli Board of Pediatric Cardiology

1986 Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Science (FMGEMS)

1993 Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX)

1993 State of Minnesota license to practice medicine

1995 Lecturer - Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem.

Honors:

Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel:

1978-1980 Dean's list

1982 President's list
Graduation Cum laude

1992 North American Society of Pediatric Exercise Medicine.
7th annual meeting, Miami Beach, Florida.
New investigator award.

1998 Israel Heart Association.
H.N. Neufeld award for original research work.

1998 Hadassah Women Zionist Organization of America award for middle level investigators for excellence in research.

1999 The S. Dimson award for research in pediatrics.
The Hebrew University School of Medicine

2001 Distinguished teacher.
Hebrew University School of Medicine

Grants:

1991 Technion VPR Fund, Dr. Y Rabinowitz
Research Fund: Eye cosmetics as a source of lead poisoning.

1992 National Kidney Foundation of the Upper Midwest, Inc. Role of endothelin-1 in hypoxia induced alteration in renal function.

1993 Pediatrics Research Committee, Mayo Clinic: Rhabdomyoma in tuberous sclerosis complex.

1994 The Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah University Hospital: Production and biological actions of C-type natriuretic peptide in cultured cardiac myocytes.

1996 The Joint Research Fund of the Hebrew University and Hadassah University Hospital: Biological actions of the natriuretic peptides in cultured cardiac myocytes.

1998 Hadassah Women Zionist Organization of America research grant: The biological actions of the natriuretic peptides upon the heart.

Interests:

Endothelin and the natriuretic peptides and their interaction with the cardiovascular system.
Heart failure and its therapy in infants and children.