Prof. Ehud Raanani specializes in cardiac surgery ‒ repair of the aorta, heart valves and aneurysms. He is the principle investigator in many research studies on cardiac surgery. Prof. Raanani works with biomedical startup companies dealing with medical heart devices.
Education
1999 ‒ 2000 Clinical Fellow, Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital,
Toronto, Canada
1998 ‒ 1999 Clinical Fellow, Cardiac Surgery, Toronto General Hospital,
Toronto, Canada
1997 ‒ 1998 Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center,
Petach Tikva, Israel
1993 Established Homograft Bank of Heart Valves, Rabin Medical
Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
1993 Resident, General Surgery, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel
1991 ‒ 1997 Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center,
Petach Tikva, Israel
1990 ‒ 1991 Internship, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel
1987 ‒ 1990 Medical Degree, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel
1984 ‒ 1987 Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology, Haifa, Israel
Employment
2016 – present Director, Leviev Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center,
Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
2008 – present Advisor on Cardiac Surgery, Israel Defense Forces
Head of Medical Corps
2004 – 2017 Head, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Chaim Sheba
Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
2002 ‒ 2003 Head, Program of Aortic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin
Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
2000 ‒ 2001 Staff Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center,
Petach Tikva, Israel
Academic Experience
2010 ‒ present Associate Professor, Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007 ‒ 2010 Senior Lecturer, Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 ‒ 2006 Lecturer, Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
1995 ‒ 2002 Instructor, Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Membership in Professional Associations
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
Society of Heart Valve Diseases
2005 ‒ 2008, 2017 Chairman, Israeli Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Publications
Here is a link to the list of publications of Prof. Raanani in PubMed. PubMed is a database of scientific articles in the fields of medicine and life sciences.
